Better not get your hopes up too soon. First, there are antibodies and there are antibodies. So some antibodies help you fight off an infection right away, while other antibodies come in only later to recognize and to ward off a new attempt by that germ to invade the holy temple that is your body. […]
Look, coffee is a health drink. Period. Study after study after study after study after . . . has clearly shown that (with a very few exceptions like perhaps early in pregnancy) compared to people who don’t drink coffee, people who do drink coffee have better health outcomes – no matter what you decide to […]
And this is some good news, although for down-the-line, meaning that when we get over worrying so much about COVID-19 and get back to worrying about the things that are more likely to kill way more of us, eventually. Things like cancer, for example. So, the good news is that a study called DETECT-A (don’t […]
One of the hottest debates in medical circles these days is about the real death rate from COVID-19 infections. You would think this would be a simple calculation, right?: List everyone who dies from COVID-19 and compare that to the number of people who are infected with this coronavirus, and presto, you have a death […]
Apparently, and I would never accuse the smoking-loving French of lying about their stats although they may bend their stats from time to time, data from France shows that while over 25 % of the population in France smokes, smokers account for only roughly 5 % of all COVID-19 infections. That’s right: smokers in France […]
A recent study of 2800 participants from Tufts University published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that older adults – me and probably you cuz this study criterion for “older” was anyone over 50 – who consume a flavonoid-rich diet (flavonoids are found in many fruits and berries) had a substantially lower risk […]
Hard to believe, I know, but there is much going on in the medical world that is not about COVID-19, and a great deal of those goings-on are important. Like a study (published in the journal CANCER) from (where else?) Scandinavia (where they track so much more about the citizens than we allow over here; […]
Today, April 28, (sort of leaked cuz it’s not been published and critiqued yet) word that the Gilead drug, remdisivir, had a positive effect on patients with Covid-19 if given early enough. How significant? You judge. Apparently, a 31 % better outcome for patients on remdisivir than for those patients on placebo, which was due […]
It’s not as if there isn’t plenty of news out there that might merit a comment or three. And clearly, there is a terrific amount of speculation that would be even more likely to merit some strong comments. And there is a terrific amount of false news that also needs attention to be paid. And […]
I am a firm believer in the law of unintended consequences (especially. of course, when we act out of what we think is kindness or good will). So I was not at all surprised by the conclusion of a recent report about raising the restrictions on driving for older people (I, of course, have a […]