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		<title>New Skeptical Cardiologist Content is on Substack</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted here on my WordPress Blog. I&#8217;m still monitoring this website and answering comments but new if you are interested in new content head on over to Substack. It&#8217;s clear to me that Google searches for subjects that I&#8217;ve written on will easily find my content here but not ... <a title="New Skeptical Cardiologist Content is on Substack" class="read-more" href="https://theskepticalcardiologist.com/2026/01/new-skeptical-cardiologist-content-is-on-substack/" aria-label="Read more about New Skeptical Cardiologist Content is on Substack">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Skeptical Cardiologist Content is On Substack: Join Me There</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since 2022, the skeptical cardiologist has been publishing articles both here, at WordPress, which is my original OG blog website and at Substack. Substack is&#160;an online publishing platform and software service that allows writers, journalists, and other creators to publish newsletters, podcasts, and video content and monetize it through paid subscriptions, bypassing traditional media gatekeepers. ... <a title="New Skeptical Cardiologist Content is On Substack: Join Me There" class="read-more" href="https://theskepticalcardiologist.com/2025/10/new-skeptical-cardiologist-content-is-on-substack-join-me-there/" aria-label="Read more about New Skeptical Cardiologist Content is On Substack: Join Me There">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Will Getting a Flu Shot Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flu season is just around the corner, which means it is time for you to ponder whether to get a flu shot. The skeptical cardiologist may have been&#160;on the fence about getting another COVID-19 booster vaccine&#160;at times, but he has always gotten the recommended annual flu vaccine, even when his employer didn’t mandate it. Influenza, ... <a title="Will Getting a Flu Shot Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack?" class="read-more" href="https://theskepticalcardiologist.com/2025/09/will-getting-a-flu-shot-lower-your-risk-of-heart-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Will Getting a Flu Shot Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack?">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Profiles in Prevention: The Senior Surfer</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Individuals who have engaged in an active and exemplary lifestyle free of any symptoms lifelong can still be at extremely high risk for heart attack and sudden death. In June of 2024 I saw in my Encinitas cardiology office a seventy-year-old man (we’ll call Bernard) who grew up a block from the beach, started surfing ... <a title="Profiles in Prevention: The Senior Surfer" class="read-more" href="https://theskepticalcardiologist.com/2025/08/profiles-in-prevention-the-senior-surfer/" aria-label="Read more about Profiles in Prevention: The Senior Surfer">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Information for Patients on The Most Common Cardiac Cause of Fainting: Vasovagal Syncope</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you suddenly felt light-headed and sweaty and then passed out while getting your blood drawn, you were experiencing what medical doctors call vasovagal syncope. Vasovagal1&#160;syncope is the most common reason for individuals to swoon or faint. It frequently happens in church or in response to severe emotional stress or pain. If you just felt ... <a title="Information for Patients on The Most Common Cardiac Cause of Fainting: Vasovagal Syncope" class="read-more" href="https://theskepticalcardiologist.com/2025/08/information-for-patients-on-the-most-common-cardiac-cause-of-fainting-vasovagal-syncope/" aria-label="Read more about Information for Patients on The Most Common Cardiac Cause of Fainting: Vasovagal Syncope">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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