Summer ReMarks 2026
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. It’s a mixture of some old information with some new updates. I will be doing some…
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Continuing Medical Education
I get over 200 hours of continuing medical education annually. Most of this comes from researching subjects online. It doesn’t include hours spent reading The New England Journal of Medicine, The Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, The Medical Letter or…
Preventing Heat Illness
Avoiding Heat Stroke Summer is heating up. As we get older, our thermostats may not function as they did when we were younger making us more vulnerable to heat related illness. Here is some information from Up To Date on…
Update on New Covid 19 Vaccine
Here is some information on the tweaks for next fall’s new covid 19 vaccine based on the latest variants. That is the advantage of this technology. It is quicker to make updates versus the flu vaccine the strains of which…
Summer Sun and Mosquitoes 2026
The recent rains have been a welcome relief from the drought. The only downside is the there have been a sharp influx in the number of mosquitoes. I keep a can of insect repellant to apply by the garden door. …
Spring ReMarks
FLU SEASON: The flu season is finally in our rear-view mirror, thankfully. A recent report outlines what we knew, this year’s flu vaccine was not as effective in preventing people from getting sick. Part of the problem was that a…
Covid 19 Update
Yes. It’s still with us and people are often surprised when they are diagnosed with it. Flu was rampant and has now declined but is still circulating. Even if you have had the flu it’s worthwhile to get the vaccine…
Happy New Year!
It won’t be off to a great start for many. As you can see from this graph of emergency room visits, most of what is going around is the flu. Most of it is the H3N2 strain of influenza A. …
What’s Going Around Part 2
As predicted, respiratory illnesses have ramped up. I would still get a flu vaccine if you haven’t already. Cases are spiking. There is a lot of speculation about how well the present vaccine will protect against the current strain of…
What’s Going Around
Usually, we see a surge in respiratory illnesses after families gather for Thanksgiving. Most of what we had been seeing up to this time has been rhinoviruses, common cold viruses and not much Covid-19, but that may soon change. Here…