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Navigating a Complex Healthcare System

When it comes to medical advice, is less always more?

To the general public, the trial-and-error process of science and medicine may erode confidence, but without it, we’d have no science and medicine at all.

Medications, Supplements & Other Treatments

#282 – AMA #54: Magnesium: risks of deficiency, how to correct it, supplement options, potential cognitive and sleep benefits, and more

The more deficient you are in magnesium, the more you will be helped by supplementing magnesium.” —Peter Attia

Accidental Death

The loss of a rising marathoner is a tragic reminder of the toll of motor accidents

On track to make history, Kelvin Kiptum’s story ended too soon

Preventing Chronic Disease

Does it help to know your coronary artery calcium score?

I read an interesting paper on fitness, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores from the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. This paper looked at “generally healthy middle-aged men” and associations between their level of aerobic fitness, CAC scores, and risk for CVD. So why was this interesting to me (and by extension, should you care)?

Cholesterol

Low LDL cholesterol and neural development

Why LDL-lowering treatments don’t pit head against heart

Alcohol & Sleep

Alcohol, sleep, and stress: A self-fulfilling prophecy

This audio clip is from our sleep series with Matthew Walker, Ph.D., episode #126 — Matthew Walker, Ph.D.: Sleep and…

Diet & Sleep

How fasting can impact sleep

This audio clip is from our sleep series with Matthew Walker, Ph.D. — episode #127 – fasting, gut health, blue light,…

Outlive Book

Rethinking Medicine to Live Better Longer A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on…

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