Impact Factor with F. Perry Wilson

• Laboratory Testing: No Doctor Required?   This week, Dr F. Perry Wilson reveals some of the downstream consequences of the recent explosion in direct-to-consumer lab testing.
  Medscape, September 19, 2023
• Bad Blood: Could Brain Bleeds Be Contagious?   Dr F. Perry Wilson reviews a study suggesting that what we thought was a purely random disease might actually be an infectious one.
  Medscape, September 12, 2023
• The New Normal in Body Temperature   Are humans more cold-blooded than we have always believed? F. Perry Wilson reviews a study of "normal" oral temperatures in adults.
  Medscape, September 06, 2023
• Really? Cancer Screening Doesn't Save Lives?   You might have a hard time believing that all this cancer screening is for nothing. See what Perry thinks.
  Medscape, August 29, 2023
• ICYM: Beethoven’s Hair, Inside the Dying Brain, and More Impact Factor, with Dr F. Perry Wilson, is taking a break this week. But in case you missed them, here are five of the most popular videos in the series from the past year.
  Medscape, August 18, 2023
• The Sound of Music Directly From Your Brain   This song doesn't come from a turntable, CD player, or streaming service. This one comes directly from a person's brain.
  Medscape, August 15, 2023
• On the Best Way to Exercise   Aerobics vs weights? Intensity vs time? A new study digs into the relative benefit of different exercise routines.
  Medscape, August 08, 2023
• A New and Completely Different Pain Medicine   Opioids work in the brain, but that's the problem. This new compound works at an entirely different level, but will it be the blockbuster we seek?
  Medscape, August 02, 2023
• What AI Can See in CT Scans That Humans Can't   More can be learned from a chest CT than whether early lung cancer is present.
  Medscape, July 25, 2023
• How AI Could Banish the Nonsense From Medicine   F. Perry Wilson sees medical notes as one way physicians can make friends with robots.
  Medscape, July 17, 2023
• The Surprising Jobs With More-Than-Expected Ovarian Cancer   When we can't explain something with genes or traditional risk factors, we turn to good old-fashioned epidemiology.
  Medscape, July 10, 2023
• What Lies Beneath This Placid Lake Is Poisoning Children   Pollution with heavy metals affects the hearts of children who live near the former dumping site.
  Medscape, July 06, 2023
• The Most Important Question in Medicine   Ask it often enough and it will eventually save someone's life.
  Medscape, June 26, 2023
• Is Long COVID Really 'Long Everything'?   Long COVID is real, but whether this syndrome is a unique sequela of SARS-CoV-2 infection is another question.
  Medscape, June 21, 2023
• The Cardiopulmonary Effects of Mask Wearing   Many people believe that wearing a face mask has untoward health effects. This study aimed to find out.
  Medscape, June 12, 2023
• Transplant Centers Often Skip the Top Spot on the Kidney Waitlist   How donor kidneys are allocated to waiting patients isn't as straightforward as it might seem.
  Medscape, June 05, 2023
• COVID Boosters Effective, but Not for Long   Dr F. Perry Wilson explains a unique study design that helps answer questions about the effectiveness of COVID booster vaccines.
  Medscape, May 30, 2023
• Ketamine, Pain, and Depression: A Special Connection   Ketamine may be a potent analgesic, but its effects on chronic pain may have more to do with its antidepressant effects, according to a recent study. F. Perry Wilson comments.
  Medscape, May 24, 2023
• Is Parkinson's a Military Base's Toxic Legacy?   Exposure to groundwater contaminated with TCE could explain higher rates of Parkinson's disease in those who spent time at Camp Lejeune.
  Medscape, May 16, 2023
• The 30th-Birthday Gift That Could Save a Life   Could a ticking time bomb be lurking in your DNA?
  Medscape, May 09, 2023