There's something special about Fridays, and in the summer we seem to feel it even more.

As I've talked about before on the show, there's also something about Fridays at the

US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA.

Research published in 2020 looked at what happens when the FDA issues drug safety alerts on

a Friday compared to any other day of the week.

It was an eye-opening study that we talked about previously on the show, and we're going

to replay that episode for you today.

So now you have a little something to contemplate as we head into a longer weekend and a summer

itself winds down.

As you'll hear, my guest Ben Barber and Luis Diestra found that when the FDA issued drug

safety alerts on Fridays, these important updates got less attention.

I wondered at the time what impact simply moving these alerts to another day of the week

could have in terms of that information gaining more traction.

We followed up with the FDA, and they couldn't confirm if they stopped releasing alerts on

certain days.

But a glance at their safety alerts website indicates that these alerts are still released on Fridays.

So there hasn't been any change as a result of Ben and Luis's work.

Maybe that'll change with the rebroadcast of episode number 9 while Fridays may be dangerous

for your health.

All day long, for reasons big and small, we hear and feel and see alerts.

Things that eat our attention.

It could be work-related or personal, like a happy birthday text from a college roommate.

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