by Dr. Dean D | Nov 23, 2023 | Health
Tom Hanks, the actor, told a story about a time he went to see a neurologist to find out how to keep his brain healthy and give himself “a slight edge on not becoming senile” on Desert Island Discs in 2016. His then-co-host Kirsty Young said the doctor...
by Dr. Dean D | Nov 21, 2023 | Health
According to statistics from the U.S., the number of deaths among young people with cancer is going down. The National Centre for Health Statistics is part of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2001, there were 2,226 deaths from cancer among...
by Dr. Dean D | Nov 9, 2023 | Health
TUESDAY, November 8, 2023 (Nightly News) — Physicians are concerned that certain patients may not be able to pay the costly 14-day course of therapy for a new pharmaceutical designed to treat postpartum depression, which is estimated to cost close to $16,000. In...
by Dr. Dean D | Nov 7, 2023 | COVID-19
You feel like crap now that you’ve had your COVID-19 shot. It’s worth it, but BOY, it doesn’t feel that way. This is a common response: A new study found that 30–90% of people who got the COVID vaccine had some kind of side effect. These effects can...
by Dr. Dean D | Nov 2, 2023 | COVID-19
Friday, October 6, 2023 — Long COVID is now a known disease. It is a group of symptoms that last longer than the initial illness. However, experts say that COVID-19 might not be the only respiratory virus that has these long-lasting effects on health;...