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Joe Breault MD, ScD

Mar 5, 2024 — 1 min read

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Healthy Insight is a newsletter blog with a healthy insight about living in a world mediated by meaning and motivated by values.

It was launched in March 2024 by Joe Breault, MD, ScD, MPHTH, MS (I know, too many degrees!) - bio at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-breault-md. Your subscription can bring you an insight each week that may help your own life, and it allows the Healthy Insight blog to continue to exist. Thank you!

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Insight

"Such is the spontaneous process of learning. It is an accumulation of insights in which each successive act complements the accuracy and covers over the deficiency of those that went before."
-Bernard Lonergan, Insight: A study of human understanding 1958 student edition; NY: Philosophical Library: 174

Blood Test for Colon Cancer Screening

A new blood test is approved for colon cancer screening. What are its pros and cons, and how does it compare to the GRAIL Galleri test?

Lp(a)

Primary care physicians don't usually check lipoprotein (a), but we should. Elevated levels (≥50 mg/dL) are a genetic condition (LPA gene) that affects about 20% of people and significantly increases atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease and aortic valve stenosis.

RSV Vaccine - New Rules

The June ACIP meeting brought new rules about which older people should get RSV vaccine. And a new mRNA RSV vaccine from Moderna that had no GBS signal.

Don't Check Vitamin D

The new Endocrine Society Guideline says don't test vitamin D levels in healthy people, and healthy adults between 18 and 75 years old mostly don't need vitamin D supplements.