Collecting My Thoughts

This is clear indisputable evidence that natural immunity is far more durable than vaccinated immunity: The Covid protection lasted for 650 ...

 JAMA (which is the journal of the American Medical Association) has an interesting feature called "JAMA Revisited," reprinting ar...

When I begin to read a medical article, and a phrase introduces a topic with, "Although Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governo...

I have no horse in this race--but JAMA is a journal I read often and is frequently quoted in the media. "Mike Davis, founder and presid...

As of January 28, 2020 there were more than 4500 confirmed cases (98% in China) of a new virus that originated in the City of Wuhan, China a...

I keep looking for research on the safety and efficacy of the masks used by the general public. This isn't it, but it's the best we...

Our behavior is showing up in our health statistics as well as our homes. "Between 1959 and 2016, US life expectancy increased from 6...

At the coffee shop today I was reading the Oct. 9, JAMA and noticed an editorial on "Politics and Healthcare." JAMA's left of ...

“Probably the most important message from the 2018 guidelines is that the greatest health benefits accrue by moving from no, to even small a...

You are in Cape Town, and I’m in Columbus, Ohio.  Through the miracle of on-line learning and MOOC, I am in week 6 of your Coursera offering...

If you want to make a New Year's resolution that should be easy to keep, give up low-fat or no fat food items. For 40 years the U.S. h...

Don’t expect use of emergency departments to drop after Obamacare is fully implemented.  A recent study of the Massachusetts system show t...

My daughter’s Thanksgiving Day pies—cherry, apple and pumpkin. She always decorates with little cut outs from the pastry. I've had A...

Kill the babies; then make the women vulnerable to breast cancer and suicide.  Good plan, Democrats. I was reading an article in JAMA (Feb...

There was an interesting study done in Cook County, IL about abused women (these days it's not even called "domestic violence,...

                               Some might call La Malinche a traitor, but if you were a slave, and slaves were destined for sacrifice to ...

“Experts agree. . . “ “The new model recognizes that. . .” “While data are limited. . . “ “The answer probably has to do with. . .” ...

JAMA has a bimonthly series called, "Care of the Aging Patient; from evidence to action," and the most recent was Living with an a...

Healthy People 2020 recommends 60 min. a day 7 days a week of aerobic exercise for teens. What is it now (self reported)? Nationwide, 15....

I haven't seen the July 13 issue of JAMA yet, but it contains an opinion piece that suggests obese children might need to be removed fro...