by Sue Robbins | Jun 23, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Judging from comments I’ve heard and read, many Americans expect that a vaccine against Covid-19 will soon end the need for masks and social distancing and enable us to resume our pre-Covid lives. As one neighbor said, citing the administration’s “Warp Speed”...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 15, 2020 | Wellness
My father the doctor maintained that hand-washing was our family’s single greatest obligation to one another and to the world. Is there any hope we’ll all keep doing it? My neurologist father maintained that hand-washing was our family’s single greatest obligation to...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 10, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Taking blood pressure medication as prescribed helped even the frailest elderly people (65 and older) live longer, and the healthiest older people had the biggest survival boost, according to a large study in northern Italy published today in Hypertension, an American...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 7, 2020 | Migraine, Miscellaneous
One of the selling points for the electronic medical record (EMR) was that it would be a boon for patient safety. Just having all the medical records in one place is a monumental improvement over the days of lost charts and misplaced X-rays. Avoiding errors from...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 5, 2020 | Wellness
Eating foods high in flavonoids — a group of nutrients found in many fruits and vegetables — may lower your risk for dementia, researchers report. The study, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, looked at 2,801 men and women who were 50 and...
