Tincture Takeaways

Here’s this week’s collection of some of the most interesting health, medicine, longevity and science articles that Tincture founder Jordan Shlain and former editor Kim Bellard thought you should see.

Jordan’s Takeaways

Impressive Pancreatic Cancer treatment research from Duke University. Gel-like, radioactive tumor implant obliterates pancreatic cancer in mice

Longevity/sleep update. Association of sleep duration at age 50, 60, and 70 years with risk of multimorbidity in the UK: 25-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study

Bottom Line: we need intellectual humility more than scientific hubris. We know VERY LITTLE. Scientists Reappraise the Role of ‘Zombie’ Cells That Anti-aging Medicine Has Sought to Eliminate

This proves that the brain’s ‘present’ is really the ‘present’s past’. New MRI Technique Tracks Brain Activity at Millisecond Timescales

Kim’s Takeaways

As though COVId wasn’t enough… A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children’s hospitals. Here’s what parents need to know

Can’t say I’m surprised. How much for that CT scan? It could be $4,065 or $134 — at the same hospital — depending on your health plan.

Come on, people! Among Seniors, a Declining Interest in Boosters

Moving fast isn’t always better. The Makena controversy puts FDA’s accelerated drug approval program under scrutiny

What was that about a Hypocratoc Oath? These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients With Disabilities

You might also be interested in this from Kim: Sticks and Stones…