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Why don’t multivitamins work better?

“The majority of multivitamin meta-analyses haven’t found benefit, for uses ranging from cognition in cognitively healthy people to prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. This might be hard for you to believe. Vitamins have a sheen of efficacy powered by […]

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First-hand account of an Executive Physical.

“I was always aware that executive physicals— ultra-high-end, luxury concierge care— existed, but I had never met someone who went through one. and now, due to an accident with my flexible spending account, I ended up with enough cash to […]

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How modernity made us allergic.

This is a wonderful deep-dive into allergies, their increasing prevalence, and the theories that might explain it. “Our very old immune systems can’t keep up with modern lifestyles and diets, leading to increases in all sorts of chronic health problems […]

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Who counts as a doctor?

California’s new law says only physicians and surgeons can call themselves Dr. “Plaintiffs [who all hold Doctorate of Nursing (DNP) Practice degrees] claim state is criminalizing speaking the truth about their earned advanced degrees.” Meanwhile in California, nutritionist is not […]

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Placebo in surgical research.

This is a paper about ethics, but I suggest you read it for the summaries of the three featured studies. “The purpose of this paper is to present three famous cases of placebo use in surgical trials and to perform […]

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Real talk about nicotine.

“How CDC propaganda leads to bad medicine and kills people”. Don’t believe anyone who says nicotine has no benefits. Don’t believe anyone who says it has no harms, either. ~ learn more