by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 14, 2022 | Aging, Policy, Public Health
The “Working-age population” around the world is shrinking. Birth rates have fallen in developed countries; climate change and food insecurity will undermine expanding population trends in less developed countries. The implications include fewer babies, abandoned...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 12, 2022 | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
Time to Dig Out the Masks A family of three Covid–19 Omicron variants – the BA.5 family – (BA.4. BA.5. and BA1.12.1)) are burning their way through the US population. BA.5 went from 1% of all infections in May to 21% in June. They are changing the rules...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 17, 2022 | COVID-19, Disease, Long Covid, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
When is the next wave coming? It‘s already here. It‘s Long Haul. The first wave of Covid was horrific. Patients jammed hallways, unable to breathe, hospitals ran out of ventilators, and doctors, nurses, and first responders died with their patients. Workers placed...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jan 17, 2022 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medical access equity, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
You are either Working for the Virus or Working for Your Fellow Man Explanations why people don’t get vaccinated have as much to do with the bias of the reporter as the data available. For instance, Black and Hispanic minority groups were labeled “hesitant.” The plain...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Dec 22, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Disease, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Patient Care, Policy, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Main Image credit: Sumanley xulx from Pixabay Dear John, It has been three weeks since the first report of the omicron variant. The newspapers are filled with headlines with contradictory information. If you feel confused, you are not alone. What should one do about...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Nov 6, 2021 | Activism, Cancer, Charity, Outdoors, Public Health
Image courtesy Larry Li on Unsplash In 2012, oncologist Joshua Schiffman of the Huntsman Cancer Center encountered an elephant that would change his life. He had taken his children to the Hogle zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had recently lost their Bernese Mountain...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Oct 30, 2021 | Cancer, Patient Care, Public Health
Why is it Not in Common Use? Cancer cells are hypermetabolic. They manufacture cholesterol at elevated rates to build new cell walls which enables their uncontrolled growth. In cell cultures, tumors deprived of cholesterol stop growing. Pravachol (pravastatin),...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Sep 29, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, Seasonal
Delta is Hunting You and Your Children Ins and Outs of Booster Shots Winter is coming. People will spend more time indoors, and the opportunity to spread Covid-19 is greater. Among the unvaccinated, the Delta variant is turning this into a massacre. Vaccination is...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Aug 1, 2021 | Activism, COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Pandemic, Preventative Medicine, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH The Delta variant of COVID-19 is the fourth major mutation of the pandemic. It has modified spike proteins which attach more efficiently to human cells than the original COVID-19. Its genetic programming is more potent — infected cells...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | Jul 26, 2021 | Dental Health, Food, Health and Diet, Healthy Aging, Heart Health, Oral Health, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
Seven Minutes a Day is All It Takes To save money, save your teeth, and preserve your health. By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH Inflammation of the gums is associated with heart disease, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and pneumonia. DNA from oral bacteria have been...
by James Edward Katz, M.D. | May 18, 2021 | Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Fitness Gear, Infectious Disease, Lyme Disease, Outdoors, Preventative Medicine, Preventive, Public Health
By Dr. James Katz, MD, MPH 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...
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...
