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01 / Read of the week

One trial that moved the field

The most important readout, paper, or pipeline update of the week — summarized in 250 words with the primary citation linked.

02 / Hype check

What the headlines got wrong

The one viral wellness claim from this week's feed cycle, mapped to the actual evidence — usually less impressive than the headline, occasionally more.

03 / Protocol update

Manual changelog

What was added, revised, or downgraded in the Wellness Radar Manual this week — and the new evidence behind the change.

04 / Quick takes

3 things worth knowing

Faster-moving items — new FDA action, pipeline news, regulatory updates, supplement market shifts. One sentence each, linked.

● Sample issue · 2026-05-10
Issue #42

FLOW gets the renal label. Now the conversation is different.

The FDA approved semaglutide for chronic kidney disease in T2D last week, on the strength of the FLOW trial — 24% reduction in the primary renal composite, trial stopped early for efficacy.

Three things this changes: (1) Nephrology referrals. Pre-FLOW, a CKD patient with T2D was on an SGLT-2 first. Now there's a second hard-endpoint option on the same prescription pad. (2) Insurance coverage. Cardio-renal endpoints make payor approval much cleaner than a weight indication ever did. (3) The pipeline. Tirzepatide's renal trial reads out in 2027 — and a positive readout there reshapes the class again…

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