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The Skeptical Cardiologist recently gave a virtual presentation for St. Louis University School of Medicine Grand Rounds on recent studies examining the therapeutic benefit of omega-3 fatty acids and fish oil supplements.
The talk is about 45 minutes and is absolutely mesmerizing. Just kidding. Actually, I m always amazed at how oddly and slowly I speak even when I m totally at ease and know the topic backwards and forwards.
I began by indicating that I would be talking on a weirdly interesting topic that spans nutrition, business, the nutraceutical-industrial complex, quackery, and preventive cardiology and yields fascinating insights into the glaring weaknesses of nutritional epidemiology, the hidden weaknesses of randomized clinical trials, and the many sources of bias in scientific research.