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    Gift Cards for Your DNA Data

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    FromPrognosis: Losing it

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    Gift Cards for Your DNA Data

    FromPrognosis: Losing it

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    Length:
    22 minutes
    Released:
    May 23, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    On our latest episode of Prognosis, reporter Kristen V. Brown sells her DNA data to the highest bidder. Health data has turned into big business, but Brown quickly realized she wasn’t about to get rich. In exchange for an Amazon gift card or a few shares of marginal value, companies promise to use your data in the quest for better healthcare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
    Released:
    May 23, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    For much of human history, we’ve turned to diets to lose weight and improve our health. But it’s mostly been in vain. No matter how much the number on the scale drops begins to go down, chances are that the weight will come back. That’s just what the science says. But when it comes to weight, the facts just don’t seem to matter. Losing It, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, looks at how we got weight loss so wrong — and whether there’s a better way forward.