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Islon Woolf MD
Dec 30, 20215 min read
The difference between science and pseudoscience
The application of critical thinking to medicine is the hallmark of my practice. The most foundational and important is the ability to tell
Islon Woolf MD
Apr 18, 20207 min read
COVID-19 risk factors: high blood pressure or high blood pressure medications?
You are all familiar with the warning, "high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease increase your risk of death from COVID-19". You...
Islon Woolf MD
Apr 10, 202010 min read
Using COVID-19 treatments before a clinical trial: a benefit-to-harm analysis
A benefits-to-harms analysis of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
Islon Woolf MD
Apr 3, 20208 min read
A new positive Hydroxychloroquine trial, my systematic review, and updating beliefs
A new Chinese controlled trial of hydroxychloroquine was released last week. It showed that hydroxychloroquine helped COVID-19 patients
Islon Woolf MD
Mar 22, 20206 min read
Kaletra (the HIV medicine) fails to treat COVID-19 in trial
Kaletra is an anti-viral medicine used for HIV. It has had some success with other Coronaviruses, SARS and MERS, in uncontrolled trials....
Islon Woolf MD
Mar 20, 20207 min read
Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, how to read the trial and does it work
A lot of you have reached out to me because you don’t know what information to trust, and what not to trust. This is not new in science....
Islon Woolf MD
Mar 13, 202010 min read
Coronavirus Update
1,323 confirmed cases in the US and 38 deaths as of yesterday. However, up until now we have not been aggressively testing.
Islon Woolf MD
Nov 9, 20196 min read
Another new theory of aging, is it the right one?
Last week, Harvard scientist David Sinclair wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal detailing a new theory of aging - the epigenetic...
Islon Woolf MD
Jan 28, 20191 min read
Lecture: How to evaluate supplements
Over the past twenty years of practice I have evaluated thousands of supplements; something I have truly enjoyed. I recently gave a grand...
Islon Woolf MD
Sep 24, 20184 min read
New Aspirin study - Rare side effects become unacceptable
Aspirin is a natural medicine. It is an extract from White Willow bark and its use dates back 2500 years to Hippocrates. One of its...
Islon Woolf MD
Jan 1, 20187 min read
Treating Parkinson’s Disease with stem cells: plausible versus magical therapies
New medical technologies and the evidence gap New medical technologies are particularly appealing to those with incurable disease and...
Islon Woolf MD
Dec 2, 20173 min read
Prescribing medical marijuana in the State of Florida
Although we have dramatically improved health and doubled our life expectancy in the last 150 years, there is still so much suffering. It...
Islon Woolf MD
Nov 25, 20172 min read
New blood pressure guidelines
Two days ago the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) released new guidelines for high blood pressure....