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Author: Dr. Ronald Hoffman

Q&A with Leyla: Soup in Cold Weather

Soup in cold weather; Study: No benefit from beta-blockers post heart attack, but vitamin D cuts risk of 2nd heart attack in half! The assault on young people’s brains; What to do about a hip labrum tear; Lead levels in dark chocolate; And more!

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Women’s Health Essentials

Neil Levin from Protocol for Life Balance on the vital role of personalized nutrition for women. He breaks down supplements, hormonal balance, and more.

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Intelligent Medicine Radio for November 8: 4 Simple Lifestyle Measures Deliver 9 Additional Years of Disease-Free Healthspan

Just 4 simple lifestyle measures deliver 9 additional years of disease-free healthspan; Study underscores protein’s role in staving off cancer, heart disease and death; Urolithin A (Mitopure®️) found to support athletic performance, immune function; Why you should ignore some influencers’ advice to avoid fish oil; As little as 3000 steps per day can slow progression to Alzheimer’s Disease; Prostate artery embolization (PAE) offers new non-invasive option for men’s age-related urinary problems; Discovery that a safe, cheap medication may increase survival after breast cancer surgery; And more!

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Q&A with Leyla: Melatonin for Bone Mineral Density?

Advice for a small pericardial effusion; Is melatonin beneficial for bone mineral density? Mitopure’s impact on immune parameters; What are the most important blood tests? Coffee enemas for liver detox? Could a recent dental implant be causing clogged ears and a hissing noise? And more!

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Illustration of a red boxing glove punching an assortment of junk food, including donuts, pizza, a cheeseburger, a cup of soda, potato chips, and candy
There’s a food fight going on in America, and it’s being waged at the highest levels of government, academia, agribusiness, and the medical establishment.
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The medical research establishment is reeling as budget cuts loom for the National Institutes of Health. A colleague involved in funding research at my alma mater, Albert Einstein College of Medicine told me: “It’s been all hands on deck as we struggle to defend our grants.”According to Healthcaredive:
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I’ve long said that what skin needs is not fancy potions applied externally; rather, healthy skin requires a lube job from within via targeted supplementation. But lately, some promising research about innovative natural topical treatments for skin has caught my eye.
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U.S. taxpayers funded a campaign to dox foes of pesticides and GMOs. Controversy rages over the sweeping powers afforded Elon Musk in rooting out DOGE-y government programs, especially at USAID. But here’s one that most assuredly deserves defunding. Long before DOGE was launched, Lighthouse Reports, a consortium of public interest journalists, undertook an investigative report (“Poison PR”) in collaboration with the UK Guardian newspaper that highlighted the role of a U.S. taxpayer-funded PR operation in building a database of environmentalists.
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I used to be an osteoporosis screening “hawk”; I fell in line with the conventional wisdom that sussing out premature bone loss with a DEXA bone densitometry was a must for women hitting menopause, when bone loss begins to accelerate. 
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When I attend my med school reunions, I reunite with brilliant classmates who love being doctors. But they lament their loss of autonomy as private equity wheeler-dealers swallow up small group practices; return on investment supplants patient care as the prime goal of healthcare. Administrators proliferate, at the same time a critical doctor shortage looms. Burnout and disillusionment are prompting a wave of early retirements of veteran practitioners. 
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