Sunday Soup: Sleep After 50, Wrong on Alzheimer’s? How Lizards Led to Ozempic
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If you’re like us and needed a break between this week’s inflation data, Jerome Powell testimony, and political headlines, we’ve got you covered. That includes a somewhat humorous interview with Microsoft MSFT founder Bill Gates, a surprising connection between lizard poison and Ozempic, and why a flu shot may have been a smart move, especially if you live in California.
And if you have a recommendation to share, we’d love to hear about it in the Comments section below.
Now enjoy this latest offering of Sunday Soup.
Articles 📰
What to Know About Sleep Problems as You Get Older
"After age 50, people often suffer “more frequent arousals from sleep,” said Brienne Miner, a specialist in geriatrics and sleep medicine at Yale Medicine and assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine. “Because of the increased arousals, there is a tendency to shift to more lighter stages of sleep and less deep and less [rapid eye movement]” sleep."
Have Doctors Been Wrong About How to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease?
"As global life expectancy rises, so will cases of Alzheimer’s, making it one of the big public-health challenges of an ageing world. There is no cure. Between 1995 and 2021, around $42bn was poured into more than 1,000 clinical trials. Yet only a handful of drugs has made it to market. Even those mostly treat the symptoms of the disease, rather than stop it."
The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift
"At 35, Swift is already a multigenerational phenomenon: The teenage girls who bought her 2006 debut album are now bringing their own children to her shows. Indeed, Swift’s ability to reinvent herself and attract new fans while retaining the core of what her existing fans love is key to her unique cultural momentum."
"Experts are increasingly touting the importance of incorporating plant-based sources of protein in one’s diet. People who eat more plant-based foods, and less red and processed meats, tend to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease, obesity, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions… Chickpeas have something that animal-based protein sources lack: fiber."
Researching Lizard Poison Led to Ozempic
"When John Eng started studying the poisonous venom of the Gila monster in the early 1990s, it wasn’t immediately clear if the research would lead somewhere. But Eng, a physician and a researcher who was working at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at the time, wanted to build on previous research that showed that the venom of some animals could potentially control blood sugar in humans, helping treat diabetes."
Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium
"The thought of a steaming cup of coffee helps to pull many people worldwide out of bed in the morning. Scientists have consistently linked this ubiquitous drink to lowered risks for maladies such as heart disease, colon cancer and type 2 diabetes. But its effects on the gut microbiome—the intestinal bacterial population thought to help mediate between diet and health—are largely unknown."
Flu Now Deadlier Than COVID in California for First Time Since 2020
"For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, influenza is causing more deaths in California than the coronavirus, according to state health data. While COVID-19 has dominated as the deadliest respiratory virus in recent years, flu-related fatalities have now surpassed those attributed to COVID in the state this winter."
What We’re Streaming 📺📲
Smartless with Bill Gates
Behind the Numbers: Where Gen Alpha Spends Digital Time & Where They're Headed
The Reading List 📖📚
We’re still making our way through some of the recent books we’ve shared, including:
The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life by Sahil Bloom
