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The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire

My First Million

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The Pitfalls of Segmenting Chronic Conditions

Historically, adults rarely had obesity, and diabetes in children was almost unheard of. Today, a significant percentage of young adults have prediabetes. The medical field has segmented the body into specialties like cardiology and neurology, creating a profitable system. However, this segmentation leads to overmedicalization, where one issue leads to multiple medications and procedures. This approach, influenced by the Flexner Report and Rockefeller, focuses on treating diseases in isolation rather than holistically.

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