Disease

Which COVID outcomes are most important? Premature mortality,  should we now consider chronic symptoms (“long COVID”), or is the public health destination COVID as an “ordinary” illness”?

The CDC has reported that at least eight malaria infections in Florida and Texas have been detec

“Studies suggest that a large proportion of the adult population regularly pick their nose.

The Alpha-Gal Primer

This article summarizes an opinion piece in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

The Food and Drug Administration on July 6 granted full approval to the first therapy for Alzheimer’s that slows the cognitive decline associated with the disease.

Let’s start with the disclaimers. Most importantly, “excess” deaths, meaning a higher number than might be anticipated, are based on the assumption that the baseline death used to determine excess was accurate.

Not surprisingly, others have pondered this question as well.

Much of our data comes from the CDC, which collects state-wide data from “Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs), which are representatives of diverse

During the years of my medical career, when I treated patients (always in hospitals), I was one of those rushed doctors who focused on efficiently formulating and implementing diagnostic and treatment plans rather than on the patient’s emotional n