I asked the developer of Podcast Addict about this and shared the article. This is their response verbatim:
"Hi,
I'm sorry but I don't understand your email. Of course every podcast app connects to 3rd party content to stream it and therefore hosting platforms and tracking services and ad services used by the podcasters will have access to your IP address.
Sorry but saying that a podcast app leaks your IP address is as stupid as saying that a web browser does. It's just a tool that connects to 3rd party content, so yes unless you're using a VPN the server you connect to will always have access to your IP address
The app doesn't have your location. As you can see it doesn't ask for location permission so the app doesn't have anything to share, but yes your IP will of course be public to any server you connect to
Another interesting point from the study (full paper linked in a other comment) was the comparison of semaglutide to other GLP-1 agonists taken by patients, with the impact being significantly higher vs. those.
Obviously we need some more double blind studies dedicated to this class of drugs and Alzheimer's, but this informs the direction researchers and drug companies will likely map out.
TL;DR from the article:
The study found that patients prescribed semaglutide had a significantly lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease than those who had taken one of the seven other diabetes drugs. The results were consistent across gender, age and weight.
The biggest difference was seen when comparing patients who took semaglutide to those who took insulin: Semaglutide patients had a 70% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, the study found.
Worth noting that 23andMe, plus many other low cost genealogy/health-focused companies do not sequence your DNA.
Instead, they perform what is called a genotyping microarray test, which looks at less than 0.1% of your genome.
To quote from 23andMe:
"In order to be genotyped, the amplified DNA is “cut” into smaller pieces, which are then applied to our DNA chip (also known as a microarray), a small glass slide with millions of microscopic “beads” on its surface. Each bead is attached to a “probe," a bit of DNA that matches one of the genetic variants that we test. The cut pieces of your DNA stick to the matching DNA probes. A fluorescent label on each probe identifies which version of that genetic variant your DNA corresponds to."
This post was submitted with the following title from the original article per the guidelines:
"In gold-standard trial, colonoscopy fails to reduce rate of cancer deaths"
One thing to consider if you have any foreign employees you sponsor on temporary working visas (think H1B, E3, etc.) to work in the US: Oftentimes these folks will have extremely limited time to get their affairs in order and leave the country if they can't find another job.
One thing you can do, that costs you nothing, is give them the option to instead continue to work out their 2 months in lieu of severance to provide an extra 60 days of job search.
Quite often they'll have a family, home, car and assets in the US that they'll need to deal with if they can't secure another job in that limited window.
Actually a portion of spending by participants in this study is tracked via pre-paid debit cards.
To quote from the article: "Data show that since the pandemic started, food spending by SEED recipients increased nearly 25% over the monthly average. In March, it accounted for 46.5% of spending the researchers were able to track using prepaid debit cards"
One particular criticism of the Stanford study was that they recruited via Facebook adverts, and that method may be influenced in recruitment by the "desire to get a test if you had reason to believe that you, or someone near you, had the virus"
This USC study seems to have recruited differently: "Participants were recruited via a proprietary database that is representative of the county population. The database is maintained by LRW Group, a market research firm"
Via: http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/media/m...
For anyone wondering what he caught:
"The resulting bulk of around 2,200 photographs documents both the every-day life and change of Manhattan, including the historic event of the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001"
"Hi,
I'm sorry but I don't understand your email. Of course every podcast app connects to 3rd party content to stream it and therefore hosting platforms and tracking services and ad services used by the podcasters will have access to your IP address. Sorry but saying that a podcast app leaks your IP address is as stupid as saying that a web browser does. It's just a tool that connects to 3rd party content, so yes unless you're using a VPN the server you connect to will always have access to your IP address The app doesn't have your location. As you can see it doesn't ask for location permission so the app doesn't have anything to share, but yes your IP will of course be public to any server you connect to
Xavier"