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Celebrating Food and National Hispanic Heritage Month with Ale Graf
We had the pleasure of talking with Ale Graf about her work, food, and National Hispanic Heritage ...View More
“An Outrageous Assault”: Pelvic Exams by Med Students on Anesthetized Women
Please note: This blog contains descriptions of sexual assault. From Heart Failure, a book I wrote a ...View More
A Longer Life on Statins?
What are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat, and average post ...View More
The Real Benefits of Statins and Their Side Effects
A Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right ...View More
Are We Being Misled About the Benefits and Risks of Statins?
What is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? Drug companies go out of their way— ...View More
Should You Take Statins?
How can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk to help you determine if you should start ...View More
Are Doctors Knowledgeable About Nutrition?
Do you know more about basic nutrition than most doctors? “A poor diet now outranks smoking as the l ...View More
Fiber or Low FODMAP for SIBO?
It may not be the number of bacteria growing in our small intestine, but the type of bacteria, which ...View More
The Validity of SIBO Tests
Even if we could accurately diagnose small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), if there is no di ...View More
Preventing Hair Loss and Promoting Hair Growth
In every grade school class photo, I seem to have a mess of tousled hair on my head. No matter how m ...View More
