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Understanding and preventing sudden cardiac death
Every two minutes, an American life is lost to sudden cardiac death (SCD) . As the name suggests, SCD can strike without warning, and is often the result of an abrupt change in the heart’s electrical rhythm. While a heart attack (myocardial infarction) can lead to sudden cardiac death, these terms are not interchangeable. People can (and frequently do) survive heart attacks, whereas sudden cardiac death represents the loss of life due to a cardiac cause, within one hour of sy
Nick Allen
Nov 63 min read


An overview of cancer screenings, part 1
Cancer is certainly among the cruelest of the major chronic diseases, as in so many circumstances its emergence can be the product of...
Ryan Allen
Oct 95 min read


An update to liver health risk scoring
It’s only been four weeks since I put out this post  discussing the alarmingly high prevalence of metabolic liver disease and the utility...
Nick Allen
Sep 113 min read


An approach to caffeine consumption
There is always a lot of curiosity and misinformation around caffeine as a component of a healthy nutritional regimen. Of course, a lot...
Ryan Allen
Aug 145 min read
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