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. | May 18, 2020 | 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 Again! Beware this nearly invisible menace. While Lyme disease cases are rising in the general civilian population, they are falling in active military units. What does the military know that your...
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 8, 2020 | Activism, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
The poet Milton, who, crippled by age, stated his regret he could not do more to serve God, “They also serve who only stand and wait.” You can protect everyone in your community if you would just stay home. During the next two weeks, a biologic wave will sweep across...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Apr 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Flu, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Testing
George Fu Gao, head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was recently interviewed by Science magazine. Dr. Gao was educated at Oxford and Harvard. He rarely speaks publicly. He is one of the few scientists to have access to the actual Chinese...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Mar 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Gloves Reduce Getting COVID-19 on Your Hands And Wearing Masks Help to Prevent Touching Your Face Let’s Clear Up the Mask Issue COVID-19 can survive on surfaces for 3-5 days. You get it on your fingers from doorknobs, tabletops, shared computers, handshakes,...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Feb 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Disease, Flu, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread all over China and multiple countries around the world. The History Last December, ophthalmologist Li Wenliang, based on an influx of sick patients at his office, warned fellow doctors in Wuhan, China, to take respiratory...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Oct 2, 2019 | Disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, Seasonal
Eastern Equine Encephalitis is spread by mosquitoes. So is malaria, Zika, and a dozen other serious diseases, I have written about permethrin extensively as an agent to reduce the incidence of Lyme disease. It is a neurotoxin for insects, but not for men or women, and...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 19, 2019 | Boston, Disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Exercise, Fitness Gear, Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
The mosquitoes that carry EEE can bite any time day or night, the highest frequency is the early evening. Schools in high-risk areas have canceled nighttime athletic contests. There is insecticide spraying in hish risk towns, but this disease very high case-fatality...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 9, 2019 | Cardiac health, Cholesterol, Food, Health and Diet, Healthy Aging, Heart Health, Hypertension, nutrition, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, Weight Loss
Alternate day fasting (ADF) is a new trend in the weight-loss world. Now, there’s research to show that it may have a positive effect in terms of reducing belly fat and lowering cholesterol levels. On August 27, researchers from the University of Graz in Austria...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 8, 2019 | Aging, Cardiac health, Heart Health, Hypertension, Medications, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
How did aspirin’s reputation get to be so bad? Aspirin hasn’t changed. It is a blood thinner that acts by blocking the early stages of a blood clot that causes a heart attack. But too much thinning of the blood and bleeding can result. In the original aspirin studies,...
