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The art and science of screen time
This article is about a topic that keeps me up at night (if Twitter hasn’t already done a sufficient job)
A moment of Zen and the importance of perspective
The 2018 California wildfires are almost unimaginable, and yet, here we are.
The placebo effect
New research is zeroing in on a biochemical basis for the placebo effect — possibly opening a Pandora’s box for Western medicine.
Reading, resveratrol, and coffee
On a lighter note (although likely a more contentious topic than the aforementioned Nature paper), I provided my current morning coffee ritual on Instagram
Easter Island, inflammation, and ask me anything
The implications of the story are frightening, but kudos to the correspondent and photographer that put this story together.
1 in 10 people lack access to clean water
There are a lot of things that I find “unacceptable” on a daily basis, but situations like this help put things in perspective.
A doctor with 1 million patients
I can only say that there may be no person—let alone doctor—that I hold in higher regard.
Statins, Lp(a), and upcoming podcast guests
In other words, statins are not addressing the associated risk in patients with an elevated Lp(a), and this population represents about 25% of those with previous CVD or an indication for statins.
AMA, Alzheimer’s, podcast rec, and NAD rec
Spoiler alert: Not sure taking NAD precursors orally is doing much beyond enriching the companies that make them.
Alzheimer’s prevention and the most important thing
So ironically, while Marks applies these insights to financial investments, many of the same principles apply to the way we should treat our health.