Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD
The NAD⁺ Injection Boom: Miracle Anti-Ageing Fix or Unregulated Gamble?
NAD⁺ injections and infusions, along with oral "NAD boosters" like nicotinamide riboside and nicotinamide mononucleotide, have rapidly expanded in wellness…
When Bypass Grafts Clog: Reopening the Heart’s Detours
When coronary bypass surgery uses a vein graft (rather than an artery) and that graft later degenerates or clogs, reopening…
Before the Next Outbreak: A Precautionary Blueprint for Infant Formula Safety
Infant formula may be the sole source of nutrition during one of the most physiologically vulnerable periods of human life…
Poisoned Formula, Global Failure: Lessons from the Cereulide Outbreak
Infant formula is among the most tightly regulated food products in the world — yet a 2025–2026 multi-country contamination event,…
A New Voice in Georgian Medicine: Why GMJ Exists
Georgia has produced physicians and medical scientists for centuries — but for most of modern history, it has lacked a…
Tskaltubo’s Second Act: Can Georgia’s Legendary Spa Town Become Evidence-Based Medicine?
Spa medicine and balneotherapy are re-emerging worldwide as non-pharmacological tools for rehabilitation and preventive health — but they remain, as…
Your Patients Have Already Asked the AI: Inside Georgia’s Clinics in the ChatGPT Era
Patients no longer arrive with just symptoms — increasingly, they arrive with AI-generated hypotheses, treatment suggestions, and questions already sharpened…
Weight-Loss Surgery in Type 1 Diabetes: A Case That Challenges Old Boundaries
Bariatric surgery is well established for severe obesity and type 2 diabetes — but its role in type 1 diabetes…