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It’s almost taken as a given that a Covid infection increases the risk of heart attacks, because, after all, that seems to be what the data show: If you…
Did you happen to come across the news reports on the potential cardiovascular harms of a common artificial sweetener? The headlines all had the same…
Heart disease is the number 1 cause of death in America, but it doesn’t have to be. We know a huge amount about how to lower cardiovascular risk, but…
Passing USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3 without studying!
There’s a cliche that every first year medical student learns about the limitations of our current knowledge: “Half of what you learn in med school is…
The most important book I’ve ever read was “Good Calories, Bad Calories.” It’s a book by the acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes, whose NY Times…
A recent tweet from Dr. Eric Topol about a study trying to assess the real world effectiveness of Paxlovid provides a really important teachable moment…
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