by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jun 14, 2021 | Aging, Exercise, Fitness, Fitness Gear, Healthy Aging, Joint health, Pain Management
Main photo courtesy curearthritis.org A Guide to Avoiding Knee Replacement Last year there were 600,000 total knee replacement surgeries in the United States. Insurers spend five billion dollars on knee procedures per year. It is a remarkable procedure. However, it is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 18, 2021 | Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Fitness Gear, Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
Just When You Thought you Could Go Outside — It’s Lyme Disease Season 2021! In the last year, three more significant articles were published confirming the safety and effectiveness of permethrin treated clothing against Lyme disease. A two year study in Rhode Island...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Mar 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Pandemic, Patient Care, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH A very pleasant bubbe (grandmother) came to the Moderna vaccination clinic in Newton for her first of two shots. She was concerned side effects from her second dose of the Moderna vaccine, scheduled for March 25, might interfere with her...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Feb 15, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
How to Build a Frankenstein Virus by Accident How could a virus escape a high security lab? Accidents in biosafety laboratories are frequent. The Wuhan Viral Institute has the largest collection of coronaviruses in the world. The WVI has safety issues; humanity is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Is it More Dangerous? Will Vaccines Still Work Against It? A mutated Wuhan virus variant is fueling a growing coronavirus outbreak in Kent, England. It has spread in the background in nearly thirty other countries. Mutations in coronaviruses are normal and occur at a...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Dec 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Exercise, Fitness, Infectious Disease, Outdoors, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal, Weather
Modifying the Rink Works; Masks on the Players Does Not The governors of Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, and other states have closed indoor ice rinks due to because they are COVID infection sites. Community skating rinks are designed to keep a slab of ice...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Nov 19, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
We are Standing on the Cliff with Our Toes over the Edge In the First Wave of Covid, we were led to believe the disease spread through surface contact or people coughing nearby. However, when Covid hit nursing homes, patients confined to their rooms succumbed to the...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Oct 6, 2020 | Aging, Cardiac health, Cholesterol, Circulatory System, COVID-19, Heart Health, Patient Care, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Statins Prevent Coronavirus Infection Complications The statin drugs, such as Lipitor, Crestor, etc. reduce the severity of SARS-COV-2 (coronavirus) infections. In three separate studies, one in Malaysia and two at the University of California at San Diego, early...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Disease, Flu, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Justice Department Approves Pharmaceutical Monopoly to Manufacture Anti-COVID Antibodies James Katz MD The COVID-19 related collapse of the hospitals in Queens, New York, is burnt into the minds of Americans. Who would be the next...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 16, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Medications, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Tested in a Total of 76 People …But It’s So Good, You Don’t Need to See the Data Russia approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine August 11. It has been tested in just 76 people. It is to be given to a small number of citizens from vulnerable groups, including...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 16, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
On January 24th, Singapore became the first country to mandate mask wearing for all citizens. In February, The CDC and WHO advised “masks do not benefit average citizens.” April 24, the CDC advised wearing a mask to “protect other people.” In June, that changed to...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Events, Infectious Disease, Medications, Pandemic, Patient Care, Policy, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
In April, I wrote an essay 21st Century Medicine Attacks COVID-19 at Lightspeed, describing how the full weight of modern biotechnology is be brought to bear on this pandemic. In less than 60 days, the COVID-19 spike protein had been identified as the best vaccine...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Corona virus can emerge from the lungs as tiny invisible particles (aerosols) when breathing, or as large visible droplets when coughing. The aerosols can float for 1-4 hours, and will migrate across a closed room. The larger, heavier droplets from coughing (or...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 11, 2020 | Allergies, Lyme Disease, Northeast, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, Seasonal
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to go Outside… The Lone Star tick is already found in large numbers in New Jersey, Long Island, and Fairfield County in Connecticut. This aggressive human-biting tick has the potential for altering the dynamics of existing and...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jun 8, 2020 | Cholesterol, COVID-19, Health Supplements, Heart Health, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
The longer we study vitamin D, the more benefits we find. Below is a chart of diseases affected by Vitamin D (the degree of influence is decidedly optimistic.) Does Vitamin D Reduce the Risks of COVID-19? In a study of nine countries published online, those with low...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 18, 2020 | Dental Health, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
Not Needing the Dentist is the Best Strategy This series is how to brush teeth, keep gums healthy, and avoid cavities. A good idea in any era, but more necessary now when dental care is less available due to COVID. Better oral health decreases heart disease, stroke,...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
The COVID-19 pandemic is tearing through the United States like Jaws tore through swimmers in the waters off the Amityville Beaches. Pres. Trump, like the Amityville Mayor, is standing safely on the beach, while encouraging others to go in the water (and then changing...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Apr 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Policy, Public Health
I remember the astonishing diversity of life in a drop of lake water I first viewed under a microscope sixty years ago. Now we use cryogenic electron microscopes, DNA sequencers, protein splicers, and supercomputers to create computer simulations of life down to...
