February 2020

John Murphy, for MDLinx | with comments/edits by Dr. Saleeby, MD   Intuitive eating sounds so simple that it’s hard to believe it can help you maintain a healthy weight: Eat what you want, but only when you feel hungry, and stop eating when you are no longer hungry (not when you are full). A subtle but …

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From an article by Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | January 2020/ Edited by JP Saleeby, MD Talking to patients about erectile dysfunction (ED) used to be taboo when I was in medical school in the 1980s. Now, even men without ED ask for prescriptions to try Viagra or one of the knockoffs.  But asking about …

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A report by the University of California, Los Angeles / Edits by JP Saleeby, MD Scientists from twenty-two institutions, including UCLA, are recommending early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of severe chronic inflammation to reduce the risk of chronic disease and death worldwide due to chronic illness. The group of international experts, which also included scientists from …

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An article by Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | January 2020 with Edits by JP Saleeby, MD Between 2001 and 2010, the number of studies published per year increased by 44%. But not all these articles passed muster. Many that were published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals were retracted or redacted.  Indeed, during this same 10-year period, …

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