Eric Topol / is on Nostr

physician-scientist, author, editor

Last Notes

2024-07-24 22:56:08

Masks work. Again. New Randomized trial
https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj-2023-078918
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2024-06-20 14:44:27

Vaccination prevents loss of brain hippocampus neurogenesis, loss of memory, accumulation of IL-1β, #LongCovid central nervous system hit in the mouse model
https://nature.com/articles/s41590-024-01868-z

2024-03-12 20:48:00

Beyond ~30 million excess deaths, "The COVID-19 pandemic caused the most severe drops in life expectancy seen in 50+ years."
https://healthdata.org/research-analysis/library/mortality-life-expectancy-and-population
https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00476-8/fulltext
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2023-09-20 00:16:01

On the new Covid boosters:
Since @CDCgov gave them full approval, by law health insurers have to provide them for free. So don't let your insurer get away with any charge to you!

2023-08-21 15:11:34

There are 2 new publications today on Covid follow-up at 2 years that shed light on #LongCovid, but there are still many known unknowns, reviewed here
https://erictopol.substack.com/p/long-term-long-covid
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2023-08-20 14:42:26

A telling graph
US life expectancy by state vs countries https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/opinion/health-care-life-expectancy-poverty.html?searchResultPosition=1
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2023-08-16 22:57:34

Among over 4.2 million people, Covid was associated with a significant increased risk of developing multiple types of autoimmune diseases compared with uninfected, and vaccination provided protection
https://thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00331-0/fulltext
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2023-08-08 21:46:24

It's been almost 60 years since the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered, now with strong links to multiple sclerosis other autoimmune conditions, but no vaccine. A step in the right direction today
https://nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39770-1
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2023-08-08 16:18:44

We haven’t yet seen the actual data but a 20% reduction of cardiovascular events in a 17, 500 participant randomized trial of a GLP-1 anti-obesity drug is a big deal and likely will change the reimbursement landscape (and further promote uptake)
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2023-08-08 15:29:50

Truth.
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2023-08-07 23:03:04

In the largest study to measure cytokines and chemokines during Covid, with or without vaccination, a lower inflammatory profile was seen with prior vaccination, supporting its potential short and long- term protective benefit
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00171-4/fulltext
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2023-08-07 14:24:38

A visit to the doctor in 2023 :-(
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