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Stanford Chair of Genetics: “Modern medicine is broken beyond repair”

Dr Michael Snyder, PhD Dr Michael Snyder is Chair of Genetics and Director of Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University. He is the author of Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know, and co-founder of JanuaryAI, Qbio, Personalis, SensOmics, RTHM, and Iollo. He lives in Stanford, California. Follow him on X and…

October 15, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

NUTRITION Great minds

Is when you eat as important as what you eat when wanting to lose weight?

Dr Alan Flanagan, PhD Dr Alan Flanagan holds a PhD in nutrition from the University of Surrey, having spent a decade practicing as a barrister before moving into science. He is the founder of Alinea Nutrition, an online education hub dedicated to providing impartial, science-based nutrition reviews and analysis, and is also Research Communication Officer…

August 25, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

NUTRITION Great minds

Dr Michael Snyder: Beware the hidden health risks of a glucose super-spike

Dr Michael Snyder, PhD Dr Michael Snyder is Chair of Genetics and Director of Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University. He is the author of Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know, and co-founder of JanuaryAI, Qbio, Personalis, SensOmics, RTHM, and Iollo. He lives in Stanford, California. Follow him on X and…

July 15, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

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HEALTH Explainer

Do you need a continuous glucose monitor?

As the fields of health, fitness, medicine and technology forge an ever-closer union, more products are being touted as everyday life-enhancing services for the general population, rather than life-saving solutions for the sick and unwell for which they were originally invented. Of these new “innovations”, the continuous glucose monitor (CGM) - originally developed for people…

May 20, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

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HEALTH Explainer

Should you be worried about blood sugar spikes?

If you follow any health and fitness accounts on social media it can feel like everyone is talking about their blood sugar levels. Thanks to the rapid emergence of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) - in part thanks to the near non-stop promotion by Dr Tim Spector of his ZOE personalised nutrition app - which give…

May 20, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

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