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killerdhmo | 1 year ago

Anyone have the actual paper? Does it list who (eg Huberman) is receiving the payola?

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beala|1 year ago

You can search the database they used: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

I can’t find Huberman, but it does look like Peter Attia [1] was payed $300k by Dexcom for consulting services. Dexcom makes continuous glucose monitors that Attia has repeatedly mentioned on the show. It looks like there’s even an episode where he interviews the CEO, although this happened before the payment [2].

This website [3] links his NPI displayed on Open Payments (1144596339) to his CA license number (A96452) which he displays on his about page [4]. So it does look like this is the Peter Attia of podcast fame.

[1] https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/908146 [2] https://peterattiamd.com/kevinsayer/ [3] https://opennpi.com/provider/1144596339 [4] https://peterattiamd.com/about/

spondylosaurus|1 year ago

OpenPayments is a super cool tool. It's worth noting that some small payments can amount to things like "the drug rep came by to leave some pamphlets for the waiting room and donuts for the staff", which is how you'll occasionally find a doctor who accepted a grand total of $50 in payouts.

For the $100k+ payouts, though... hell, even the $10k+ payouts....

EDIT: Just looked up one of my doctors and it says he accepted a whole $70 last year, entirely in food and beverage lol. I hope he enjoyed the cookies or whatever it was :P

eaurouge|1 year ago

> On some of the world’s most popular health podcasts, such as Huberman Lab, hosted by Stanford professor Andrew Huberman, and The Drive with Dr. Peter Attia, CGMs have been both advertised and discussed on dedicated episodes. (Dr. Attia, in a disclaimer, notes that he is a paid advisor to Dexcom.)

https://www.fastcompany.com/90859142/continuous-glucose-moni...

liamwire|1 year ago

It’s worth highlighting that Peter starts every podcast by stating that his conflicts of interest can be found on his disclosures page: https://peterattiamd.com/disclosures/

He’s done so since the start of his podcast.

In checking, Dexcom is clearly listed as a company he advised during the period listed on Open Payments.

nkozyra|1 year ago

Huberman isn't a medical doctor and most of the things he talks about are non drug supplements.

He's probably getting a lot of cash and affiliate money.

bamboozled|1 year ago

Huberman isn't a medical doctor? TIL