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John M
Personal blog · drjohnm.orghealthscience
John M's personal blog at drjohnm.org covers health and science. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link John Mandrola's blog, written by a cardiac electrophysiologist, on medical topics such as the Apple Watch in healthcare, doubts about statin and cholesterol studies, and the health effects of extreme exercise.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
cardiac electrophysiologist, cyclist, learner
What Hacker News says?
John Mandrola, a cardiac electrophysiologist have some interesting insights on the Apple Watch http://www.drjohnm.org/2018/09/thoughts-on-the-apple-watch/
Comment linking /2018/09/thoughts-on-the-apple-watch/
on “The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare”Submitted IPhone ECG transforms heart rhythm monitoring as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThat would be the same CTT that makes money from the makers of Statins and has been accused of being insufficiently transparent around their studies[0]. 0 http://www.drjohnm.org/2014/06/growing-doubt-on-statin-drugs...
Comment linking /2014/06/growing-doubt-on-statin-drugs-the-problem-of-drug-lifestyle-interaction/
on “Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality – a study among 13M adults”Submitted Can We Discuss Flatten-the-Curve in COVID19? My Eight Assertions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionExtreme exercise does have negative health effects. Here is one random discussion with some study links (found from a quick search): http://www.drjohnm.org/2012/06/cw-its-settled-long-term-extr...
Comment linking /2012/06/cw-its-settled-long-term-extreme-endurance-exercise-is-not-heart-healthy/
on “Russian Track and Field Team Barred from Rio Olympics”