Jan 25, 2020 | Flu, News |
Here’s a nice article on exactly what the coronavirus is and why it is so dangerous. Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) have long been considered inconsequential pathogens, causing the “common cold” in otherwise healthy people. However, in the 21st century, 2 highly...
Jan 23, 2020 | Flu, News |
There seems to be a bad outbreak of a new virus in China. Here’s what we know – 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China....
Nov 1, 2019 | Drugs, News |
I truly believe that the primary purpose of government is to protect the people. Now, you can construe that any way that you would like. So for me it includes protecting from foreign threats and domestic one like companies taking advantage...
Nov 1, 2019 | children, Drugs, News |
Cystic Fibrosis is an awful disease. (like any of them are good.) For the most part, treatment is about managing symptoms and keeping the lungs from building up with mucus. Now there is a new drug that offers hope. A new cystic fibrosis therapy dramatically improved...
Sep 11, 2019 | Drugs, healthcare, News, safety |
This is a problem. Looking vaping was never a good idea. Unclear why the government hasn’t been all over this. This is CLEARLY a health hazard. Health officials, lawmakers and parents have been raising alarms about vaping for a couple of years, warning that...
Mar 14, 2019 | News, vaccines |
We, the medical community, have ignored the anti-vaccine community for decades. We were smug in our knowledge that the facts were on our side. Well, now, we have a measles outbreak. Is it the worst ever? No. But we had the measles on the run. We had several diseases...
Feb 2, 2019 | cholesterol, Heart Disease, News |
New article in Circulation suggests that nearly half of all American adults have some sort of cardiovascular disease.
Nov 22, 2018 | Food Safety, News |
Romaine Lettuce In a very unusual move the Food and Drug Administration has removed Romaine lettuce from the food shelves. From WaPo: Romaine lettuce is unsafe to eat in any form, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in a food...
Nov 21, 2018 | Gun Violence, healthcare, News |
When you look at the statistics for gun violence in the United States, they are actually better. About 20 years ago, we had more homicides in the United States than we had Americans dying in automobile crashes. Almost 13,000 Americans died in 2016 because of firearm...
