Retatrutide vs. Ozempic: 6 Things I Tell Patients Who Ask
Double the weight loss. Here’s what the press release leaves out.
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Retatrutide Just Beat Ozempic. What I Tell Patients Who Ask for It
Retatrutide Just Beat Ozempic.
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DON’T DIE OF INJECTING PEPTIDES!
A Hollywood stuntman had a doctor, a prescription, blood tests, a consent form and a pharmacy. He is dead. The same week, Washington made peptides easier to get.
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What I Tell Patients Who Think Blood Pressure Targets Were Lowered to Sell Pills
The targets moved because trials cut strokes and deaths — and a new wall-squat study shows a cheap tool worth trying.
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The Blood Pressure Pill That Regrows Hair
A cardiologist on the dose that works, the heart risk nobody checks, and the supplements that waste your money. Plans for men and women inside.
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AI Got the Diagnosis Right More Often Than Doctors. Here’s What That Does — and Doesn’t — Mean for You.
A Science study put an AI through stepwise diagnosis on hard cases. The score shocked people. The caveats should too.
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Your Heart Risk Changes at Every Life Stage. Here’s the Checklist for Each.
From your first period to after menopause, with pregnancy in between: what changes, what to measure, and what to ask at each of the four stages.
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I Am So Excited to Share This Book With You
Where You Will Not Look is out, and it’s the most personal thing I’ve ever written.
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Fish Oil Failed the Brain Test. Here’s What It Does to Your Heart.
A two-year USC trial found 2 grams of DHA a day did nothing for memory. The cardiology data on fish oil is more uncomfortable.
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