Environmental exposures & health scares
Microplastics, declining sperm counts, and other health scares, weighed against what the evidence really shows.
A nephrologist breaks down what the evidence on red meat, saturated fat, LDL, and cancer risk actually says, and where the science gets oversold.
Microplastics are in our food, our dust, and apparently our brains. But does the evidence actually show they're hurting us? A doctor breaks down what we know.
Sperm counts have dropped over the past 50 years, but the cause isn't cell phones, soy, or laptops. Here's what the evidence actually says.
About the author
F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE is a nephrologist, clinical researcher, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Yale University, where he directs the Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator. He hosts the Wellness, Actually podcast with Emily Oster, writes the weekly Impact Factor column on Medscape, and is the author of How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't (Grand Central, 2023).