It seemed a simple prospect — take a low-dose baby aspirin tablet once a day and reduce your risk of ever suffering a heart attack or stroke. But new science has shown it’s not that simple. Noting the drug’s risk of dangerous bleeding, the nation’s leading panel of preventive health experts has reversed course and now…
U.S. Task Force Rejects Daily Aspirin for Heart Health in People Over 60
Having a Hip, Knee Replacement? Some Tips to an Optimal Recovery
If you’re one of the estimated one million Americans having total hip or knee replacement surgery this year, some lifestyle changes might improve your chances of a good outcome, an expert says. Lose weight safely through diet and exercise before surgery, said orthopedic surgeon Dr. Matthew Abdel. The target body mass index (BMI) — an estimate…
European Countries Push Back Against Use of Puberty Blockers in Children
Increasingly, the brakes are being put on physical interventions to treat children diagnosed with gender dysphoria in the UK, Sweden, Finland, and France. “The genie is out of the bottle, I don’t think there is any covering up, the evidence has come out,” writer and campaigner for the rights of women and girls, Jo Bartosch,…
The Misinformation of Medical Misinformation
I, like most OB-GYN physicians nationwide, received a very strange email from the Office of the Surgeon General through the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. “The Office of the Surgeon General is seeking input from providers on the impact and prevalence of health-related misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a ‘Request for Information’ (RFI),…
Scientists Find Age-Related Vision Impairment Not Indicative of Cognitive Impairment
May 9, 2022
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A study conducted by the University of South Australia has gone against the common literature relating poor eyesight to brain decline, finding that cognitive tests can misdiagnose older people with age-related vision decline with cognitive decline by up to 25 percent. “A mistaken score in cognitive tests could have devastating ramifications, leading to unnecessary changes…
20 Foods to Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Up to 90% of colon cancer cases can be linked to diet. Let food be your medicine The National Cancer Institute says colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Rather than wait for drug companies to find more toxic treatments that don’t work, it’s best to take your…
A COVID Long-Hauler and Epidemiologist – Shares How It Feels When Symptoms Last for Months
Imagine being young and healthy, a nonsmoker with no preexisting health conditions, and then waking up one morning feeling like you were being suffocated by an unseen force. Back in March, this was my reality. I had just returned from Europe, and roughly 10 days later started having flu-like symptoms. I became weak overnight and…
I’m a COVID-19 Long-Hauler and an Epidemiologist – Here’s How It Feels When Symptoms Last for Months
Imagine being young and healthy, a nonsmoker with no preexisting health conditions, and then waking up one morning feeling like you were being suffocated by an unseen force. Back in March, this was my reality. I had just returned from Europe, and roughly 10 days later started having flu-like symptoms. I became weak overnight and…
What I Learned Running a 100k Marathon
I usually save stories of my endurance-running exploits for my running buddies, but my most recent race experience, Leona Divide 100k, is different. The race in remote Green Valley, California, was the first ultra marathon I’ve successfully completed in almost three years, the pandemic having put the kibosh on such social events for a spell….
Music Therapy, More Powerful Than You Might Expect
An elderly woman was admitted to a medical facility in southern California, but nobody knew what to do for her. She was clearly angry, but she couldn’t communicate, and was impossible to console. After three days, she still did not speak, and would throw punches at anyone who came too close. That’s when staff called…
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