Disease

Feeling physically and mentally tired after some activities is a sign of aging; ask any adult over, say 50 tasked with caring for a toddler for the day. And fatigability is a sign within aging of increasing frailty.

The GBD’s objectives are

A bit of background

The number of children hospitalized with COVID is rising, along with the rest of the population. In New York, the increased admission rate for children under five has increased by 66% - in context, from 2.5 individuals/100,000 to 4/100,000.

25% of Medicare beneficiaries reported “difficulty affording medications” in 2019 16.8% of adults do not take their medications as prescribed or at all

For physicians, having the same patients over time is a beautiful experience – I was blessed as a surgeon to have that opportunity. Similarly, having the same physician who knows you and your ways makes for better care for patients.

Before COVID and when everyone was an infectious disease and vaccine expert, I thought of vaccination as fully protective against a particular disease.

   

      What’s Going On? How Bad Is It?

It cannot be the least bit surprising that there is another Covid variant in the news.