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Can treating hearing loss improve cognitive trajectories and reduce dementia risk?
Age-related hearing loss is very common and has long been known to correlate strongly with cognitive decline. A just-published randomized trial sought to evaluate causality in this association. What do we know now?
Silencing the alarm on aspartame and cancer
Last month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer designated the low-calorie sweetener aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic,” quickly leading to concern, confusion, and criticism.
Sugar substitutes: deep dive into the pros, cons, available options, and impact on metabolic health
Sugar substitutes offer sweet taste with minimal calories, yet they remain controversial. How well do they solve the problems associated with traditional sugar, and where do they fall short?
#269 – Good vs. bad science: how to read and understand scientific studies
“I think epidemiology has a place, but I think the pendulum has swung a little too far, and it has been asserted as being more valuable than I think it probably is.” —Peter Attia
Therapeutic potential and cardiovascular risks of medical cannabis
A recent study highlights concerns regarding the potential cardiovascular risks associated with using medical cannabis. A cause for alarm?
#227 – AMA #40: Body composition, protein, time-restricted feeding, fasting, DEXA scans, and more
“We don’t want to be consuming protein for energy purposes at all. We want to be consuming protein for muscle protein synthesis.” —Peter Attia
#275 – AMA #52: Hormone replacement therapy: practical applications and the role of compounding pharmacies
“The sum total of lives that have been saved due to less breast cancer as a result from the lack of HRT for the past 20 years is exactly zero.” —Peter Attia
#278 ‒ Breast cancer: how to catch, treat, and survive breast cancer | Harold Burstein, M.D., Ph.D.
“We’ve completely flipped the outcomes for HER2-positive breast cancer, where it has gone from one of the most feared types of breast cancer to one of the most successfully treated types of breast cancer.” —Harold Burstein
#40 – Tom Catena, M.D.: The world’s most important doctor – to nearly a million patients – saving countless lives in the war-torn and remote villages of Sudan
“I think people may look at Africa and say, ‘What you’re doing is just a drop in the ocean.’. . .But when you’re there, you don’t see a drop in the ocean. You see a person. You see a life.”—Tom Catena
The MIND diet on trial: can diet choices impact cognitive health?
The results were lackluster, but a closer look leaves room for other explanations