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Eric Topol

@erictopol.bsky.social

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physician-scientist, author, editor

https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666

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Eric Jeffrey Topol is an American cardiologist, scientist, and author. He is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, a professor of Molecular Medicine and Executive Vice-President at Scripps Research Institute, and a senior consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. .. more

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 27

A new cover for SUPER AGERS after making the NYT bestseller list. Thanks to you for making it the #1 ranked new non-fiction book on Amazon.
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 5h

KPBS: 'Scientists launch new trial for long COVID treatment'

Eric Topol: "They can't work..function..have a hard time just getting out of bed...the first of trials we hope to move forward with..there are so many other potential candidate drugs interventions to help..."

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Scientists launch new trial for long COVID treatment

Launched by the Scripps Research Translational Institute, the trial will test a repurposed GLP-1 drug, tirzepatide, and if it can provide relief for long COVID symptoms.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 9h

2 #LongCovid randomized trials published today
—Online cognitive training, negative
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Resistance training, modest benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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George Harper @george-harper.bsky.social · 11h

Take a 13 min break for an interesting discussion on the potential impact of COVID mRNA vaccines on cancer treatments & cancer patients.

Ira talks with Adam Grippin (@mdanderson.bsky.social) and @erictopol.bsky.social (The Scripps Research Inst.).

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...

Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment

New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments and help patients live longer.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11h

I'm struck by the vision and leadership that Dr. Susan Monarez could have provided for the CDC. Her remarkable resilience, in spite of what she has been through, is inspiring.
Our conversation: erictopol.substack.com/p/dr-susan-m... and a clip from it here

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13h

The new Ground Truths today is based on an important paper just published @nataging.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 27 European countries - Nature Aging

In cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 86,149 participants across 27 European countries, Amoruso, Hernandez and colleagues identify multilingualism as a protective factor against accelerated ...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14h

The heath benefits of multilingualism appear to be far beyond prior expectations
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Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan

Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging

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Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan

Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging

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