One of the most rewarding things I do in my clinic happens on my iPhone. When I sit down with a middle aged patient to talk about their cardiovascular risk, I open the risk calculator created by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. I talk my way through as I enter […] […]
The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric journal club reading list from Anke Raaijmakers working with Professor Jaan Toelen & his team of the University Hospitals in Leuven. This comprehensive list of ‘articles to read’ comes from 34 journals, including Pediatrics, The Journal of Pediatrics, Archives of Disease in Childhood, JAMA Pediatrics, Journal of […]
When elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that enhances the connections between neurons to maintain healthy cognition. University of California – San Francisco. “Exercise alters brain chemistry to protect aging synapses: Enhanced nerve transmission seen in older adults who remained active.” ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220107100955.htm (accessed January 8, 2022). I […]
If you’re confused by the CDC’s new isolation guidelines, you’re not the only one. America’s COVID Rules Are a Dumpster Fire — https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/01/cdc-new-isolation-guidelines-confusing/621192/ Great title, good article. Just don’t expect any confusion on the topic to clear up after reading the full article. Dumpster fire!
While Big Pharma corporations took billions of dollars in public funding to help develop vaccines from which they then reaped enormous profits while often charging exorbitant prices, Hotez and Battazzi created Cobervax with $7 million, mostly from private investors. One of these, Austin vodka distiller Tito’s, contributed $1 million to the effort. Texas Team Applauded […]
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