Reposted by John Dodson MD
“Never delegate understanding.”
That quote stuck with me—and it’s now the title of my new Substack.
I’ll be writing about health, science, & how these things can be understandable.
Subscribe here → neverdelegateunderstanding.substack.com/subscribe
#health #science #medicine @yalemed.bsky.social
That quote stuck with me—and it’s now the title of my new Substack.
I’ll be writing about health, science, & how these things can be understandable.
Subscribe here → neverdelegateunderstanding.substack.com/subscribe
#health #science #medicine @yalemed.bsky.social
Subscribe to Never Delegate Understanding
Making health and science understandable. Click to read Never Delegate Understanding, by Harlan Krumholz, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.
neverdelegateunderstanding.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Never delegate understanding.”
That quote stuck with me—and it’s now the title of my new Substack.
I’ll be writing about health, science, & how these things can be understandable.
Subscribe here → neverdelegateunderstanding.substack.com/subscribe
#health #science #medicine @yalemed.bsky.social
That quote stuck with me—and it’s now the title of my new Substack.
I’ll be writing about health, science, & how these things can be understandable.
Subscribe here → neverdelegateunderstanding.substack.com/subscribe
#health #science #medicine @yalemed.bsky.social
Reposted by John Dodson MD
A JAMA study examined lifestyle interventions' effects on cognitive function in older adults at risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Lead author Laura Baker, PhD, from
@wakeforest.bsky.social shared key insights with several media outlets. 🧵
ja.ma/4lQmvFu #AAIC2025
@wakeforest.bsky.social shared key insights with several media outlets. 🧵
ja.ma/4lQmvFu #AAIC2025
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A JAMA study examined lifestyle interventions' effects on cognitive function in older adults at risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Lead author Laura Baker, PhD, from
@wakeforest.bsky.social shared key insights with several media outlets. 🧵
ja.ma/4lQmvFu #AAIC2025
@wakeforest.bsky.social shared key insights with several media outlets. 🧵
ja.ma/4lQmvFu #AAIC2025
Reposted by John Dodson MD
Aiming for 7,000 daily steps can reduce risk of chronic diseases, cognitive decline, and death, finds new study.
Explore the research in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/mrvd9uyt
Explore the research in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/mrvd9uyt
July 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Aiming for 7,000 daily steps can reduce risk of chronic diseases, cognitive decline, and death, finds new study.
Explore the research in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/mrvd9uyt
Explore the research in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/mrvd9uyt
Reposted by John Dodson MD
A brilliant article by @rmcelreath.bsky.social . I had not heard of ‘bread scientists’ before but see them everywhere. Related to the strong case for teaching reliable, rigorous methods, I see as a major problem the selection of “optimistic” stat methods. #StatsSky #EpiSky
How can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...
Which Kind of Science Reform
What hope is there for science reform, if we can't agree on what to reform? Right now, principles are more important than practices.
elevanth.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A brilliant article by @rmcelreath.bsky.social . I had not heard of ‘bread scientists’ before but see them everywhere. Related to the strong case for teaching reliable, rigorous methods, I see as a major problem the selection of “optimistic” stat methods. #StatsSky #EpiSky
Reposted by John Dodson MD
While sedentary behavior among US adults decreased from 2013 to March 2020, this trend stalled from 2021 to 2023.
https://ja.ma/4nWVKRg
https://ja.ma/4nWVKRg
July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
While sedentary behavior among US adults decreased from 2013 to March 2020, this trend stalled from 2021 to 2023.
https://ja.ma/4nWVKRg
https://ja.ma/4nWVKRg
Reposted by John Dodson MD
Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick AI tools into giving them a positive peer-review report
Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick AI tools into giving them a positive peer-review report
Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read the full story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by John Dodson MD
Our new JAMA Cardiology study finds that many US adults don't know that they have hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol
Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition.
bit.ly/45an6MC #medsky #cardiosky
Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition.
bit.ly/45an6MC #medsky #cardiosky
Hypertension, Diabetes, and High Cholesterol Awareness Among US Adults
This cross-sectional study evaluated the changes in the proportion of US adults who were unaware they had hypertension, diabetes, or a high cholesterol level using 2013 to 2023 data from the National ...
jamanetwork.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Our new JAMA Cardiology study finds that many US adults don't know that they have hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol
Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition.
bit.ly/45an6MC #medsky #cardiosky
Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition.
bit.ly/45an6MC #medsky #cardiosky
Reposted by John Dodson MD
Interesting thesis in the latest issue of Hypertension @ahascience.bsky.social @ahajournals.bsky.social
Additional support for multiclass approach to hypertension management.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Additional support for multiclass approach to hypertension management.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Are Diuretics a Clandestine Risk Factor for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Hypertension? | Hypertension
The control of blood pressure in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension is
paramount and requires the use of thiazide or loop diuretics to enhance renal salt
excretion and reduce expanded body...
www.ahajournals.org
May 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Interesting thesis in the latest issue of Hypertension @ahascience.bsky.social @ahajournals.bsky.social
Additional support for multiclass approach to hypertension management.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Additional support for multiclass approach to hypertension management.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by John Dodson MD
On social engagement and healthy aging. open-access
"High social engagement was associated with lower mortality risk than low engagement (a-HR:0.58)
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"High social engagement was associated with lower mortality risk than low engagement (a-HR:0.58)
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On social engagement and healthy aging. open-access
"High social engagement was associated with lower mortality risk than low engagement (a-HR:0.58)
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"High social engagement was associated with lower mortality risk than low engagement (a-HR:0.58)
agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by John Dodson MD
#EuroPCR #JACC LBCT: #FFR-guided complete #revascularization reduced future and repeated events compared with infarct-related artery only after 10 years. The risk was mainly driven by revasc, with no reduction in MIs or death. www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... #cvMI #revasc
10-Year Outcome of Complete or Infarct–Artery-Only Revascularization in STEMI with Multivessel Disease (DANAMI-3-PRIMULTI):
www.jacc.org
May 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#EuroPCR #JACC LBCT: #FFR-guided complete #revascularization reduced future and repeated events compared with infarct-related artery only after 10 years. The risk was mainly driven by revasc, with no reduction in MIs or death. www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... #cvMI #revasc
Reposted by John Dodson MD
When should you take your blood pressure medication?
A new randomized trial shows no difference bedtime vs morning
@jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A new randomized trial shows no difference bedtime vs morning
@jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Antihypertensive Medication Timing and Cardiovascular Events and Death
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of bedtime vs morning administration of antihypertensive medication on the rate of all-cause death or major cardiovascular events among patients with...
jamanetwork.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
When should you take your blood pressure medication?
A new randomized trial shows no difference bedtime vs morning
@jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A new randomized trial shows no difference bedtime vs morning
@jama.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by John Dodson MD
Consistent with results of 4 other randomized trials
April 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Consistent with results of 4 other randomized trials
Reposted by John Dodson MD
Reducing the risk of all-cause dementia with intensive blood pressure control, the results of a cluster randomized trial in~34,000 participants. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Blood pressure reduction and all-cause dementia in people with uncontrolled hypertension: an open-label, blinded-endpoint, cluster-randomized trial - Nature Medicine
In the CRHCP-3 cluster-randomized trial, blood pressure reduction lowered the risk of all-cause dementia by 15% in 33,995 individuals with hypertension.
www.nature.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reducing the risk of all-cause dementia with intensive blood pressure control, the results of a cluster randomized trial in~34,000 participants. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One of my outstanding mentees will presenting our angina findings from the RESILIENT trial at #ACC25. #CardioSky
March 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One of my outstanding mentees will presenting our angina findings from the RESILIENT trial at #ACC25. #CardioSky
Reposted by John Dodson MD
The number of geriatricians is shrinking, just 7,400 in 2022, down from 10,000 in 2000, while the aging population keeps growing. The American Geriatrics Society says we’ll need 30,000 by 2030. The math isn’t adding up!
America's aging population faces a growing shortage of geriatric care
For a variety of reasons, geriatric care experts told BI it's been hard attracting new doctors to the field. It's a problem for an aging US population.
www.businessinsider.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The number of geriatricians is shrinking, just 7,400 in 2022, down from 10,000 in 2000, while the aging population keeps growing. The American Geriatrics Society says we’ll need 30,000 by 2030. The math isn’t adding up!
Reposted by John Dodson MD
#ACC25 is just around the corner!
Our Health Policy Team will be presenting timely research on the effects of private equity acquisitions, telehealth parity policies, & the Inflation Reduction Act on cardiovascular health
Come by to check out this amazing group of trainees work! #cardiosky
Our Health Policy Team will be presenting timely research on the effects of private equity acquisitions, telehealth parity policies, & the Inflation Reduction Act on cardiovascular health
Come by to check out this amazing group of trainees work! #cardiosky
March 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#ACC25 is just around the corner!
Our Health Policy Team will be presenting timely research on the effects of private equity acquisitions, telehealth parity policies, & the Inflation Reduction Act on cardiovascular health
Come by to check out this amazing group of trainees work! #cardiosky
Our Health Policy Team will be presenting timely research on the effects of private equity acquisitions, telehealth parity policies, & the Inflation Reduction Act on cardiovascular health
Come by to check out this amazing group of trainees work! #cardiosky
Reposted by John Dodson MD
This is a neat study with implications for high-throughput community screening:
Accuracy of a Novel High-Throughput “Car Blood Pressure” Measurement Protocol academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...
Accuracy of a Novel High-Throughput “Car Blood Pressure” Measurement Protocol academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...
Accuracy of a Novel High-Throughput “Car Blood Pressure” Measurement Protocol
AbstractBackground. More than one in three adults with hypertension in the United States are unaware of their condition, highlighting the importance of lar
academic.oup.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is a neat study with implications for high-throughput community screening:
Accuracy of a Novel High-Throughput “Car Blood Pressure” Measurement Protocol academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...
Accuracy of a Novel High-Throughput “Car Blood Pressure” Measurement Protocol academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...
Reposted by John Dodson MD
One little problem for the dimension of Superhumans with extended longevity: no data. @economist.com
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
March 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One little problem for the dimension of Superhumans with extended longevity: no data. @economist.com
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
Important to do studies like this in our older patients: www.acc.org/latest-in-ca... #CardioSky
Does Tafamidis Improve Survival For Octogenarians With Wild-Type Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis? - American College of Cardiology
www.acc.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Important to do studies like this in our older patients: www.acc.org/latest-in-ca... #CardioSky
Reposted by John Dodson MD
Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial???
What on earth is that????!!!!
A complicated study design in which an intervention is rolled out at different times across sites
Excellent article will help you understand and make sense of this design.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
What on earth is that????!!!!
A complicated study design in which an intervention is rolled out at different times across sites
Excellent article will help you understand and make sense of this design.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
What Is a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial?
This Guide to Statistics and Methods describes design, interpretation, and examples of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.
jamanetwork.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial???
What on earth is that????!!!!
A complicated study design in which an intervention is rolled out at different times across sites
Excellent article will help you understand and make sense of this design.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
What on earth is that????!!!!
A complicated study design in which an intervention is rolled out at different times across sites
Excellent article will help you understand and make sense of this design.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by John Dodson MD
March 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by John Dodson MD
New example of opportunistic A.I. in medicine
Get a liver diagnosis from an echocardiogram
ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@cedarssinai.bsky.social @ai.nejm.org
Get a liver diagnosis from an echocardiogram
ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@cedarssinai.bsky.social @ai.nejm.org
Opportunistic Screening of Chronic Liver Disease with Deep-Learning–Enhanced Echocardiography
Chronic liver disease (CLD) affects more than 1.5 billion adults, most of whom are asymptomatic and undiagnosed. Echocardiography is broadly performed and visualizes the liver, but this information...
ai.nejm.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New example of opportunistic A.I. in medicine
Get a liver diagnosis from an echocardiogram
ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@cedarssinai.bsky.social @ai.nejm.org
Get a liver diagnosis from an echocardiogram
ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@cedarssinai.bsky.social @ai.nejm.org
This is an important @nytimes.com piece on Geriatric Cardiology and how we need to think differently when caring for our older cardiac patients: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/h...
#CardioSky
#CardioSky
New Insights Into Older Hearts
Heart disease is more common in people over 65, but treatments are better than ever. That can complicate decision-making for older heart patients.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is an important @nytimes.com piece on Geriatric Cardiology and how we need to think differently when caring for our older cardiac patients: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/h...
#CardioSky
#CardioSky
Great conversation with Dr. Blachman today on SiriusXM about healthy cardiovascular aging. Our NYU Geriatric Cardiology Program is celebrating its 10th year! ❤️ #CardioSky #Geriatrics #MedSky
February 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Great conversation with Dr. Blachman today on SiriusXM about healthy cardiovascular aging. Our NYU Geriatric Cardiology Program is celebrating its 10th year! ❤️ #CardioSky #Geriatrics #MedSky
Reposted by John Dodson MD
How to get 146% return on investment?
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.
February 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How to get 146% return on investment?
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.
The NIH. That's just the economic benefit.
Biomedical research promotes human health.