Vaccinate Your Fetus People are most vulnerable to injury and death from infections at the extremes of age; the very young and the very old. For the very young, they can be attacked even before birth. For those born alive, the newly born infant is most vulnerable. Strategies are being Read more…
Fluzone High-Dose Seasonal Influenza Vaccine This year there is a new influenza vaccine formulation with 4 times the amount of antigen. It is targeted to individuals 65 years or older. People in that age group are more susceptible to complications of influenza, yet their aging immune systems don’t respond as well Read more…
Percentage of Women Who Missed Taking Oral Contraceptive Pills CDC released some “Quickstats” in the September 15, 2017, MMWR: “Percentage of Women Who Missed Taking Oral Contraceptive Pills* Among Women Aged 15–44 Years Who Used Oral Contraceptive Pills and Had Sexual Intercourse, Overall and by Age and Number of Pills Read more…
Hepatitis B Vaccine: First Dose Within 24 Hours of Birth CDC (Center for Disease Control), ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices), and AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) have all updated their recommendation of the timing of the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine in a newborn. They are now recommending Read more…
The EHR Incentive Program Game Up until recently, there were actually 2 games. Medicare EHR Incentive Program Medicaid EHR Incentive Program These programs began in 2011. The idea behind these programs was to get physicians to purchase and use computer programs to place their patient charts on the computer. The Read more…
Skip Pulse Oximetry in Bronchiolitis ? An article was published in in the in the British Medical Journal on 8/16/2017 entitled “When technology creates uncertainty: pulse oximetry and overdiagnosis of hypoxaemia in bronchiolitis”. This was not a study, but an editorial/opinion statement by the authors reviewing the current literature. They Read more…
Fat but Fit – Real or Myth? The Study: A study entitled “Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis” was reported in the 8/14/2017 issue of the European Heart Journal . This study has been widely reported in the news Read more…
Learning to Like Vegetables While Breastfeeding The Study: A study was reported in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition entitled “Learning to like vegetables during breastfeeding: a randomized clinical trial of lactating mothers and infants.” They conducted a randomized controlled study of 97 mother-infant pairs. The Read more…
I am writing about using self hypnosis to feel better. Many of you already do this subconsciously, although you perhaps haven’t actively thought about it or put a name on it. I am not talking about classic hypnosis, but a variation of it. It could also be considered “focus control”. Read more…
Selecting a sunscreen can be confusing. To help explain this, let’s start by defining terms: SPF = Sun Protection Factor (actually “Sunburn Protection Factor” would be more accurate) . Theoretically it is the multiple of time it takes for your skin to burn when protected by a sunscreen. So, for Read more…