Step Into Smarter Health: How Smart Scales Are Changing Weight Tracking
Step Into Smarter Health: How Smart Scales Are Changing Weight Tracking Staying on top of your weight used to mean stepping on a bathroom scale and jotting down a number. Today, smart scales are giving that old ritual a serious upgrade. These connected devices don’t just tell you what you weigh—they help explain why your health is changing and keep […]
Viruses vs. bacterial respiratory infections
As we make our way into the fall and winter months, also known as the “flu season,” it is important to understand the differences between viral and bacterial respiratory infections. The common cold, influenza, and coronavirus are all caused by viruses, not bacteria. Therefore, antibiotics do not work for these viral illnesses. Furthermore, taking antibiotics […]
Vaccine technology and Beyond
Well hopefully I don’t get sued for making this reference, (and if so, jokes on you, I only “own” debt, so ha!), but let me set the stage for vaccine technology…it is 2007, around December, and “I am Legend” is playing on the theaters. It was super popular and, if it hasn’t already been burned […]
Covid Cases on the Rise
It’s no secret that the covid case numbers are up across the nation. Massachusetts has seen our less than 1% positivity rate creep up to almost 3%. I get it. Everyone is burned out. We’re tired of social distancing. We’re tired of isolation. We’re tired of not doing anything. It absolutely stinks. Unfortunately, we cannot […]
How will Covid-19 affect the healthcare economy?
This is based on an October 20, 2020 editorial in The Journal of The American Medical Association by David Cutler, PhD and Lawrence Simmons, PhD, both economics professors at Harvard University. SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) Pandemic is the greatest threat to prosperity and well-being in the United States since what we encountered […]
Covid and schools. What to do if my child is ill.
I do not envy you parents right now. Your kids are home, they’re not home, they’re back at school but had a sniffle, so now they’re home. Your head must be spinning. We are literally just entering cold and flu season, where kids tend to catch at least 1, if not 2 or 3 illnesses […]
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN….
With summer winding down and the start of fall next week, we are just beginning to enter that special time of year, magically known as flu season. Hey, the good times just keep right on rolling in 2020, don’t they? On the bright side, and do keep in mind that this is speculation, we may […]
COVID 19: WE’RE SO OVER IT, BUT IT’S NOT OVER US.
As I write this, we are down to 154 new covid 19 cases as of yesterday. This is pretty amazing, given what is going on in the rest of the country. It would be very easy to start to get less vigilant with our social distancing and mask wearing. Trust me, 90 degrees with facial […]