Impact Factor with F. Perry Wilson

• Ivermectin for COVID: How Do We Know What to Believe?   A meta-analysis of randomized trials of ivermectin suggests protection against COVID-19, but could there be problems with the study? Dr F. Perry Wilson digs in.
  Medscape, July 14, 2021
• Designer Babies Are No Longer Theoretical. What Could Go Wrong?   Technology has advanced to the point where we need to consider the practical implications of using polygenic risk scores in IVF to select embryos, says F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, July 08, 2021
• 'I'm Not Vaccinated, but What's the Chance I'll Get COVID?'   With the new strains raising the herd immunity threshold, unvaccinated people will probably end up getting COVID eventually, says F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, June 30, 2021
• Happy Birthday! I Got You COVID   Birthday parties may be the key to studying how small gatherings affect the spread of COVID.
  Medscape, June 23, 2021
• Canceling Ultra-processed Foods Won't Solve Obesity   Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study examining the effect of ultra-processed food consumption on BMI and body weight.
  Medscape, June 16, 2021
• The COVID Fertility Issue We 'Should' Be Worried About   Are your patients concerned about the COVID vaccine causing infertility? Dr F. Perry Wilson argues that there is more reason to worry about infertility arising from the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself.
  Medscape, June 10, 2021
• The Vitamin D–COVID Question: Is the Answer in Our Genes?   A Mendelian randomization study attempts to answer the question of whether there is a causal link between vitamin D levels and COVID-19 incidence or severity. Dr F. Perry Wilson breaks down the study.
  Medscape, June 02, 2021
• Can Bitter Taste Perception Predict COVID Outcomes?   A study suggesting that perception of bitter taste can predict COVID outcomes might just be crazy enough to be true, but there are a few things about the study to worry about, says F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, May 26, 2021
• Herd Immunity Is Still Possible, and I'm not Ready to Give Up   Public opinion seems to be shifting toward living with COVID as we do with flu, but it's not too late to achieve herd immunity, says F. Perry Wilson. All it takes is a bit of hard work.
  Medscape, May 19, 2021
• Medical Triumph: Gene Therapy Gives Shot at Normal Life   Dr F. Perry Wilson discusses an advance in gene therapy that may allow children with ADA-SCID, a rare and life-threatening immunodeficiency, to have a normal life.
  Medscape, May 12, 2021
• COVID and False Beliefs: How Social Media Exploits Cognitive Bias   Dr F. Perry Wilson discusses four main cognitive biases that social media exploits to lead people away from what is true.
  Medscape, May 05, 2021
• Want COVID Under Control? Screen Asymptomatic Kids Now, Fast   Findings of a recent study suggest that rapid identification of asymptomatic infections in children may be the key to getting the pandemic under control.
  Medscape, April 28, 2021
• Is Epidural Use During Labor Linked With Autism?   Two studies came to different conclusions on whether the use of epidural analgesia during labor increases the risk for autism in the child. What's going on, and which should we believe?
  Medscape, April 21, 2021
• Human-Monkey Chimeras: Science Pushes the Ethical Envelope   Recent reports of the advanced creation of human-animal chimeras will force us to grapple with some fundamental questions, like what it means to be human.
  Medscape, April 15, 2021
• Children Are Losing Parents to COVID-19, and We Need to Help   The death of a loved one changes your life forever. For children who lose a parent, the loss can be life-defining, and we have a responsibility to those left behind, says Dr F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, April 07, 2021
• Could Taking Viagra Come With an Extra Perk?   A recent study found that men taking PDE5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction vs alprostadil had lower all-cause mortality. Dr F. Perry Wilson takes look at the data.
  Medscape, March 24, 2021
• Does Osteopathic Manipulation Relieve Low Back Pain?   A study that randomly assigned patients with low back pain to osteopathic manipulation or sham therapy was nicely executed, says F. Perry Wilson, but still leaves him a bit unsure.
  Medscape, March 17, 2021
• Docs and Fake News: Finding Our Way Out of the Echo Chamber   Interpretation of facts is one thing, but if doctors can't agree on a baseline set of facts, all is lost, says Dr F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, March 10, 2021
• The Likely Future of COVID-19? More Than Polio, Less Than Flu   Is the end goal in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 eradication of the virus or to have numbers similar to that of flu? Neither, says F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, March 03, 2021
• Move to Single-Dose COVID Vaccine Is Worth a Shot   Switching to a single-dose COVID vaccine program is a reasonable option while vaccine supply is limited, says F. Perry Wilson. Here's a look at the data.
  Medscape, February 23, 2021