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Fella Health (YC W20) Is Hiring(ycombinator.com)
1 points by rich-cartwright 3y ago
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Fella Health (YC W20/S21) hiring founding roles to fight men's obesity (remote)(jobs.ashbyhq.com)
1 points by rich-cartwright 5y ago
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Fella Health (YC W20/S21) = telehealth clinic for men with obesity location = fully REMOTE role = founding engineer you'll take over work from our technical co-founder, executing in both growth & product teams. This role is a
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
This is the same ineffective trope said repeatedly without grounding in practical solutions which help real people get to a healthier weight.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Well written.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Yep we've actually had that happen already. Happy to help if you'd like. To reiterate thought: I have nothing against these programs, from the outside they look really solid & I overall really support the direction of treatmen
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Thanks for sharing, important to hear anecdotal evidence.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
I feel like this is a pretty bold statement, and I'm not sure how much evidence there is behind this.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Understood and good points. Thank you for the candor: I got caught up and quickly typed a throwaway comment. Definitely my bad.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Spot on.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Really interesting, thanks for sharing.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Didn't know this! Assume it's this study: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02195-1 Was posted on HN 4 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28239113 (in case other people w
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Definitely an area with compelling evidence. Lot of uncertainty though.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
They did! Spoken with the founder.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Thank you for the support! Where in the world are you based btw? Always interested to follow the approvals of Semaglutide.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Makes a ton of sense, and really helpful to know. Thank you.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Understood. I thought the easiest way to do this would be to link to the articles which talk about this in more detail. Should probably have added a small paragraph which talked about the bio of it.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Good to hear you'll be talking about it your endocrinologist. Couple things: Injectable Semaglutide was first FDA approved in 2017 as Ozempic. Wegovy is also injectable Semaglutide. The key difference is the approved dose: Ozempic is 1
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Biologically: mostly similar, although some important hormonal differences. More research coming on this. Psychologically & socially: very different.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
We're starting to do more research into hormone-based treatments. We definitely have hesitancy as hormone treatments are a bigger life decision, and telehealth regulation is murky. We'll look into it more.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
The doctors prescribe both GLP-1s & meds like Phentermine, among others. I just didn't wanna list them all out!
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
We plan to store it until we expand to more states. If you'd like us to delete it, send me an email on richie@joinfella.com & I'll sort it.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Interesting to hear this personal experience. If you're interested in some research behind this: "Long-term persistence of hormonal adaptations to weight loss" - [1] and [2] are both interesting papers on this. With the summa
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Really nicely put. Yep we're British founders so would love to expand to Europe in the future. Sadly won't be for a couple of years though - lots of work to be done first in the US!
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
It's one important cause - although "food addiction" is interestingly quite controversial in the research space, and the literature is fast growing here. It's certainly something we tackle head on in our program. But foo
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
You're 100% welcome here. Would love it if you wanted to sign up. Or if easier, you can drop me an email on richie@joinfella.com and we'll sort you!
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Really sorry about this. We tried to make this clear in the post, but you're right we can definitely make this clearer on our website. Before launching on HN we haven't had an non-Texas traffic so there are some bits we need to ch
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Thank you Brian! Appreciate your support.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
We're definitely a big proponent of a psychological approach for a lot of Fellas. And "food addiction" is a controversial but rapidly growing area of research. That said, important to state a psychological-only approach sadly
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Important to hear this. I'd say there's a huge lack of empathy (understanding that someone can have a very different experience) in this space because of how it's tied in with society's take on individualism & moral

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