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Some amazing things are going on, not all of which involve mRNA, although please please those of you with the ability to do so, do your part to ensure that stays funded, either via investment or grants. As for mRNA, please do what you can to help save it, so we can keep getting more headlines like ‘a new cancer vaccine just wiped out tumors’ even if it is sufficiently early that the sentence this time inevitably concludes ‘IN MICE.’ Heart Disease Wait, what, you’re saying we might soon ‘mostly defeat’ heart disease? Cremieux: It's hard to oversell how big a discovery this is. Heart disease is America's #1 cause of death. With a combination of two drugs administered once every six months, it might be mostly defeated. Just think about that how big this is! You will know your great-grandkids! [...] ---Outline:(00:34) Heart Disease(02:16) Alcohol(05:21) Legal Reforms(06:24) Embryo Selection and Gene Editing(15:02) GLP-1s Work(18:57) There Is No Catch Other Than Availability And Price(22:54) The Societal Impact of GLP-1s(25:40) I'm Not a Yo-Yo(26:24) Back Problems Are An Underrated Reason To Lose Weight(27:18) No One Knows Much About Nutrition(29:23) Ketogenic Diets Can Go Very Wrong(36:01) Weight Loss The Hard Way(36:36) We Ask Far Too Much Of Satiety(39:28) Supplements(41:07) A Cure For Some Depression(42:16) Assisted Suicide(43:17) Bioethics Delenda Est(45:05) Ignorance Can Be Bliss(45:48) Living Forever In Your Apartment(46:51) In Other Health News --- First published: October 6th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DqK7TaH2drLxGiKcb/medical-roundup-5 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.