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Why Use Stents When They Don’t Work?

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Do Heart Stents Benefit Angina Chest Pain?

Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like non-emergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only risk to millions of patients. Angioplasty and

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The Risks vs. Benefits of Angioplasty and Heart Stents

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Heart Stents and Their Risks

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Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree. There is no such thing as “1-vessel disease,”

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The Effectiveness of Angioplasty and Heart Stent Procedures

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Is Millet a Nutritious Grain?

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Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function?

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Is There a Limit to How Many Lychee Fruit We Should Eat?

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Heme Iron and Cancer

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Heme and Impossible Burgers

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Potatoes: What About Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, and More?

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Uses and Side Effects of Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

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How Is Natural Killer Cell Function Boosted by Forest Bathing?

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Forest Bathing to Boost Anticancer Immunity

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Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease

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Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes

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Skincare as You Age Infographic

Treating Fatty Liver Disease with Diet

Bird Flu: Emergence, Dangers, and Preventive Measures

Inhospitable Hospital Food

Gaming the System: Cardiologists, Heart Stents, and Upcoding

Why Use Stents When They Don’t Work?

Do Heart Stents Benefit Angina Chest Pain?

The Risks vs. Benefits of Angioplasty and Heart Stents

Heart Stents and Their Risks

2024 Year in Review

Why Aren’t Angioplasty Heart Stents More Effective?

The Effectiveness of Angioplasty and Heart Stent Procedures

What About Millet and Diabetes?

Is Millet a Nutritious Grain?

Does Processed Meat Affect Our Lung Function?

Is There a Limit to How Many Lychee Fruit We Should Eat?

Heme Iron and Cancer

Heme and Impossible Burgers

Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching

Are Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products Good for Us?

Potatoes: What About Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, and More?

Plant-Based Meats and Puberty, Obesity, and Fracture Risk

Are Plant-Based Meats Good for Us?

Celebrating Food, Activism, and Black History Month with Jenné Claiborne

How Healthy Are the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat vs. Beef?

What Are the Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Meats?

Why Is Sorghum One of My New Favorite Grains?

Uses and Side Effects of Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

How Is Natural Killer Cell Function Boosted by Forest Bathing?

Is Sorghum a Healthy Grain?

Forest Bathing to Boost Anticancer Immunity

Preorder The How Not to Age Cookbook

An Ideal Waist Size

An Ideal BMI

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Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver Diseases

Obesity’s Impacts on Gallstones, Acid Reflux, and Heart Disease

Obesity’s Impacts on Our Brain, Dementia, and Fertility

Obesity’s Impact on Back Pain, Blood Pressure, Cancer, and Diabetes

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