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Islon Woolf MD
Feb 44 min read
Making sense of the alcohol and cancer advisory
The Surgeon General issued a new advisory regarding alcohol and cancer. Is there a concern? What about light drinkers?
Islon Woolf MD
Dec 25, 20245 min read
What are GMOs and why learn about them
The purpose of this post is to provide you with a clear and easy-to-understand explanation of GMOs - genetically modified organisms. Why...
Islon Woolf MD
Oct 9, 20241 min read
Diagnosis is abduction
Doctors make diagnostic errors in pattern recognition mode. Abduction (inference to the best explanation) leads to optimal diagnosis.
Islon Woolf MD
Jun 17, 20235 min read
A new testosterone trial does NOT confirm cardiovascular safety
A new trial attempting to prove the cardiovascular safety of testosterone is inadequate due poor levels achieved in test group.
Islon Woolf MD
Oct 13, 20226 min read
Antioxidant vitamins don’t work for aging, and may cause cancer and heart disease.
It took 70 years, and hundreds of billions of dollars of research to show we were fooled by reductionist models and observational studies.
Islon Woolf MD
Oct 11, 20226 min read
B vitamins may accelerate aging. Why the evidence misled us.
In my last email, I reviewed B vitamin supplementation and the history of the research. Initially the reductionist models and...