Do you take a list to your doctor’s appointment? This used to be considered a sign of neurotic behavior as outlined by this editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine from 1985. But the author argues that it is…
It’s heating up out there and I wanted to pass on some helpful summer advice that I have given before, but it’s worth repeating. Also, we have had a problem with United Healthcare dropping us. It turns out that we…
I follow the blog of Dr. Paul Sax. Dr. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He always has thoughtful observations on infectious diseases…
ISOLATION FOR RESPIRATORY VIRUSES UPDATE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS ON COVID 19 VACCINATION WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS CANCER DETECTION BLOOD TESTS INSURANCE UPDATE OFFICE CLOSURE FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE Spring is in the air along with oak and many other pollens. The…
Covid 19 cases are increasing. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continuing To Increase In US, CDC Says ABC News (8/15, Benadjaoud, Kekatos) reports, “COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to the” CDC. Data show that “for the week…
Here is one of the articles that may have inspired patients to ask me about all the people dropping dead from Covid 19 vaccines. As it turns out, it was a post on the website Expose misinterpreting or intentionally misrepresenting…
This is a photo of mothers lined up with their children to get an experimental polio vaccine in the 1950s. First Covid 19, then Monkey Pox, now polio? Do I need to worry? No. Not at this point. Most of…
Here is everything that you ever wanted to know about sunscreens. Their effectiveness, cost, pros and cons and their environmental consequences. This is a reprint of last summer’s Medical Letter on this topic. TIP: USE MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU…
Despite information from the Texas Department Health Services that certain San Antonio pharmacies were to be given the new anti-Covid medications Paxlovid and Molnupirivir calls to them today revealed that they were clueless about when they would receive them. Later,…
Much has been said about Omicron being less severe that the Delta variant. One of the ways to tell that is when the local numbers go up, but hospitalizations do not. Mitigating factors can be local immunization rates and the…
