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Eric Topol
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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.
amazon.com/gp/new-relea...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 3h
An exposé of the so-called "body protection compound" peptide (BPC-157) heavily promoted by paid influencers, without data on safety or efficacy, and now its proponents are pressuring FDA
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/b...
From Croatia to MAHA: How an unapproved drug became the next hot peptide
BPC-157 hasn't been approved by the FDA. But that hasn't stopped this buzzy drug from gaining traction – and attention from MAHA.
www.statnews.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 4h
The skinny on intermittent fasting
"the better the study , the less it finds"
gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21h
The US isn't Denmark when it comes to vaccines, written by a scientist from Denmark @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Reposted by Karen O’Leary

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d
The time of day for cancer immunotherapy is associated with major outcomes. Early is better. Results from a randomized trial of lung cancer, backs up the importance of our circadian rhythm and immune system
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reposted by Eric J. Topol

Reposted by Eric J. Topol

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2d
no data or evidence for that (maybe worth testing in the future)

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2d
I asked Kevin about VNS use in POTS, Long Covid, what may be considered an ideal use case
This is part of his reponse. Then there's the ear access.....

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2d
1 minute of vagus nerve stimulation per day was recently FDA approved as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. A new Ground Truths podcast with Kevin J. Tracey who pioneered this field
erictopol.substack.com/p/vagus-nerv...
Vagus Nerve Stimulation and the Immune System
Kevin Tracey, the pioneering neurosurgeon who discovered the connection, talks about the recent FDA approval for rheumatoid arthritis and where this is headed
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