David Rosenthal MD

What motivates the creators of AI? @sama wants power. Zuck wants commercial success. @demishassabis is motivated by a scientific curiosity so intense as to be spiritual. Read my biography of Demis, out March 31. THE INFINITY MACHINE. a.co/d/0aHD3OfQ

Des and Nurses are underpaid. Independent doctors are getting ripped off to the point of barely getting paid after fees The biggest insurance companies are awful for beneficiaries and for employers. One example ? What good is insurance if patients can't afford their deductible?

AI should allow med schools to rethink whether 4 years is still necessary for med school. If students can focus more on clinical practice and less on memorizing the Krebs cycle and molecular bio, many programs could eliminate a year, reducing both costs and physician shortages.

Best evidence yet that GLP-1 drugs reduce the risk of substance abuse, from >600,00 US Veterans across alcohol, nicotine, opioid, cocaine, cannabis @bmj_latest @zalaly @Miao_Cai_SLU bmj.com/content/392/bm…

UNIVERSITY | The new Yale Alliance for Solidarity with Iran has set out to take a clear stance against Iran’s government and in favor of military intervention. Its founder said the weekend attacks on his home country were cause for celebration. yaledailynews.com/articles/irani…

Super cool use case of Genie 3 simulations!

FACT—Schizophrenia cannot be simply cured by keto diets alone. RFK Jr wants science - and this is not peer reviewed published or supported by science. I used to do this exact type of research, and this is hogwash.

Sir @IanMcKellen shares Shakespeare’s words from 400 years ago on immigrants

100%. This is why generalists will rule the world. @DavidEpstein

🚨 BREAKING: HHS has abruptly cut nearly $2 B in mental health & addiction grants, canceling ~2,000 awards that communities rely on for treatment, prevention, recovery support, and overdose response - many with bipartisan support & previously signed by this admin.  If not reversed, these cuts WILL cost lives in your community. 😞 Contact your Members of Congress TODAY and demand they call on HHS to protect mental health & addiction care funding.🙏🏽 rollcall.com/2026/01/14/hhs…

Diagnostic-quality brain imaging—where you need it. The AI-powered Swoop® system delivers brain imaging at a fraction of the cost and size of high-field MRI systems. No special siting, no MR technologist required, and eligible for reimbursement. See it in action at #ASN2026.

@mcuban @morgan_griffith Interesting idea! We are working on a documentary trying to inform public about these ideas 💡 documentaries.org/films/the-prim…

@morgan_griffith I'm open to it being an PC that is capitated

Curious what healthcare geeks think about the idea of a short-term response to the ACA premium subsidies discussions: put $100 per month into an HSA that can only be used for a Direct Primary Care monthly subscription, and the balance of the expected subsidies to be used as originally planned for premiums. Having DPC should lower the plan's cost, which should allow premiums to be lowered rather than raised. Thoughts? What am I missing? @SenRonJohnson @SenBillCassidy @SenRickScott

Amen…

@EricTopol @IdentifeyeHLTH

The information encoded in the retina photo but not discernible by expert clinicians is remarkable. Now add the retinal vessels as a window into the inflammaging process and the related genomic underpinnings science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

As a doctor, I know there isn’t always a treatment for every illness, but the prescription for homelessness is clear. Housing has an outsized benefit in helping patients experiencing homelessness improve their health.

Radical Leftist Ronald Reagan on tariffs in 1987:

"I promise to not raise your taxes" and "I promise to not cut your benefits" are the two popular political promises that are inconsistent with the much more needed promise "I promise to cut the budget deficit to about 3 percent of GDP" that is required to prevent a big debt/dollar crisis. There is no way that the deficit/debt bomb problem can be sustainably dealt with unless there is a mix of tax revenue increases and spending decreases that are determined in a bipartisan way. Our representatives in Washington, DC, both Republicans and Democrats, know this is true. They understand the need to reduce the deficit by having those from both sides chip in a bit (e.g., a 4 percent increase in tax revenue and a 4 percent spending cut) which would lead to a supply/demand balance improvement for US debt which in turn would lower interest rates. Lower interest rates would help reduce the budget deficit as well as help the markets and the economy. But because politics have become so absolutist, they feel they can't go down this obviously best path because both their constituents and their parties will throw them out of office if they explored this more balanced approach. To me, that’s a tragedy.

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