Healthcare is human. Intelligence can afford to be artificial, but the relationship between provider and patient cannot. The current healthcare system fails by not making time for humanity. The emerging telemed space fails by making humanity second to AI. At Velocity, humanity comes first.

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Hospital systems are scared to breach their contracts with insurance companies who explicitly state that they will pull entire contracts if health systems don’t MAKE patients use their insurance. At the higher contracted rates It’s all a scam

You guys remember the kids in college who got in trouble for selling pot? It was always because they had the ziplock baggies and a scale next to their stash... its kind of like that

Who’s starting a new BAC water company ? People are going to get it from somewhere, may as well be a good source…

There are genuinely no consequences for not paying your medical bills in certain states We need a mass “no-pay” movement. It’s illegal for them to report to credit score houses or come after you in any way Fight fire with fire. Play their own shitty game against them Stand up

Dialing in circadian rhythms while on night shift is HARD, if not impossible. we’re just not built that way Looking at leptin levels in night shift folks is 😭 But, like everything, there are many strategies to mitigate. Here are a few: - Get bright light in the first half of the night shift, which is the strongest signal you have for staying awake and slowly pushes your clock back later. Get an indoor sunlamp if needed, 10k lux+ - Wear dark sunglasses on the drive home. Morning sun will yank your clock back toward daytime and wreck the sleep you are about to take • Sleep in a pitch-black, cool, quiet room as soon as you can after the shift. Blackout curtains, eye mask, white noise, cold room, maybe a diffuser with some essential oils. Take the wind down seriously, don’t just crash - Keep the sleep window as consistent as your life allows, including days off. Random sleep times keep cortisol and insulin out of balance - Eat your biggest meal right before the shift or right at the start. Do not drop a large plate at 2 a.m. Insulin works worse at night. Don’t binge in the morning when you’re off - time caffeine well, only in the first part of the shift. Cut it 4–6 hours before you plan to sleep or you will just lie there wired - Low-dose melatonin 30–60 minutes before daytime sleep can help some people fall asleep and nudge the clock. I like epitalon more here - After you wake from day sleep, get a little outdoor light or a short walk, which helps the next cortisol wave and insulin sensitivity. - Prep and eat real food. Protein, vegetables, stuff you can actually eat at 11 p.m. no vending machine trash. Night shift hunger plus junk/fast food is how a lot of people gain the weight - Check and replenish vitamin D since almost nobody on permanent nights has good levels from sunlight and many are critically deficient Probably many more out there. Better experts like @zaidkdahhaj and @AbudBakri to weigh in on tips. Abud has that one residency caffeine classic thread someone could find and link

The best FREE longevity hack you’ve been missing? It’s something you do every single day, but probably don’t even think about: Breathing. In a new study (PMID: 42173128), researchers looked at the effects of diaphragm exercises on ballet dancers. What they found was, in just 8 weeks of concentrated diaphragm training, the trained dancers showed: -better breathing patterns -better balance -better strength -less pain in their lower back While those improvements translate well to dancing, for an average person that means: -greater lung health -less falls -more muscle mass -less chronic back issues All from 2 sets of 15 breaths a day.

You think you have a founder’s brain? Well if not, neurofeedback may be able to help! Incredible discussion with Rachel Lambert on brain mapping, neurofeedback, and the exciting direction brain health is going Check it out below!

What do founders, CEOs, professional athletes, and other high performers have in common? They all share similarities in brain waves @DrDeepMD sat down with Neuro feedback specialist Rachel Lambert to discuss how high performing brains work, and how you can get the same results

Friends. Brothers, sisters, people of humanity Circadian rhythms are VERY important, I am a very outspoken proponent here But. For the vast majority of you. If you think you are fat solely because you are not getting enough morning sunlight PLEASE just use myfitnesspal or chronometer for ONE week and be brutally honest with yourself 9/10 times it comes back to diet

Are ultramarathons bad for your health? Velocity Chief Clinical Officer @brocktreichert recently completed Leadville 100, and did bloodwork before and immediately after. Some of his key findings: -Inflammatory markers like Hs-CRP were almost 200x higher after than before -Liver enzymes AST & Biliruben were expectedly elevated -ApoB, a cholesterol marker, actually DROPPED by 25%, making his bloodwork look like he was on a statin -Reverse T3 became very elevated. This was the thyroid’s defense mechanism, it attempts to slow metabolism down because it recognizes something abnormal is going on and is preparing for what may come next -Testosterone dropped by 30% from before to after, as would be expected after 26 hours straight of exercise -Estrogen jumped 152%, and there’s a number of proposed mechanisms by which this could be (bone turnover, kidney issues) On paper, while a number of these labs are incredibly abnormal and would be deemed extremely dangerous in most reads, Brock’s bloodwork returned to baseline after just a few days. While ultramarathons may not be the healthiest for your body, if you go into it prepared, healthy, and recover properly, not only can you mitigate the damage, but there can be a lot of mental benefits to come with it.

If you are a physician in the longevity/medicine 3.0 space This will end up being THE premier clinical conference in the space MVMNT is hosted by @VituityHealth a 100% physician owned org Look forward to furthering these important concepts with an amazing crew

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