Preventive Medicine
November 7, 2025
Traditional Medicare with a Medigap secondary insurer is the better choice for complete and more flexible coverage with no deductible…
, , , ,July 17, 2025
The Trump administration is revoking billions of dollars of NIH grants and drastically reducing funding at CDC, FDA, and EPA.…
, , , ,February 28, 2025
Bird flu has spread to cows and infected some humans. Fear of human-to-human transmission is real, though has not yet…
, , , ,November 29, 2024
Influenza and Covid-19 remain substantial infectious diseases which will cause serious disease and death this fall. We have effective and…
, , , ,September 18, 2024
Boar's Head liverwurst was contaminated with listeria because of unsanitary manufacturing practices. Customers died. The company brand is tarnished. Other…
, , ,September 18, 2024
Fall is here. Get your Covid-19 vaccine promptly and the influenza vaccine by early November. Both illnesses can be quite…
, , ,September 18, 2024
Risk of infection with West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis is heightened in our local communities. Both WNV and…
,June 30, 2024
Radon gas exposure threatens many more homes in Massachusetts than we had realized. Detection and mitigation are not difficult.
, ,June 5, 2022
In June 2022 we are living with Covid-19 and likely will do indefinitely. I provide a compact comprehensive look at…
, , , ,November 7, 2021
If you are on Medicare and pay directly for outpatient mental health services to a psychiatrist or psychologist or social…
, ,November 2, 2021
New antiviral medicine and effective long-acting antibody injections will dramatically improve our tools to fight Covid-19 around New Year's. It's…
, , ,November 2, 2021
KN95 masks provide the best protection for you and your contacts. Cloth masks were a make-do because real masks were…
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