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Category Archives: Health
From the Insurance Commissioner
Thanks to Barb W.
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How an Unproven Alzheimer’s Drug Got Approved
Though some of its own senior officials said there was little evidence of benefit for patients, the F.D.A. nonetheless greenlighted Biogen’s Aduhelm, or aducanumab. By Pam Belluck, Sheila Kaplan and Rebecca Robbins Updated July 20, 2021, 9:29 a.m. in the New York Times Ed note: The … Continue reading
Vaccination pleas intensify on Fox News, but skeptics remain.
The morning anchor’s plea was urgent and framed in the starkest of terms: Get the Covid-19 vaccine, or you could die. “It will save your life,” he said on Tuesday, echoing a now-common refrain in the news media as the … Continue reading
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I’m Often Wide Awake at 3 A.M. How Do I Get Back to Sleep?
Ed note: One additional thing I’d recommend is that you set your computer and smartphone to a “night mode or night shift” which decreases your blue light exposure, especially in the hours before bedtime. Less blue light enables normal melatonin … Continue reading
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Maybe your “memory problems” are normal!
Thanks to Mary Jane F. In the following analysis the French Professor Bruno Dubois Director of the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease (IMMA) at La Pitié-Salpêtrière – Paris Hospitals / addresses the subject in a rather reassuring way: “If … Continue reading
UW Covid update symposium
Today’s recording of: COVID Symposium XIX from the University of Washington Update on COVID-19 Variants – Allison Greaney, Genome Sciences, UW The Sad Saga of Ivermectin in COVID-19 – Nick Mark, Pulmonology, Swedish Exercise Capacity after COVID-19 – Erik Swenson, … Continue reading
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“Ask The Doctor” episode #6 – about Medical Aid in Dying
At 11 AM on Tuesday 6/22, if interested, you can watch a live interview of Jim deMaine by Michael Hebb, the founder of End of Life Collective. The topic will be Medical Aid in Dying (MAID), often called Death With … Continue reading
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Three F.D.A. Advisers Resign Over Agency’s Approval of Alzheimer’s Drug
Ed Note: Would you want to take a drug which didn’t receive even one “yes” vote from the expert FDA Advisory Panel? One study showed no benefit, the second study showed marginal benefit. The side effects are significant. This drug … Continue reading
Looking to Tackle Prescription Overload
By Paula Span in the NYT Ed note: There’s long been a movement in geriatrics to use “slow medicine”–meaning just that! Don’t over test and over treat. Use lower doses of medications and avoid those with notorious side effects. Look at … Continue reading
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The Great Unmasking
by David Brooks in the NYT For millions of Americans, the next six months are going to be great. The power Covid had over our lives is shrinking, and the power we have over our own lives is growing. The … Continue reading
Beware of phone calls from “Becky with Medicare” scam
Thanks to Barb W. We’re getting reports from AARP Washington that over 600,000 robocalls were recently made to Washington state residents from “Becky with Medicare.” Call recipients are asked to “press 1 to speak to a representative.” The representative then … Continue reading
Ask The Doctor
Several folks have asked for more information about “Ask The Doctor.” The weekly 11 AM webinar will take place again this Tuesday the 25th of May at 11 AM. Watch on the link below if you get a chance. Here … Continue reading
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Aging with resilience
Thanks to Put Barber. Ed note: Also recommended reading is Eric Larson’s Enlightened Aging, the research studies from Kaiser’s Seattle based research foundation. I hope to invite Erik back to Skyline once we are able to have fully live events.
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For When It’s Time (for hugs)
If only all commercials were this much fun!
Study evaluates biomarker criteria for Alzheimer’s risk
Ed note: This study demonstrates that even if you have the three major biomarkers for Alzheimer’s five years before death, 33% of the time you do not develop the clinical disease. The reasons for resilience are yet to be determined. … Continue reading
The end of the pandemic lockdown is closer than you think
by Jon Talton in the Seattle Times The other day I bought an 8-ounce pump bottle of Purell hand sanitizer at Bartell’s. After more than a year of being unable to find the coveted goo — at least that was … Continue reading