Search


Putting tests to the test. How to evaluate a diagnostic test.
You may have noticed lately that we are inundated with new diagnostic tests: COVID tests, cancer screening tests, genetic tests,...

Islon Woolf MD
Jan 23, 201810 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
Jan 1, 20187 min read


The Kruger-Dunning effect - a cognitive error bad for your health
If you want to learn why your facebook friends claim to know how to cure cancer, but your Internist does not... The Case of McArthur...

Islon Woolf MD
Dec 28, 20177 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
Dec 2, 20173 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....

Islon Woolf MD
Nov 25, 20172 min read


Cognitive dissonance from conflicting dietary claims
In cognitive dissonance theory, first proposed by Leon Festinger in the 1950’s, the human brain does not like to hold two or more...

Islon Woolf MD
Oct 13, 20178 min read