Smallpox Found: Bioterrorism Concerns
The finding of live virus, apparently left behind in an old laboratory freezer brings an old viral enemy back into our consciousness.
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Binge Drinking: Alcohol, Trauma, & Early Deaths
Terry Simpson MD discusses the recent CDC report that 1 in 10 deaths in the United States is caused by binge drinking. We lose over ten times as many people per year from alcohol as we did in ten years of the war in Iraq. This happens when men drink more than five drinks at a time – and the toll isn’t just in car accidents, but in their health.
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Killing an Infant: Pertussis The Epidemic That Shouldn’t Happen
Dr. Terry Simpson discusses how the anti-vaccination group are responsible for infant deaths from Pertussis. Pertussis kills newborn children, not from a cough, but from heart failure. The vaccine is only good for ten years. Save an infant’s life: get your vaccines updated. Please – you don’t want to kill a child.
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Eating Organic Food Does Not Decrease Incidence of Cancer
Organic foods offer no benefit to prevent cancer, in fact there is a small rise in breast cancer among those women who reported eating organic foods.
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Toxoplasmosis – Your Cat Could Fork U
A serious, but preventable food-borne illness that can cause damage to the unborn child, and immunocompromised individuals. Yet, can be easily treated and simply prevented.
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Platelet-Rich Plasma: Save Your Money
Platelet Rich Plasma is a technique where an injection of the patient’s own blood is concentrated with the “healing factors” – but does it work? There is no good study saying it works. Athletes like Tiger Woods and others have tried it. But with years of use, there is no randomized, double blind study that shows efficacy.
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Why US Healthcare Costs More
Why do we have healthcare inflation in the United States? Because of price, not because of quality – because of prices. The ability of national systems to negotiate with drug companies, device makers, and hospitals has driven health care costs down. The effect of this is that other countries can afford to cover everyone, without high deductibles.
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Obamacare hits 7.1 million: Good News and Bad News
There is good news and bad news about increasing coverage of health care. Here are the simple facts of Obama-care and where we should go next with our system.
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Tree Pollens in Phoenix
February, March, and April are the major tree allergy months in Phoenix- and our highest allergy months of the year. Here are a few of the trees that bother us- and why. Knowing the daily allergy levels allows you to know when to start taking antihistamines, as well as when to stop, or if the day is heavy to consider taking other medications such as inhaled steroids.
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