Author Archives: Joseph Thornton MD

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14177 Joseph Thornton

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD ⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩ >80% of obesity-associated genes are located in the nervous system nature.com/articles/natur… pic.twitter.com/GUmLDlns3H 6/25/22, 8:19 PM Joseph Thornton

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD ⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩ 3/ We still need to find ways to recruit a more representative sample. This is hard work, and I don’t have the answer. [Pie graph = US obesity rates by ethnicity] pic.twitter.com/nSZkQPjtSX 6/25/22, 6:57 PM Joseph Thornton

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD ⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩ Your friendly reminder that LDL causes atherosclerosis. This is the consensus among expert physicians and scientists. The only people questioning this are trying to justify a personal lifestyle choice. FYI: we don’t use “unequivocally” lightly in science. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… pic.twitter.com/UbJAAesuwt 6/25/22, 1:04 PM Joseph Thornton

Beverly G. Tchang, MD ⁦‪@BevTchangMD‬⁩ “According to a study in the National Library of Medicine, only 1% of doctors are trained in treating one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the U.S. — #obesity.” npr.org/2022/06/23/110… 6/24/22, 6:39 AM Joseph Thornton

Stanford Woods Institute ⁦‪@StanfordWoods‬⁩ ICYMI: ⁦‪@MarshallBBurke‬⁩ and Noah Diffenbaugh of ⁦‪@Stanford‬⁩ outline an action plan to turn down the global thermostat: bit.ly/3zUwMew 6/23/22, 12:06 PM Joseph Thornton

Michael Okun ⁦‪@MichaelOkun‬⁩ Can anxiety be part of the Parkinson syndrome? Ask ⁦‪@JenGoldmanMD‬⁩ ⁦‪@DrSusanHFox‬⁩ Aspen ⁦‪@movedisorder‬⁩ up to 40% have it; and guess what? It matters whether on or off PD meds or generalized. Ask the right questions. Dr Khatri had a recent article on this topic: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pic.twitter.com/3LkBRmByIu 6/23/22, 8:00 AM Joseph Thornton

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2790780?guestAccessKey=9de5d97e-bbf0-4151-b7ce-e97bc4ddb801&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_term=mostread&utm_content=olf-widget_06222022 Joseph Thornton

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2778090?guestAccessKey=bee76af2-550d-4216-8af8-121fa6026e64&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_term=mostread&utm_content=olf-widget_06222022 Joseph Thornton

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2792052?guestAccessKey=c8a5c08c-77b5-4e51-bea5-1b990c13b69a&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_term=mostread&utm_content=olf-widget_06222022 Joseph Thornton