Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Curriculum of literature and medicine for residents. Acad Med. 1999 May; 74(5):578-9.
Curriculum of literature and medicine for residents.
American roulette--contaminated dietary supplements. N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 15; 361(16):1523-5.
American roulette--contaminated dietary supplements.
The Harvard Medical School-Cambridge integrated clerkship: an innovative model of clinical education. Acad Med. 2007 Apr; 82(4):397-404.
The Harvard Medical School-Cambridge integrated clerkship: an innovative model of clinical education.
Use of a pharmaceutically adulterated dietary supplement, Pai You Guo, among Brazilian-born women in the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Jan; 27(1):51-6.
Use of a pharmaceutically adulterated dietary supplement, Pai You Guo, among Brazilian-born women in the United States.
Hirsh D, Gaufberg E, Ogur B, Cohen P, Krupat E, Cox M, Pelletier S, Bor D
Educational outcomes of the Harvard Medical School-Cambridge integrated clerkship: a way forward for medical education. Acad Med. 2012 May; 87(5):643-50.
Educational outcomes of the Harvard Medical School-Cambridge integrated clerkship: a way forward for medical education.
DMAA as a dietary supplement ingredient. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jul 09; 172(13):1038-9.
DMAA as a dietary supplement ingredient.
Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
Does long-term use of soy isoflavones place women at increased risk for endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial cancer?. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 2011; 16(2):147-8.
Does long-term use of soy isoflavones place women at increased risk for endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial cancer?
DMAA as a dietary ingredient-reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Apr 08; 173(7):595.
Cohen PA, Travis JC, Keizers PHJ, Boyer FE, Venhuis BJ
The stimulant higenamine in weight loss and sports supplements. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2019 02; 57(2):125-130.
The stimulant higenamine in weight loss and sports supplements.
Probiotic Safety-No Guarantees. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 12 01; 178(12):1577-1578.
Safety of herbal supplements: a guide for cardiologists. Cardiovasc Ther. 2010 Aug; 28(4):246-53.
Safety of herbal supplements: a guide for cardiologists.
The return of rainbow diet pills. Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep; 102(9):1676-86.
Keep unsafe energy drinks off bases. Stars and Stripes. 2013; March 4.
Prohibited Stimulants in Dietary Supplements After Enforcement Action by the US Food and Drug Administration. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Dec 01; 178(12):1721-1723.
Prohibited Stimulants in Dietary Supplements After Enforcement Action by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Training for Expertise: The Harvard Medical School Cambridge Integrated Clerkship Tutorial. The Clinical Teacher. 2009; 6:28-33.
Training for Expertise: The Harvard Medical School Cambridge Integrated Clerkship Tutorial
The FDA and Adulterated Supplements-Dereliction of Duty. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 10 05; 1(6):e183329.
The FDA and Adulterated Supplements-Dereliction of Duty.
Phentermine plus topiramate in the treatment of obesity. Lancet. 2011 Jul 09; 378(9786):126; author reply 126-7.
Phentermine plus topiramate in the treatment of obesity.
A false sense of security? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's framework for evaluating new supplement ingredients. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2012 Mar 01; 16(5):458-60.
A false sense of security? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's framework for evaluating new supplement ingredients.
Probiotic Safety-Reasonable Certainty of No Harm-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 02 01; 179(2):276-277.
Probiotic Safety-Reasonable Certainty of No Harm-Reply.
United States Food and Drug Administration
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences, and Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health
Lecturer on Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Part-time (on leave)
Carlos Arturo Camargo, Jr., Dr.P.H., M.D.
An innovative curriculum of literature and medicine during residency education : Poetry on the wards
An innovative curriculum of literature and medicine during residency education : Poetry on the wards. 1997.
Adulterated sexual enhancement supplements: more than mojo. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Jul 08; 173(13):1169-70.
Adulterated sexual enhancement supplements: more than mojo.
Charles S. Davidson Professor of Medicine
The Opportunity of CBD - Reforming the Law. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jul 25; 381(4):297-299.
The Opportunity of CBD - Reforming the Law.
Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health
Presence of Piracetam in Cognitive Enhancement Dietary Supplements. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 03 01; 180(3):458-459.
Presence of Piracetam in Cognitive Enhancement Dietary Supplements.
Injecting Safety into Supplements - Modernizing the Dietary Supplement Law. N Engl J Med. 2019 Dec 19; 381(25):2387-2389.
Injecting Safety into Supplements - Modernizing the Dietary Supplement Law.
Cohen PA, Sharfstein J, Kamugisha A, Vanhee C
Analysis of Ingredients of Supplements in the National Institutes of Health Supplement Database Marketed as Containing a Novel Alternative to Anabolic Steroids. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 04 01; 3(4):e202818.
Analysis of Ingredients of Supplements in the National Institutes of Health Supplement Database Marketed as Containing a Novel Alternative to Anabolic Steroids.
Investing in Our First Line of Defense: Environmental Services Workers. Ann Intern Med. 2020 08 18; 173(4):306-307.
Investing in Our First Line of Defense: Environmental Services Workers.
Cancer Screening: No Longer the Default. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 02; 36(2):525-526.
Cancer Screening: No Longer the Default.
The Early Natural History of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Clinical Observations From an Urban, Ambulatory COVID-19 Clinic. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 06; 95(6):1124-1126.
The Early Natural History of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Clinical Observations From an Urban, Ambulatory COVID-19 Clinic.
A nation of kids on speed. Wall Street Journal. 2013; June 17.
Smati H, Cohen PA, Nagda DV, Saravanan Y, Kalugin PN, Li CY, Ranker LR
Journal of immigrant and minority health
Risk Factors for Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 at a Community Ambulatory Clinic in Massachusetts During the Initial Pandemic Surge. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Oct; 23(5):1110-1115.
Risk Factors for Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 at a Community Ambulatory Clinic in Massachusetts During the Initial Pandemic Surge.
Cohen PA, Travis JC, Vanhee C, Ohana D, Venhuis BJ
Nine prohibited stimulants found in sports and weight loss supplements: deterenol, phenpromethamine (Vonedrine), oxilofrine, octodrine, beta-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA), 1,3-dimethylamylamine (1,3-DMAA), 1,4-dimethylamylamine (1,4-DMAA), 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (1,3-DMBA) and higenamine. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021 Nov; 59(11):975-981.
Nine prohibited stimulants found in sports and weight loss supplements: deterenol, phenpromethamine (Vonedrine), oxilofrine, octodrine, beta-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA), 1,3-dimethylamylamine (1,3-DMAA), 1,4-dimethylamylamine (1,4-DMAA), 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (1,3-DMBA) and higenamine.
Cohen PA, Avula B, Wang YH, Zakharevich I, Khan I
Five Unapproved Drugs Found in Cognitive Enhancement Supplements. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Jun; 11(3):e303-e307.
Five Unapproved Drugs Found in Cognitive Enhancement Supplements.
Cohen PA, Ellison RR, Travis JC, Gaufberg SV, Gerona R
Quantity of phenibut in dietary supplements before and after FDA warnings. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2022 Apr; 60(4):486-488.
Quantity of phenibut in dietary supplements before and after FDA warnings.
Institutionalizing Misinformation - The Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 07 07; 387(1):3-5.
Institutionalizing Misinformation - The Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022.
Recalls, Availability, and Content of Dietary Supplements Following FDA Warning Letters. JAMA. 2022 07 26; 328(4):393-395.
Recalls, Availability, and Content of Dietary Supplements Following FDA Warning Letters.
Levodopa Content of Mucuna pruriens Supplements in the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database. JAMA Neurol. 2022 10 01; 79(10):1085-1086.
Levodopa Content of Mucuna pruriens Supplements in the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database.
The unapproved drug centrophenoxine (meclofenoxate) in cognitive enhancement dietary supplements. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2022 10; 60(10):1156-1158.
The unapproved drug centrophenoxine (meclofenoxate) in cognitive enhancement dietary supplements.
Cohen PA, Avula B, Wang YH, Katragunta K, Khan I
Quantity of Melatonin and CBD in Melatonin Gummies Sold in the US. JAMA. 2023 04 25; 329(16):1401-1402.
Quantity of Melatonin and CBD in Melatonin Gummies Sold in the US.
Cohen PA, Avula B, Katragunta K, Travis JC, Khan I
Presence and Quantity of Botanical Ingredients With Purported Performance-Enhancing Properties in Sports Supplements. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 07 03; 6(7):e2323879.
Presence and Quantity of Botanical Ingredients With Purported Performance-Enhancing Properties in Sports Supplements.
Cohen PA, Jacobs B, Van Hoorde K, Vanhee C
Accuracy of Labeling of Galantamine Generic Drugs and Dietary Supplements. JAMA. 2024 03 19; 331(11):974-976.
Accuracy of Labeling of Galantamine Generic Drugs and Dietary Supplements.
Ingesting Risk - The FDA and New Food Ingredients. N Engl J Med. 2024 09 12; 391(10):875-877.
Ingesting Risk - The FDA and New Food Ingredients.
A methamphetamine analog (N,a-diethyl-phenylethylamine) identified in a mainstream dietary supplement. Drug Test Anal. 2014 Jul-Aug; 6(7-8):805-7.
A methamphetamine analog (N,a-diethyl-phenylethylamine) identified in a mainstream dietary supplement.
Lovegrove MC, Stone ND, Geller AI, Weidle NJ, Lind JN, Cohen PA
U.S. Emergency Department Visits Attributed by Clinicians to Semaglutide Adverse Events, 2022-2023. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Jun; 178(6):898-900.
U.S. Emergency Department Visits Attributed by Clinicians to Semaglutide Adverse Events, 2022-2023.
Hazards of hindsight--monitoring the safety of nutritional supplements. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 03; 370(14):1277-80.
Hazards of hindsight--monitoring the safety of nutritional supplements.
Geller AI, Shehab N, Lovegrove MC, Weidle NJ, Stone ND, Cohen PA
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Emergency Department Visits for Bleeding by Adults Aged =?80?Years Receiving Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Oct; 73(10):3269-3272.
Emergency Department Visits for Bleeding by Adults Aged =?80?Years Receiving Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants.
Cohen PA, Abarca R, Sovereign A, Gonzaga MJ, Gerona R
Presence and quantity of ingredients in sports supplements purportedly containing the orchid Eria jarensis. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2025 Nov; 63(11):993-997.
Presence and quantity of ingredients in sports supplements purportedly containing the orchid Eria jarensis.
Avula B, Cohen PA, Wang YH, Sagi S, Feng W, Wang M, Zweigenbaum J, Shuangcheng M, Khan IA
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Chemical profiling and quantification of monacolins and citrinin in red yeast rice commercial raw materials and dietary supplements using liquid chromatography-accurate QToF mass spectrometry: Chemometrics application. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2014 Nov; 100:243-253.
Chemical profiling and quantification of monacolins and citrinin in red yeast rice commercial raw materials and dietary supplements using liquid chromatography-accurate QToF mass spectrometry: Chemometrics application.
How America’s Flawed Supplement Law Creates the Mirage of Weight Loss Cures . Harvard Public Health Review. 2014; 2(1).
How America’s Flawed Supplement Law Creates the Mirage of Weight Loss Cures
A synthetic stimulant never tested in humans, 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA), is identified in multiple dietary supplements. Drug Test Anal. 2015 Jan; 7(1):83-7.
A synthetic stimulant never tested in humans, 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA), is identified in multiple dietary supplements.
Cohen PA, Maller G, DeSouza R, Neal-Kababick J
Presence of banned drugs in dietary supplements following FDA recalls. JAMA. 2014 Oct 22-29; 312(16):1691-3.
Presence of banned drugs in dietary supplements following FDA recalls.
An amphetamine isomer whose efficacy and safety in humans has never been studied, ß-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA), is found in multiple dietary supplements. Drug Test Anal. 2016 Mar-Apr; 8(3-4):328-33.
An amphetamine isomer whose efficacy and safety in humans has never been studied, ß-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA), is found in multiple dietary supplements.
Screening for Schistosoma mansoni and Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Among Brazilian Immigrants in the United States. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Jan; 2(1):ofv003.
Screening for Schistosoma mansoni and Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Among Brazilian Immigrants in the United States.
Cohen PA, Zeijlon R, Nardin R, Keizers PH, Venhuis B
Hemorrhagic Stroke Probably Caused by Exercise Combined With a Sports Supplement Containing ß-Methylphenyl-ethylamine (BMPEA): A Case Report. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Jun 16; 162(12):879-80.
Hemorrhagic Stroke Probably Caused by Exercise Combined With a Sports Supplement Containing ß-Methylphenyl-ethylamine (BMPEA): A Case Report.
Avula B, Wang M, Sagi S, Cohen PA, Wang YH, Lasonkar P, Chittiboyina AG, Feng W, Khan IA
Identification and quantification of 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA) from Camellia sinensis tea leaves and dietary supplements. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2015 Nov 10; 115:159-68.
Identification and quantification of 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA) from Camellia sinensis tea leaves and dietary supplements.
Vinpocetine: An Unapproved Drug Sold as a Dietary Supplement. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Oct; 90(10):1455.
Vinpocetine: An Unapproved Drug Sold as a Dietary Supplement.
Cohen PA, Wang YH, Maller G, DeSouza R, Khan IA
Pharmaceutical quantities of yohimbine found in dietary supplements in the USA. Drug Test Anal. 2016 Mar-Apr; 8(3-4):357-69.
Pharmaceutical quantities of yohimbine found in dietary supplements in the USA.
Reconsidering Guidelines on the Use of Pneumococcal Vaccines in Adults 65 Years or Older. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Dec; 175(12):1895-6.
Reconsidering Guidelines on the Use of Pneumococcal Vaccines in Adults 65 Years or Older.
Avula B, Chittiboyina AG, Sagi S, Wang YH, Wang M, Khan IA, Cohen PA
Identification and quantification of vinpocetine and picamilon in dietary supplements sold in the United States. Drug Test Anal. 2016 Mar-Apr; 8(3-4):334-43.
Identification and quantification of vinpocetine and picamilon in dietary supplements sold in the United States.
Emergency department visits and hospitalisations for adverse events related to dietary supplements are common. Evid Based Med. 2016 Apr; 21(2):79.
Emergency department visits and hospitalisations for adverse events related to dietary supplements are common.
Attipoe S, Cohen PA, Eichner A, Deuster PA
International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism
Variability of Stimulant Levels in Nine Sports Supplements Over a 9-Month Period. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2016 Oct; 26(5):413-420.
Variability of Stimulant Levels in Nine Sports Supplements Over a 9-Month Period.
Advancing supplement science: challenges and solutions. Drug Test Anal. 2016 Mar-Apr; 8(3-4):e1–3.
Advancing supplement science: challenges and solutions.
Cohen PA, Avula B, Venhuis B, Travis JC, Wang YH, Khan IA
Pharmaceutical doses of the banned stimulant oxilofrine found in dietary supplements sold in the USA. Drug Test Anal. 2017 Jan; 9(1):135-142.
Pharmaceutical doses of the banned stimulant oxilofrine found in dietary supplements sold in the USA.
The Supplement Paradox: Negligible Benefits, Robust Consumption. JAMA. 2016 Oct 11; 316(14):1453-1454.
The Supplement Paradox: Negligible Benefits, Robust Consumption.
Regulation of nuclear transfer technology. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005 Jun; 80(6):827; author reply 827-8.
Regulation of nuclear transfer technology.
The red hat. Acad Med. 2006 Jul; 81(7):644.
Givon L, Porter S, Padmanabhan B, Goren J, Cohen PA
Levetiracetam, seizures, and suicidality. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2011 Jan-Feb; 19(1):47-55.
Levetiracetam, seizures, and suicidality.
Imported fenproporex-based diet pills from Brazil: a report of two cases. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Mar; 24(3):430-3.
Imported fenproporex-based diet pills from Brazil: a report of two cases.
European journal of preventive cardiology
Variability in strength of red yeast rice supplements purchased from mainstream retailers. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2017 09; 24(13):1431-1434.
Variability in strength of red yeast rice supplements purchased from mainstream retailers.
Contaminated dietary supplements. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 21; 362(3):274; author reply 274.
Cohen PA, McCormick D, Casey C, Dawson GF, Hacker KA
Imported compounded diet pill use among Brazilian women immigrants in the United States. J Immigr Minor Health. 2009 Jun; 11(3):229-36.
Imported compounded diet pill use among Brazilian women immigrants in the United States.
Cohen PA, Attipoe S, Travis J, Stevens M, Deuster P
Caffeine content of dietary supplements consumed on military bases. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Apr 08; 173(7):592-4; discussion 594.
Caffeine content of dietary supplements consumed on military bases.
Assessing supplement safety--the FDA's controversial proposal. N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 02; 366(5):389-91.
Assessing supplement safety--the FDA's controversial proposal.
Scientific Trials-In the Laboratories, Not the Courts. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 01 01; 178(1):7-8.
Scientific Trials-In the Laboratories, Not the Courts.
Cohen PA, Travis JC, Keizers PHJ, Deuster P, Venhuis BJ
Four experimental stimulants found in sports and weight loss supplements: 2-amino-6-methylheptane (octodrine), 1,4-dimethylamylamine (1,4-DMAA), 1,3-dimethylamylamine (1,3-DMAA) and 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (1,3-DMBA). Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2018 06; 56(6):421-426.
Four experimental stimulants found in sports and weight loss supplements: 2-amino-6-methylheptane (octodrine), 1,4-dimethylamylamine (1,4-DMAA), 1,3-dimethylamylamine (1,3-DMAA) and 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (1,3-DMBA).
De Carvalho LM, Cohen PA, Silva CV, Moreira AP, Falcão TM, Dal Molin TR, Zemolin G, Martini M
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
A new approach to determining pharmacologic adulteration of herbal weight loss products. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2012; 29(11):1661-7.
Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess
A new approach to determining pharmacologic adulteration of herbal weight loss products.
Book review: Herbal supplements Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 2012; 17(2):e16.
Book review: Herbal supplements Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests
Dependence on the Brazilian diet pill: a case report. Am J Addict. 2010 May-Jun; 19(3):291-2.
Dependence on the Brazilian diet pill: a case report.
Coronary artery calcium scanning and conflicts of interest. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Apr 23; 172(8):670; author reply 670.
Coronary artery calcium scanning and conflicts of interest.
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