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I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your blog… It is so generous of you to take the time writing it, with so much detail, and such fascinating topics. I could never cope as well with my heart disease without your thoughtful and exhaustive analysis and comments. Your blog entries provide me with much needed reassurance, and a rich trove of information that my cardiologist never has time to explain… One example: i was not aware that uncoated ASA (…as opposed to the universal “enteric coated” ASA) is the real deal for secondary prevention, and no one ever told me that in case of a heart attack one should chew on a 325 mg ASA tablet… Like you, I am a scientist, and I DO appreciate your weighing of evidence in your discussions. Your blog improves my quality of life, my knowledge, and confidence… I can not thank you enough for that…

I just wanted to take a quick second of your time to say thank you for your various blogs. The paucity of consistently reliable and unbiased information on the topics you choose to discuss is stunning. While I am prompted to write today because of your post on HCQ, I have been intending to write for awhile. Your articles on various cardiology issues — particularly statins — have been enormously helpful to me and and reassuring to my wife. As a practical matter, thanks to your references, I was able to have more meaningful discussions with my PCM and cardiologist about appropriate maintenance following my NSTEMI a couple of years ago. (Don’t worry I don’t use your name but just the references!) For example, my PCM loved the word “pleiotropic” and was seemingly unaware of the benefits of more intensive statin therapy in my situation” — later validated by my cardiologist who, in fact, increased my statin level since I seem to tolerate it well. Anyway, sorry to prattle on but simply wanted to give a sincere thanks.

Thanks as always for continuing to watch for new ways for patients to better understand their heart rhythms, and to better communicate their concerns and progress with their doctor.

Thank you for your wonderful website! … Thanks again for your generosity & time to build such a valuable resource for us newbies.

First of all thank you so much for your articles. As an engineer (and a hopeless skeptic myself) I find your information absolutely fascinating and extraordinarily helpful due to their practical and data-driven nature.

you offer two important services via your blog. First, you have taken the time to explain — in understandable ways — conditions, testing, etc. that impact real people. Knowledge can be so reassuring — it is the unknown that terrifies our hearts (sometimes quite literally!). Second and maybe even more important, you are training people to think critically.

I admire your medical journalism immensely, and feel that it provides a much-needed note of clarity and caution, amidst the cacophony from those in medicine too reliant on their designations as "authorities" to pause and consider whether or not the science supports their positions.

thank you for your site – it is clear, evidence-based, and extremely helpful. Keep it up.

Thank you for all the thoughtful information you provide and which gives your readers a better grasp of their own medical problems.

Thank you for all the thoughtful information you provide and which gives your readers a better grasp of their own medical problems.

Who knew that listening to first-rate medical advice could be so much fun? Thank you for such a delightful post, with homage to John Prine.

He's a little too skeptical for my tastes

Dr Pearson: Thank you very much for taking your personal (and unpaid) time to share your knowledge via your blogs, emails and now this excellent video. Much appreciated by average citizens like myself who are interested in their health. I also live in St. Louis and hope I never have to meet you professionally (hah !!) but you seem like a wonderful doctor who cares about his patients and I point friends / acquaintances to your site all of the time. Keep up the great work !!