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Recent briefings below
Recent Briefings
Eli Lilly has officially demonstrated that its oral GLP-1 obesity medication drastically reduces sleep apnea severity, anchoring our healthcare coverage today. Across consumer markets, we're watching …
Clinical trial setbacks and early holiday travel promotions dominate today's briefing. We also review the latest Southern California real estate data as mortgage rates hover near seven percent, alongs…
Clinical advances take center stage today as researchers demonstrate long-term remission in hormonal hypertension and over 90% seizure reduction via pill-activated gene therapy. Our business coverage …
A breakthrough in passive medical monitoring leads our coverage today, as Google Research publishes a Nature study detailing how standard smartwatches can now detect hypertension without a cuff. In co…
We begin today with the travel industry, where a flurry of extended Black Friday promotions is giving holidaymakers early leverage on multi-year cruise and flight bookings. Further down, we examine th…
Voters in California have approved $36 billion in new housing bonds, an unprecedented intervention anchoring today's edition. We also examine the year's first U.S. bird flu fatality linked to a rare s…
Today on The Golden Hour, we are tracking a major cluster of clinical health updates and seasonal leisure guides. From new insights into cardiometabolic health and non-invasive brain therapies to shif…
New research on the long-term safety of hormone replacement therapy leads today's briefing, followed closely by a wave of direct flight routes linking U.S. hubs to secondary European destinations. Fur…
A surge in regional dining footprints and newly diverging international travel habits headline today's edition. We also unpack the income numbers behind California's frozen housing market, track a mas…
Clinical milestones in personalized medicine command the top of today's briefing, led by the first human administration of an AI-designed bacteriophage. Further down, we parse the latest economic indi…