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Category Archives: Health
Quick and affordable saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by Yale scientists receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
Thanks to Mike C. for sending this in. If, indeed, we can have an inexpensive rapid test, this would be a game changer. Universal frequent testing may just happen! The NBA may have been the catalyst! A saliva-based laboratory diagnostic … Continue reading
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Are your hearing aids and glasses in the way? Try this!
From Dick D. with thanks! At my doctor’s today. the nurse gave me one of these to help with the mask loops when I commented “with hearing aids and masks and glasses, and now oxygen. my ears are very busy,,,” … Continue reading
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Gyms will need to triple distance for exercising indoors
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee released updated guidance Monday for gyms and fitness facilities that nearly triples the minimum distance required for patrons exercising indoors, except for those practicing certain team sports. Starting Aug. 10, instead of … Continue reading
Useful webinar on COVID-19 from Kaiser Permanente
From Barb W. You can watch the Kaiser Permanente’s Senior Caucus at its next webinar on Friday, August 7 from 10-11 AM via Zoom. Chris Fordyce, MD (retired) geriatrician will present a COVID-19 update that will cover the following topics: … Continue reading
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Getting the most from a telehealth visit
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The Doctor Versus the Denier
By Maureen Dowd in the NYT WASHINGTON — Never mind Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. You want to see a real can’t-look-away train wreck of a relationship? Look to the nation’s capital, where a messy falling out is chronicled everywhere … Continue reading
Interesting argument why masks should be universal
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Washington State Beat Back Covid-19. Now It’s Rising Again.
Washington was the initial epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, and an early lockdown helped contain it. Six months later, cases are spiking again, and the future looks uncertain. By Rachel Abrams in the NYT YAKIMA, Wash. — In what … Continue reading
WHY I WEAR A (FASHIONABLE) MASK
Thanks to Gordon G.
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Focus group opportunity
Virtual Focus Group Opportunity for Persons with Memory Loss or Caregivers of a Person with Memory Loss Three Master’s Students who are part of the UW Human Centered Design & Engineering program and the Global Innovation Exchange are looking for … Continue reading
Hamilton and big pharma
Zdoggmd gives his take, Hamilton style, on Big Pharma
Is indoor dining safe?
The answer: Maybe, but there is significant risk and most infectious disease experts decline to dine inside a restaurant at this time (see below). Here’s the guiding principles from the CDC. My own take–dine outside or at home, but not … Continue reading
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David Brooks: The national humiliation we need
by David Brooks – thanks Donna D. for sending this. We Americans enter the July 4 weekend of 2020 humiliated as almost never before. We had one collective project this year and that was to crush COVID-19, and we failed. … Continue reading
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“Father of Sleep Medicine” – born in Wenatchee, attended UW, dies at 91
Years ago, I met Dr. Dement and attended lectures given by him. He supported my efforts to move sleep apnea testing into the home, controversial at first but now standard practice. Locally he’s affectionately remembered for having jazz sessions on … Continue reading
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Interview – death, fear and isolation during the pandemic
I was interviewed recently by Katy Sewall (formerly at KUOW and Town Hall) for her podcast “The Bitter Sweet Life.” We discussed the fears and disruption of our lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. If interested you can listen here: https://bittersweetlife.libsyn.com/episode-320-facing-death-with-jim-demaine
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Wear a mask, distance — be more European!
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