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How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't: Learning Who to Trust to Get and Stay Healthy

How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't: Learning Who to Trust to Get and Stay Healthy

Blending personal anecdotes with hard science, an accomplished physician, researcher, and science communicator gives you the tools to stay healthy.

2023

F. Perry Wilson

F. Perry Wilson

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Women are More Likely To Have a Broken Heart, Men More Likely to Die From It

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy teaches us about the potentially fatal impact of extreme stress.

5d ago

Women are More Likely To Have a Broken Heart, Men More Likely to Die From It

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Ozempic… for your Brain?

Highest quality data yet suggests dramatic off-target brain effects of drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro

Apr 7

Ozempic… for your Brain?

Apr 7

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How Old Is Your Body? Stand On One Leg and Find Out

According to new research, the time you can stand on one leg is the best marker of physical aging.

Oct 23, 2024

How Old Is Your Body? Stand On One Leg and Find Out

Oct 23, 2024

What If Your Watch Says You Have Atrial Fibrillation?

We’re in a new world where medical problems can be detected without human intervention

May 6

What If Your Watch Says You Have Atrial Fibrillation?

May 6

Bio-Age vs Calendar Age: Which Predicts Dementia?

A new study finds a significant risk if you are aging faster than expected.

Apr 30

Bio-Age vs Calendar Age: Which Predicts Dementia?

Apr 30

Autism: Environment, or Genes?

To figure it out, you need to understand twin studies.

Apr 21

Autism: Environment, or Genes?

Apr 21

Irony: An Obituary

April 1st, 2025. Irony has died.

Apr 1

Irony: An Obituary

Apr 1

Avoiding Death: How the US Fails on a Key Healthcare Metric

A new study shows that the US is at the bottom of the barrel compared to other developed nations.

Mar 25

Avoiding Death: How the US Fails on a Key Healthcare Metric

Mar 25

New Weight Loss Drugs Are Wildly Effective, But They Aren’t Cost Effective

At $200,000 per quality-adjusted life-year saved, Mounjaro doesn’t meet economic criteria for coverage.

Mar 18

New Weight Loss Drugs Are Wildly Effective, But They Aren’t Cost Effective

Mar 18

A Rare Win For Vitamin D Supplementation: Multiple Sclerosis

Randomized trials of Vitamin D supplementation almost always fail. Not this time.

Mar 10

A Rare Win For Vitamin D Supplementation: Multiple Sclerosis

Mar 10

F. Perry Wilson, MD

F. Perry Wilson, MD

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Medicine, science, statistics. Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Yale. Host of "Impact Factor" on Medscape.com.

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