From the monthly archives: April 2018
Spring is here, the apples and peaches are getting ready to blossom. It is pruning time, an exhausting but exhilarating period when I recommune with nature and, indirectly, with my role as caregiver and healer to people in Orchard Health Care.
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.
Shingrix vaccine update, including clearer reports of significant local and systemic reactions, as well as updates on insurance coverage and some modest clarification on Medicare coverage.
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.
Sleeping pills and tranquilizers are commonly requested, used, and appear needed, but there are cognitive and accident risks associated with these drugs. We need to try to find effective but safer alternative therapies.
Opioid Contracts and Monitoring
Opioid drugs, also called narcotics, are critical medications for relieving acute pain but more problematic when occasionally used for chronic pain. We describe new state regulations concerning opioid prescriptions and monitoring and how it affects you and our practice.