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A new frontier for early cancer detection?
Discussing the GRAIL blood test
#169 – Katherine Eban: COVID-19 Lab Leak: Examining all sides of the debate and discussing barriers to a full investigation
“There is no smoking gun per se. What there is is smoke coming out of a lot of windows. … There is enough smoke coming out of enough windows that we cannot take the lab leak hypothesis off the table, and so for me, the most credible people on this, they’re not saying it was a lab leak. What they’re saying is, ‘Why can’t we have a full investigation?’” —Katherine Eban
#166 – Patricia Corby, D.D.S.: Importance of oral health, best hygiene practices, and the relationship between poor oral health and systemic disease
“You can maintain optimal oral health just by brushing teeth, by flossing really well, and having good nutrition.” —Pat Corby
Are continuous glucose monitors a waste of time for people without diabetes?
Some experts suggest CGMs are useless for nondiabetics. I disagree.
#165 – AMA #24: Deep dive into blood glucose: why it matters, important metrics to track, and superior insights from a CGM
“Hyperinsulinemia on an [oral glucose tolerance test], even in the presence of normoglycemia, is the canary in the coal mine.” —Peter Attia
A hope for treating Alzheimer’s disease?
The FDA approves the first new medication for AD, aducanumab, in two decades
#164 – Amanda Smith, M.D.: Diagnosing, preventing, and treating Alzheimer’s disease, and what we can all learn from patients with dementia
“At the end of the day, it really has to do with how people see themselves, how people interact with the world, what kind of relationships they have, how able they are to let go of things that they’ve lost and how able they are to focus on the positive.” —Amanda Smith
#162 – Sarah Hallberg, D.O., M.S.: Challenging the status quo of treating metabolic disease, and a personal journey through a grim cancer diagnosis
“For a disease that everyone thought was chronic and progressive, to see people recover from it is quite astounding.” —Sarah Hallberg
Does NMN improve metabolic health in humans?
Thoughts on the first efficacy trial recently published
#160 – Paul Offit, M.D.: The latest on COVID-19 vaccines and their safety, herd immunity, and viral variants
“If you ask me the question, ‘What do I fear most about this whole pandemic?’ it’s actually not the variants. … It’s that there would be a significant percentage of the population that is going to choose not to vaccinate so much so that we can’t get to that 80+% of population immunity we need to slow this virus.” —Paul Offit