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Mashup Score: 1Is Alcohol in Moderation Helpful or Harmful? - 11 hour(s) ago
How politics, cherry-picking, and bias made the benefits of moderate alcohol consumption disappear
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Mashup Score: 0Is Pickleball the Best Physical Activity for a Long Life? - 2 month(s) ago
It is inherently social, activates multiple muscle groups, and involves HIIT but does it really add 8 more years to your life compared to working out in a gym?
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Mashup Score: 0Skeptical Thoughts From the Dentist's Chair for 2024 - 2 month(s) ago
Do you really need those X-rays or that cleaning? Why does the rate of cavity detection vary so widely? Are we victims of too much dentistry?
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Mashup Score: 3
What once was clear is now muddied, muddled and/or opaque. Equipoise rules.
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The patient note you read in the future will most likely be generated primarily by a computer and this will be a good thing
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Mashup Score: 1Does Playing Pickleball Benefit the Heart and Soul of Seniors? - 3 month(s) ago
Can you achieve cardio exercise goals by playing this highly entertaining and social sport?
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Mashup Score: 2Dealing With Symptoms That Develop While Taking Statin Drugs - 4 month(s) ago
Featuring Samson, Delilah* and the Nocebo Effect
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Mashup Score: 2Are You Too Old to Worry About High Cholesterol? - 5 month(s) ago
The estimated risk of heart attack and stroke rises to high levels by the time you reach 75 years. Does it make sense for old codgers to take lipid lowering medications like statins?
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Mashup Score: 0Using EGYM to Monitor BioAge and Become Younger Next Year - 11 month(s) ago
The program provides an objective assessment of 3 key biomarkers that are known to reflect longevity and a way to easily monitor changes in those biomarkers over time.
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Mashup Score: 0Comment by Sobshrink on The Skeptical Cardiologist - 11 month(s) ago
“… but it is interesting to know that the mean fat intake of the human population has not increased much in the past 50 years.” Exactly! What has changed? The amount of UPF consumption. I agree that the rising incidence of all those conditions in children is extremely worrisome. I would recommend the Van Tulleken book if you’re interested in how UPF is being marketed to kids (be prepared to be outraged), and the article below is also informative. Once again, the Hall study shows that even when macronutrients are held constant (including fat), a diet high in UPF compared to non-UPF increases consumption when people are free to eat as much as they want, leading to excess calorie intake. Most UPF’s are engineered to be highly palatable, making them addictive to some people. Again, I refer you to the Van Tulleken book for the how and why food industry does that. I don’t know about lab animals, because they are highly bred for certain traits, but I believe that typical rat and mice chow i
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Is Alcohol in Moderation Helpful or Harmful? How politics, cherry-picking, and bias made the benefits of moderate alcohol consumption disappear https://t.co/3RBUQ72t5d via @skepcard