F. Perry Wilson

5 days ago | fperrywilson.medium.com | F. Perry Wilson

Providing individualized data linking alcohol intake to poor sleep didn’t move the needle more than sleep education alone. You may not have realized it yet, but we are full-on in the era of biofeedback. I remember a few years ago when my smartwatch started reporting on my heart rate variability during sleep. To be honest, I didn’t even know what this metric really meant. But I did notice something pretty early on. On nights when I drank alcohol, my heart rate variability went down.

5 days ago | medscape.com | F. Perry Wilson

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I’m Dr F. Perry Wilson from the Yale School of Medicine. You may not have realized it yet, but we are full-on in the era of biofeedback. I remember a few years ago when my smartwatch started reporting on my heart rate variability during sleep. To be honest, I didn’t even know what this metric really meant. But I did notice something fairly early on.

1 week ago | medscape.com | F. Perry Wilson

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I’m Dr F. Perry Wilson from the Yale School of Medicine. My job (my real job) as a clinical researcher is complex. It’s cognitively challenging; there are multiple studies to keep track of, grants and papers to write, a large group of mentees and trainees and staff in the lab to manage. It’s emotionally stressful too — recently more than ever, in fact.

1 week ago | espanol.medscape.com | F. Perry Wilson

Bienvenidos a Factor de Impacto, su dosis semanal de comentarios sobre un nuevo estudio en medicina. Soy el Dr. F. Perry Wilson, de la Yale School of Medicine en New Haven, Estados Unidos. Dos tercios de las personas que lean esto reconocerán la escena. Empieza con una sensación de entumecimiento y hormigueo en el labio. Un día después, enrojecimiento, hinchazón y un herpes labial. Es un poco frustrante, quizá un poco embarazoso, pero esperas unos días y desaparece. No es para tanto, ¿verdad?

2 weeks ago | fperrywilson.medium.com | F. Perry Wilson

A new study links HSV-1 infection with nearly a doubling of Alzheimer’s disease risk. Two-thirds of you watching this will know the feeling. It starts with sort of a numb, tingly, feeling in the lip. A day or so later, some redness, some swelling and then, yup, a cold sore. It’s a little frustrating, maybe a little embarrassing, but you wait it out for a few days and it goes away. No big deal, right?