Yesterday, we spent some time talking about one way that pandemic stress could be keeping you up at night. So today, I want to share some good news: Recent research has also identified a simple [...]
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Could a simple at-home test help curb the spread of COVID-19?
I really admire people who think outside of the box. In medical school—and especially in public health school—we were taught to look critically at every problem, to evaluate it, and to consider [...]
More and more science shows mask-wearing is effective
Everywhere you turn, the mask debate rages on. I personally seem to address the topic daily—even amongst my patients. And this certainly isn’t be the first time we’ve talked about it here… As you [...]
COVID-19: What we can learn from Florida’s losses
Throughout this pandemic, I have written about aspects of it that I either find fascinating, or that I feel may need more (or even just a slightly different) explanation than the all-too-often [...]
COVID-19: Decoding the updated numbers
At the beginning of this pandemic, I wrote about the numbers quite often. Mostly because there was a lot of confusion as to what the statistics really meant versus how they were being portrayed [...]
Vitamin D: A crucial ally in the fight against COVID-19?
While a vaccine may not be the secret to ending to our ongoing national nightmare, vitamin D3 just might be. We’ve talked about this before—more than once, in fact. But there’s another new study [...]
CBD: A potential health breakthrough against COVID-19?
The amount of science coming out about COVID-19 has been fascinating to me. And troubling, too, of course—but truly, we are learning something new every day. Every discovery arms us a little [...]
The 45-minute cure for pandemic anxiety
I think we can all agree that one of the most troubling aspects of this pandemic is the psychological trauma associated with it. People are afraid and unsure of how to keep safe—and there are [...]
COVID-19: Welcome to the “new normal”
We’re several months into this pandemic now, and everyone wants answers to the same questions: When is this all going to end? When will life be back to normal? And frankly, I can’t blame them. [...]
REVEALED: More truths about COVID-19
Let me ask you a question: Would you rather this pandemic continue to be politicized… or would you prefer for science to lead us out of our current national disaster? I know which side I’m on—and [...]