I hope that you and your family are enjoying good health. Unfortunately, more young people are getting a shocking diagnosis of cancer, which had been largely a disease of aging, even though cancer rates may be declining in the elderly.
If you know someone who is contemplating—or recommending—the use of puberty blockers, you should ask this question, does gender-affirming care affect a person's IQ? The graph below shows test results in one individual.
As the costs of medical care are exorbitant, I hope you are in good health. Have you ever wondered why the cost of medical care continues to escalate? There are many reasons for the staggering cost.
This past Saturday, April 27, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) held its largest annual fundraiser, PanCAN PurpleStride®, the ultimate walk to end pancreatic cancer as the community came together to raise awareness and funding for this disease.
Are you up to date on your COVID boosters? Your doctor may be nudging you—since the recommendations and information on shot availability may be in every issue of medical society electronic publications, as they are in Arizona.
Hospitalizations for Covid has risen exponentially over the past six weeks, if you are planning to pull out your mask again as some jurisdictions consider new mandates, you might want to ask what in your mask?
Do you worry about nuclear war? United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the potential threat of nuclear war is no more dangerous than the "existential problem of climate change," while atomic scientists disagree.
Summer is here and the living, in these record temps, is far from easy. I hope you are staying well-hydrated and protecting your skin from excess sun exposure. There are real dangers from heat exhaustion and skin cancer.
In case the radio ads for COVID shots are not up to date, there have been new developments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn authorization to use monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines.
Is your doctor pressuring you to "get boosted"? Most doctors probably are. And so are radio ads. "Safe and effective" is a constant refrain. An annual COVID shot may become the "new normal," along with the flu shot.
Are you concerned about transgenderism? Do you feel isolated in your feelings? Some say society has "moved beyond" the binary view of sex. Clinics that offer "gender affirming care" are proliferating rapidly. Transgenderism is suddenly mainstream.
Synthetic opioids like fentanyl claim more than 150 lives daily in the United States, the CDC reports. And the DEA reports a study of fake prescription drugs revealed 6 out of 10 pills analyzed contained potentially lethal amounts of fentanyl.
If you have dependents, you need to protect them in case you die suddenly. Life insurance is the method most used. Sudden, unexpected death of a breadwinner is not new, but the constant stream of hazards in the news should focus your attention.
Covid-19 Vaccines, just like Covid, have become part of our modern vernacular, as are warnings of side-effects, rare or otherwise, which have recently included the possibility of loss of vision and in extreme cases blindness.
Now that the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is recommending COVID vaccination for children, it may soon be added to shots required for school attendance. And there will be lots of advertising. This figure below is something you won't see in the ads.
Procrastination is easy, especially in preparing for events you don't want to think about. But since we told you about the New Jersey bus ads on radiation emergencies, new happenings might make you want to step up your preparedness efforts.
As pandemic fears have quieted, even as a new variant has arrived, another threat is gaining global attention: Radiation Poisoning. With Vladimir Putin's, maniacal pursuit of Ukraine dominance the idea of nuclear war is suddenly very real.
With essentials in short supply, finding needed item could be a hardship. What's not in short supply is COVID boosters—and possible mandates to get them. The promise that vaccines would end the pandemic has proven false.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros (not a MD), has declared that monkeypox is a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" (PHEIC), overriding the majority of his own expert committee of medical and scientific advisors.
With essentials in short supply, finding needed item could be a hardship. What's not in short supply is COVID boosters—and possible mandates to get them. The promise that vaccines would end the pandemic has proven false.
As Americans diligently work to flatten the pandemic spread curve, the recent federal advisory committee authorizing COVID vaccines for toddlers and infants as young as six months old has many parents relieved that their babies can be vaccinated.
With fears of COVID-19 subsiding, I hope life is returning to a normalcy. Even as the disease is not gone, officialdom may be poised to impose a new round of masking and lockdowns to fight off an emerging threat: monkeypox.
Just as fears of COVID-19 are easing, new anxieties are arising about war with Russia. Are you prepared? Americans must not assume that the war is just "over there" and like COVID should prepare over here.
There may be less news about COVID because of the war in Ukraine, but can you let your guard down? As the fastmoving Omicron storm has passed, on its heels BA.2, a new variant, already choking Europe.
Will this pandemic ever end? The Omicron variant is on the march. Everyone may eventually get it, perhaps without any symptoms. The graph below shows the rising incidence of COVID in both vaccinated and unvaccinated in Iceland.
Now that Omicron has appeared on the scene, and mask mandates are being reinstituted, are you bringing back your old masks? Many expect instant and all-day protection from the N95 mask. Read on for more information.
The chart that I posted previously, which showed that all-cause mortality is twice as high in persons receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, as opposed to the unvaccinated, got more than a million hits. And a storm of criticism.
Big Bird is advertising shots for tots, and many are facing unemployment just after Christmas because of shot mandates as workplace mandates go into effect and workers either vaccinate or produce a weekly negative test result. So why wait?
Are you one of the "hesitant" Americans facing the vaccine deadline? You could believe Dr. Fauci, the AMA, Pfizer, Joe Biden, CNN, and the countless others who say the vaccine is "safe and effective," so just do it.
Sadly, people who have been double-jabbed still don't feel safe. They may be shunning family members and long-time friends who have chosen not to be injected, even relatives and friends who had gotten COVID and had recovered.
On Oct 26, 2021, a panel of experts recommended 17 to zero that FDA authorize the Pfizer vaccine at one-third dose, for 5-to-12-year-olds. Will you be rushing your child to the nearest vaccine center? Or worrying about mandates?
As we head into what is traditionally known as the busiest travel season of the year, travelers everywhere are deciding whether to postpone their holiday trip plans, as they confront the messaging, mandates, and medical science.
Scientific research demands complete reporting, control groups, follow up and further testing within larger control groups to detect a difference, COVID, with its high communicability rate and power over global economies has denied us these opportunities.
For many Anti-Vaxxers, COVID couldn't happen to them. The sad truth is that COVID is more dangerous than expected. Horror stories of Anti-vaxxers arriving in the ER hoping to be spared the ravages of the disease only to die.
If you are not already in the half of Americans who are fully vaccinated, President Biden’s speech on mandates gives the vaccination decision a new urgency as the vaccination campaign gives way to direct orders.
Breathless headlines featuring "the Virus” are beginning to fade into an undercurrent of Covid fear as stories about a more pervasive and ultimately more lethal virus: a growing disregard for others and devaluation of life.
The FDA is adding a new warning for the Johnson & Johnson COVID jab because of 100 preliminary reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after the administration of 12.8 million doses. Of these reports, 95 were serious and required hospitalization.
If your faith forbids sterilization, or your respect for human rights forbids involuntary sterilization, then patients should consider the risk of infertility from COVID jabs. With all the possible residual COVID medical issues, sterilization has become a waiting game.
Many young Americans and their parents believe that a college degree will open doors to a successful future. So, when the letter arrives saying you must get this injection or you are barred from our campus, they rush to comply.
Many patients tell us their doctors are pressuring them to get the COVID jab. The American Medical Association (AMA) claims that 96 percent of doctors are themselves fully vaccinated. Let's pause and delve deeper into the numbers.
After listening to the June 23, 2021, emergency meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) concerning reports of myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation) after the COVID jabs, especially the second one, here are my takeaways.
Are you one of the millions of American students (or their parents) facing the choice of taking the COVID shot or being barred from school? The 800 reported cases of heart inflammation, give a new urgency to the question.
Are you immune to COVID? If you are, you probably don’t know. However, you do know if you’ve had your vaccine or not, which has become the most important act everyone can do to move the needle to post-pandemic.
As the vaccine push is on, residual medical uncertainties have continued to be part of the national conversation most importantly, for those who are or are hoping to become pregnant in the immediate future, should they be vaccinated?
More than 202million Americans have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine and as all adults will soon be eligible and with all the conflicting information people are asking, "Which one should I take?"
Masks. Surgical, two-layer, three ply disposables with protection filtration or cloth. As the need to mask up remains present knowing the materials included in the manufacture of the any mask could be as important as the mask itself.
After more than a year, SARS-CoV-2 is still killing people. The long-term damage of this silent, diabolical enemy are just becoming known and medical professionals are learning more about how it does its lethal damage.
Candidate Joe Biden’s promised plan to control the COVID-19 pandemic featured everybody wearing a mask for 100 days. Former CDC director Robert Redfield said it might take only four, six, or eight weeks and later up to 12 weeks.
New COVID-19 infections have fallen 45% in the U.S. and 30% globally in the past three weeks, according to the Daily Mail, millions are getting vaccinated, hospitalizations have fallen 26% since they peaked in mid-January.
What will you do if you get COVID while waiting in line for the vaccine, or even after? If you are in Mexico City, you will be treated with ivermectin where studies show a considerable drop in positive cases.
Doctors and public health authorities are still pushing flu shots, fearing a "twindemic," but should you pause for thought? Some quip that COVID-19 is a great killer, having wiped out deaths from influenza, heart disease, and cancer.
Vaccines are coming out at warp speed, but is the virus faster? It was feared that a new strain of COVID was loose on a mink farm in Denmark, so a million mink were killed, destroying an industry.
Students of history feel that we are living in a time comparable to 1848 (the Spring of Nations) in Europe, 1917 in Russia, 1933 in Germany—or the times of the French Revolution, the American Revolution, or the U.S. Civil War.
Millions of vaccines are being distributed, Moderna is confident it can produce 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, enough for two doses to 75 percent of the U.S. population. But obviously not everyone can be vaccinated at once.
The trucks are rolling, bringing pallets of COVID-19 vaccine to distribution centers. For those in the 1A allocation group, you'll be the first for vaccination. A wave of concern has followed. What precautions should individuals take?
Prison health, for humanitarian reasons and because prisons are breeding grounds for contagious diseases, should be high on the list of distribution for the vaccine even as the incarcerated are seen as the most expendable members of society.
Now that we have a randomized controlled trial (RCT) about masks, will it change what you do? After being rejected by three major journals, an RCT completed by 4,862 participants has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
How safe will you be if you get the Moderna "95%-effective" vaccine? Pfizer and Moderna have announced impressive-sounding effectiveness figures for their revolutionary vaccines, and Americans may think "95% effective" translates to complete protection if you encounter the virus.
Most Americans are aware of the predicted second wave of COVID-19 cases. It's the Grinch that is stealing Christmas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is predicting up to 282,000 deaths by Dec 5, 2020.
Pfizer, with its recent announcement has generated much excitement about the 90 percent effectiveness reported for the COVID-19 vaccine—which is far better than expected. Only three vaccines in 10 years have been more than 50 percent effective.
Brought together by a shared love of storytelling, Tribeca Film Festival and Snapchat present TRIBECA SNAPCHAT SHORTS the first ever program of its kind — spotlighting the best Snapchat Stories from across the US.
The White House was placed under lockdown twice the past week as two separate confrontations arose causing Secret Service to secure the president inside and respond to intruders breaching the fence, both incidents were deemed non-active threats.
The 89th Academy Awards will be remembered for many reasons none more so than the historic Best Picture gaff, the Academy's final award of the evening, that was incorrectly announced by presenters Warren Beatty and Fay Dunaway.
The Russian film adaptation festival "Chitka" begins accepting applications, Projects that have not screened theatrically and have not aired can apply for inclusion in the main competition. Projects can be full-length, short, or animated films and series.
Cox Communications–along withPlex, announced they are joining the ranks of other major media platforms including Samsung TV Plus and The Roku Channel,by offering the queer TV channel and global streaming network, Revry, to their customers worldwide.
In the first press conference since President Obama won re-election, against Republican Presidential challenger Mitt Romney, he faced a firing squad of reporters over the handling of the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans.
Charles Billingsley has released the new single, "Celebrate Me Home" - a beautiful holiday tribute to the iconic Kenny Loggins classic. The track was produced and arranged by Scotty Wilbanks, a GRAMMY®-nominated and Dove Award-winning producer.
How to Blow Up a Pipeline, from Neon, brings to the screen a shocking portrayal of the disenfranchised and misguided eco-terrorists who believe they are actually creating change and their actions will influence global consumption of oil.
American Honey, from A24 and British Film Institute, presents a raw look at midwestern American millennials, wake, booze and baker’s, living life on the edge, without thought hoping for one chance they bond on the road.
Due to the recent Northern California wildfires, di Rosa Center for Contemporary art is closed until further notice. This includes postponement of all events related to the upcoming exhibition Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times.
San Francisco's Maybaum Gallery is showcasing two unique artists. Maria Kostareva, channel the great 20th century artist Edward Hopper with her style of capturing the singular soul and Hadas Tal whose landscapes capture a lushness of hidden life.
Jealousy "La Jalousie," from Distrib Films and Director Philippe Garrel, presents a self congratulatory look back at the power men have over the women who adore him and finally in full circle understands the all consuming power of the lover who leaves.
