Impact Factor with F. Perry Wilson

• History Repeats? Lead Pollution and the Roman Economy   A story hidden in the icy layers of the Arctic may have lessons for cognitive health in the modern era.
  Medscape, January 07, 2025
• The Reason Taxi Drivers Are Protected From Alzheimer’s   And for the rest of us, what can we learn from the unique skill of a cabbie that confers this benefit? Dr F Perry Wilson reveals the secret in this week’s Impact Factor.
  Medscape, December 17, 2024
• The Cause of All That Stress: Tonsillectomy?   It could be hard to swallow at first, but researchers found a link between having your tonsils out and later development of stress-related disorders.
  Medscape, December 10, 2024
• How Metals Affect the Brain   How much should we worry about the harmful effects of metal exposure?
  Medscape, December 02, 2024
• How Much Water Should We Drink in a Day?   Nephrologist Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on the ubiquitous recommendation to “drink more water.”
  Medscape, November 26, 2024
• Aliens, Ian McShane, and Heart Disease Risk  
  Medscape, November 19, 2024
• We Haven’t Kicked Our Pandemic Drinking Habit   Many people increased their alcohol consumption during lockdown. But a new analysis suggests that the end of the pandemic didn’t bring an end to the drinking.
  Medscape, November 12, 2024
• The Mysterious Link Between Pesticides and Prostate Cancer   Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study suggesting that we might be able to blame certain chemicals for causing prostate cancer — someday.
  Medscape, November 05, 2024
• Is Being ‘Manly’ a Threat to a Man’s Health?   Societal pressure to express masculinity could jeopardize a man’s cardiovascular health.
  Medscape, October 29, 2024
• How Old Are You? Stand on One Leg and I'll Tell You   Duration of unipedal stance is a reliable and gender-independent measure of neuromuscular aging.
  Medscape, October 23, 2024
• COVID Deaths in the US: Who Pays the Highest Price?   1.4 million. That’s the tally of excess deaths during the COVID pandemic in the United States. But it turns out that the pain of those losses was not spread evenly throughout society.
  Medscape, October 15, 2024
• Is Spicy Food 'Hot' Because We Expect It to Be? A new study reveals the brain complexity that underpins expectation and perception when it comes to liking or disliking hot sauce.
  Medscape, October 08, 2024
• Time-Restricted Eating Is Not a Metabolic Magic Bullet   This lifestyle change wasn't effective in reversing a lifestyle disease.
  Medscape, October 01, 2024
• One in Three Pro Football Players Think They Have CTE   A stunning number of still-living former football players perceive chronic traumatic encephalopathy, with clinical implications.
  Medscape, September 23, 2024
• Coffee's 'Sweet Spot': Consumption and Cardiometabolic Risk   How many daily cups of joe can be beneficial to health?
  Medscape, September 17, 2024
• Guns and Children: What Is Responsible Ownership?   Gun owners may think that educating children about guns is sufficient to keep them safe.
  Medscape, September 11, 2024
• Ozempic and Suicide: What the Real-World Data Reveal   Do real-world data support or refute anecdotal reports of suicide associated with GLP-1 receptor agonists? Dr F. Perry Wilson breaks down the findings.
  Medscape, September 04, 2024
• With COVID, Not All Myocarditis Is Created Equal Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study weighing the outcomes of COVID infection-associated vs COVID mRNA vaccine-associated myocarditis.
  Medscape, August 26, 2024
• Sex, Marriage, Race, Education: 18 Years of Life Expectancy   Can a simple scoring system predict risk for death? Dr F. Perry Wilson discusses.
  Medscape, August 06, 2024
• Ozempic Curbs Hunger – And Not Just for Food   New evidence suggests that semaglutide could help people stop smoking. Dr F. Perry Wilson comments.
  Medscape, July 30, 2024