Should You Be Raking The Leaves of Autumn?
In University City, like much of the country these past two weeks, we’ve been enveloped in extreme unremitting cold but just a month ago I was writing about leaves. My
January 7, 2018 5 Comments
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Are You A Victim of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness?
The Skeptical Cardiologist has been analyzing the data on sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiovascular disease, utilizing his spectacular skeptical skills. Recent guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine suggest
December 2, 2017 5 Comments
Does Eating Saturated Fat Lower Your Risk of Stroke and Dying?: Humility and Conscience in Nutritional Guidelines
A study presented at the European Society of Cardiology meetings in Barcelona and simultaneously published in The Lancet earlier this month caught the attention of many of my readers. Media
September 22, 2017 5 Comments
Ignore The New York Times and The American Heart Association and Feel Free to Skip Breakfast
A friend recently sent the skeptical cardiologist a link to a very disappointing NY Times article entitled “The Case For A Breakfast Feast” The writer, Roni Rabin (who has a
August 26, 2017 7 Comments
Quackery Promotion By Mainstream Media: Reader’s Digest and Naturopathy
(This post from 2017 was updated 1/31/2023) As the skeptical cardiologist surveys the heart health information available to his patients and the lay public, he sees two broad categories of
August 12, 2017 12 Comments
Why Are The Dutch So Heart Healthy and Happy (And Tall)? Part I: Is It Their Diet?
The Skeptical Cardiologist and his eternal fiancee’ recently spent 5 days in the Netherlands trying to understand why the Dutch are so happy and heart healthy. We were driven by
August 2, 2017 13 Comments
Are Plant-Based "Milks" The Margarine of the 21st Century?
Full fat dairy doesn’t make you fat or give you heart disease. But nutritional guidelines still continue to recommend the substitution of non-fat or low-fat dairy for full fat, something that
June 24, 2017 17 Comments
Beware Of More Misinformation From The American Heart Association On Coconut Oil and Saturated Fats
In a “presidential advisory” to the American Heart Association (AHA) a panel of experts last week strongly endorsed the heart healthy benefits of replacing any and all saturated fats in
June 18, 2017 24 Comments
Anthony C. Pearson M.D., F.A.C.C. is a cardiologist, musician, writer and a regular columnist at MedPage Today
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