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Stop Taking Aspirin You Were Never Prescribed

I ran an 81 mg aspirin protocol for 14 months because the mechanistic case looked solid. Then I actually read the current USPSTF data. The bleeding risk is real, the benefit for healthy adults is not, and millions of people are still running a protocol that was quietly retired years ago.

By Kai Brighton · 3 min read

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The FDA Finally Stopped Demanding Impossible Evidence From Dying Children

Demanding randomized controlled trials from populations of 400 scattered patients was never science. The FDA's Plausible Mechanism Framework finally matches the regulatory toolkit to the biological reality of ultra-rare disease, and the patients who benefit have zero time for debate.

By Kai Brighton · 3 min read

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10,000 Steps Is a Marketing Target, Not a Health Protocol

My HRV climbed from 61 to 69 after I stopped chasing 10,000 steps and started targeting 7,000. Turns out March 2026 data backs this up completely. The goal everyone tracks is the wrong one.

By Kai Brighton · 3 min read

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The FDA Took Away My Best Optimization Lever and Called It Science

The FDA restricted COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk groups and called it evidence-based. For a healthy adult who tracks his own biomarkers and wants to optimize his immune stack, the real effect is bureaucratic friction masquerading as scientific rigor.

By Kai Brighton · 3 min read

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Your Employer Is Paying $766 a Month to Not Fix Your Health

GLP-1 drugs are hammering employer premiums right now. But the emerging long-term data on cost savings, cardiovascular protection, and cancer risk reduction suggests dropping coverage is the most expensive mistake employers can make.

By Kai Brighton · 3 min read

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Your Wearable Is Lying to You About Half Its Metrics. Buy the Right One Anyway

The wearable medical device market hit $67 billion in 2026. A peer-reviewed study of 536 sleep nights finally tells us which devices actually measure HRV accurately. Here's how to build the monitoring stack that makes your annual physical look prehistoric.

By Kai Brighton · 4 min read