Preventive Medicine Physician

Igor Deoli MD, MPH

Evidence-based preventive medicine, fitness, and nutrition.

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Prevention Jul 31, 2026

All You Should Know About Sunscreens

SPF 30 blocks about 97% of UVB and SPF 60 about 98%. But the number on the bottle assumes a dose almost nobody applies. The math behind SPF, and what actually determines your protection.

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The same man's bare back photographed twice side by side. In ordinary light his skin looks almost uniform; in the ultraviolet photograph beside it, a sun with a smiling face stands out in black where sunscreen was applied

Cardiovascular Jul 29, 2026

Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring

A positive scan is not a probability — it is proof that plaque has already formed. What the calcium score settles, what it misses, and when it should not be ordered at all.

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Cardiovascular Jul 27, 2026

Coffee, Caffeine, and Your Heart

What the new AHA scientific statement on caffeine and cardiovascular disease actually says — the coffee numbers, the arrhythmia nuance, and where the evidence stops.

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Cardiovascular Mar 26, 2026

How cholesterol moves in the blood – All About Cholesterol Part 2

How cholesterol actually travels through your blood — lipoproteins, apoB, and a ranked look at what genuinely lowers your cardiovascular risk.

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Dr. Igor Deoli, MD — Preventive Medicine physician

About

Physician, researcher, and science communicator.

Trains like an athlete. Eats like a scientist. Practices medicine like a long game.

Igor is a board-certified General Preventive Medicine and Public Health physician with a Master of Public Health, both earned at the University of Rochester. His focus spans preventive cardiology, nutrition, metabolic and brain health, weight management, and athletic performance — including the hormonal side of training, drawing on his background as a former NASM-certified personal trainer. His work sits where the peer-reviewed literature meets the choices people actually make day to day.

Across unPRESCRIBED — his newsletter — along with YouTube, social media, and the writing here, Igor translates high-quality research into plain, usable guidance with a bit of entertainment. No hype: just the strongest evidence he can find and an honest read on what it means for you.

Board-Certified Preventive Medicine · MPH · University of Rochester

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