Influenza killed almost 80,000 people in the US last year, more than opioid overdoses, more than breast cancer, more than car accidents. The flu vaccine works and is benign. Get your flu shot with us before Thanksgiving!
AIMOVIG is a new monoclonal antibody preventive treatment for chronic and severe episodic migraine that appears to be effective and safe. This is the first new news in a long time in this field.
Many recent articles on nutrition and dieting in various publications echoed what I have advised for several decades. I recap 10 of the major takeaways.
Various conditions that are heavily genetically driven, including high cholesterol, blood pressure, and adult diabetes, typically show up in force after age 50. By 55 we often realize we have biologically become our parents, the bad and the good.
Frustrated by the apparently simple problem of cleaning the oily residue – that adversely affects coffee flavor – from a stainless steel coffee carafe, I was determined to find an answer. As it turns out, the answer is really simple!
I registered earlier this year with DPH to be able to offer medical marijuana to patients in Orchard Health Care who might possibly benefit from its use.
Watching large animals in the wild led me to reflect on the human condition
How much salt should I eat? Why does salt matter? What foods contain the most salt? Can I do anything to reduce my salt intake while still having tasty food?
An Op-Ed Commentary in the Lincoln Journal on March 7 reminded me that the forces of darkness and ignorance are alive and strong even in our communities. The writer proposed to remove fluoridation from our water despite almost seven decades of clearly beneficial results. I had to respond.
Blood-borne infections rapidly injure and kill people whose immune systems are compromised by cancer that requires chemotherapy or serious infections such as AIDS. Our best traditional lab techniques usually take several days to give an accurate microbial identification that allows specific antimicrobial therapy to be instituted. T2 Biosystems is far along in applying magnetic resonance (MR) technology to allow prompt detection of such blood-borne pathogens in whole-blood samples, potentially shortening the identification period to a few hours. This will likely substantially reduce the high mortality rates in such severe infections.
Orchard Health Care member John McDonough is the CEO of T2 Biosystems. I found his description of his company’s work to be fascinating. The molecular technology they are developing is an exciting example of how biomedical science is rapidly and dramatically improving our lives. I asked John to provide a short write-up of his company for our membership. OHC has many members involved with cutting-edge science, technology and business, as well as with the literary arts. I hope to have other OHC members describe their work or their company’s work in the coming months.