F. Perry Wilson
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New Haven, CT, United States
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A doctor on 9 things that could go wrong with the new vaccines
By worrying together, we can prevent much of this from happening. → Read More
What if the Covid-19 vaccine only works half the time?
Even a mediocre Covid-19 vaccine could help end the pandemic. → Read More
This Infant Disease Was Eradicated. Now It's Back. Why?
Some parents are refusing routine vitamin K shots for their newborns, as F. Perry Wilson, MD, explains → Read More
Doc-to-Doc: Curing Genetic Disease Before Birth
Achieved in a mouse model, but many challenges remain for clinical application → Read More
The Case for Approving a Drug Never to Be Used (We Hope)
Tecovirimat is a drug on its way to FDA approval, but as F. Perry Wilson, MD, describes in this 150-Second Analysis, if anyone ever has to prescribe this drug we are in deep, deep trouble. When I pitched reviewing this study to my producer, he said, "You want to talk about a drug no one is ever going to use?" Yes. Yes I do. The drug is tecovirimat and the disease it treats is smallpox. Smallpox,… → Read More
Doc-to-Doc: Ketamine and Its Future in Mood Disorders
F. Perry Wilson, MD, sits with Yale psychiatric expert Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD → Read More
Defining Overdiagnosis in Cancer Screening
Current approaches give patients, physicians and special interest groups too much information → Read More
So Exactly How Many People Died Due to Hurricane Maria?
A Harvard study has a much higher number than the official death count. Why? → Read More
Bots on Dots: Machines Screen for Melanoma
And the algorithms may just out-diagnose trained dermatologists → Read More
Eggs Are Good for the Heart... or Not
Here's why dietary epidemiology research can be rotten → Read More
Doc-to-Doc: Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
'If it isn't a health problem, then why are all these people dying from it?' → Read More
Drug Could Make Progeria Manageable, Not Fatal
A potential breakthrough for this genetic rapid-aging disease in children → Read More
Doc-to-Doc: Running for Congress
Can physicians like Nadia Hashimi, MD, change the political climate? → Read More
Autistic Kids Often Undervaccinated
Have anti-vaxxers made parents 'gun shy'? → Read More
Docs in AMA Survey Really, REALLY Hate Prior Authorizations
They have a role, but insurers aren't getting it right, says Perry Wilson, MD → Read More
'Deaths of Despair' on the Rise in U.S.
But not equally across the country, notes F. Perry Wilson, MD → Read More
Doc-to-Doc: #MeToo in Medicine
How has the world of medicine been affected by the movement? → Read More
Is Ultrasound During Pregnancy Linked to Autism?
Study actually reveals ultrasound to be safe, says F. Perry Wilson, MD → Read More
Hot Tea Drinking Linked with Esophageal Cancer
A study appearing Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine links burning hot tea drinking with esophageal cancer. But can a study enroll so many people that it becomes difficult to interpret the results? In this Deep Dive, F. Perry Wilson, MD, give a hot take. I admitted something to myself this week that I think maybe I always knew but was afraid to say. I don't like really large medical… → Read More
New Medical Drama 'The Resident' Is No Fun
F. Perry Wilson, MD, reviews the latest in a long line of doctor shows → Read More