Information and Critical Thinking for Your Health
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Keeping older adults at home Statistically, older adults have a higher chance of dying from COVID-19. Out of fear, most seniors remain home in isolation. … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: In his honor… Robert and I tried out for the high school baseball team. He didn’t make it. He then tried out as a pole … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Zero is your nightmare My medical colleagues on the east coast will tell you the nightmare of their recent experience with COVID-19. It is engrained … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: “Make a fist” When you donate blood, part of the ritual is to “make a fist.” In case you haven’t heard, the American Red Cross … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Action It was over 50 years ago. Brad was a surfer, so we went to Santa Monica where at that time they had a surfing-only … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Reflections of history Over the next century, historians will study this pandemic for decision-making lessons applied to future generations. Mistakes have been made. From a … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Blacklisted Growing up, I was an athlete going to the Olympics! Never happened. I read enough to get by, but mostly magazines, newspapers, and mesmerized … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Safely at home Most people don’t know I was born in Harlem. We left New York in 1954 because my parents told us the weather … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Re-opening hospitals Your loved one is ill. They have COVID-19, but they are hospitalized with minimal communication. Yet you want to ask questions, know their … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Reggie Brass saved my life In life, most of us have a brush with death. Not surviving, I would not have provided medical care to … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Re-opening: How safe are you? Once your doctor makes a diagnosis, a treatment plan is made. Will it be surgery, medication, or other evidence-based guideline … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: A love story in waiting She was a concert pianist. He, an aerospace engineer putting a man on the moon. They were married 60 years. … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM: Be prepared! When the pandemic was announced, it was common sense to wear a mask, wash hands, create social distancing, and isolate vulnerable citizens especially … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: The learning curve Medical professionals are on a learning curve as the coronavirus is highly contagious and has no treatment. Six months into this battle, … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: Putting yourself in someone’s shoes As a teenager, my father took me to Metropolitan State Mental Hospital several times, not for admission, but to learn … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: Violating curfew We were under curfew. No one was on the streets. The air was filled with smoke, and a looter was killed at the … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: We’re in this together The 1996 movie Independence Day was a futuristic lesson in unity when the world fought for survival. Race, nationality, religion, social … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: “Smile, you’re on Candid Camera” Growing up in the 1960s before “60 Minutes”, there was a Sunday evening television show called “Candid Camera.” It conjured … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: Standardizing care at nursing homes and cooling the “hotspot” I see patients in nursing homes once a month. Most elderly residents are relegated to these … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: A routine day I wake up without an alarm clock. Done that for years. If I have to catch a plane or train, which is … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: Flies in the soup The Santa Clarita Valley three decades ago was serene. Running in early morning hours before sunrise smelled of country with the … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: Manipulating data In 1975, I presented my master’s thesis at an Indiana University health conference. The data collected was a culmination of one year of … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: Crash course in technology Visitation is highly restricted for nursing homes, as they are hotspots of life and death. If your loved one uses a … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: Mother Nature’s vote As a physician, I am dismayed the COVID-19 healthcare problem has been tossed into the political arena. Americans are dying, and critical … Continue Reading →
(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19: The nursing home “hotspot” As a geriatric physician, I have visited nursing homes for over thirty years. COVID-19 is a highly contagious virus inflicting havoc … Continue Reading →