Intelligent Medicine®

Author: Dr. Ronald Hoffman

ENCORE: Living to 100

Could living past 100 become the new normal? Discover the secrets to living longer and the societal impacts of everyone living past 100 with Journalist William J. Cole, author of “The Big 100: Uncovering the Keys to Longevity.”

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Q&A with Leyla: Does nicotine destroy the spine?

A spoof on suggested nutrition guidelines; Does nicotine destroy the spine? Suggestions for an 88-year-old man with an irregular heart rate. “My PSA is on an upward trend since my last test. Should I stop taking testosterone?” Essential tremors; “I wake often during the night. What can I take to help me stay asleep?” And more!

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Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 10: Long-Overdue Change to the Broken Food Pyramid

Applauding a long-overdue change to the broken Food Pyramid; FDA green lights testosterone replacement; Does CoQ10 protect against statin muscle damage? MAHA derailed by federal policies that allow harmful chemicals to proliferate; FDA approves electrical stimulation headset as safe and effective for home-use to treat depression; Is just a little red wine ever day bad for you? And more!

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Q&A with Leyla: Top Stories of 2025

The Top stories of 2025; Does use of statins lead to muscle loss? GABA for insomnia and sleep support? What impact does a cocktail of pharmaceutical drugs have on the microbiome? In light of the recent EPA proposal to double permissible formaldehyde emissions, how does this jibe with MAHA? And more!

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ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 3: Artificial Light and Menstrual Cycle Rhythms

The advent of artificial light is obliterating women’s moon-driven menstrual cycle rhythms; When the triple whammy of cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration strikes; Are wrist and finger wearables for blood pressure ready for prime time? Drinking bottled water causes surge in plastic micro-particle intake; The common supplement that can supercharge cancer immunotherapy; Children garner psychological benefits from grandparent time; And more!

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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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