Category Archives: Health Notes

Health Notes- Should you reconsider your daily aspirin?

Posted on April 21, 2022 by tomdwyer

Health Notes Should you reconsider your daily aspirin?   A daily aspirin has been standard advice for years to reduce the chances of heart attack and stroke.  And now, of course, new science says it may be time to reconsider … Continue reading →

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Health Notes-  New hope for emphysema and COPD

Posted on March 16, 2022 by tomdwyer

Health Notes New hope for emphysema and COPD When we ran across first article below (“Drugs seem to help…”) we wanted to share it because, as far as we knew, there WAS no help for COPD other than treating the … Continue reading →

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Health Notes for Feb 2022- Hope for paralyzed mind and body

Posted on February 18, 2022 by tomdwyer

        Some of us live with paralysis, but all of us fear it.  A spinal cord injury breaks the communication between the brain and the body it controls, and nerves don’t grow back.  Spinal injuries have always … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- Why you shouldn’t get Covid just to ‘get it over with’

Posted on January 23, 2022 by tomdwyer

Covid Omicron has gone viral (sorry) and it looks like we may all get it eventually as the ‘pandemic’ moves to an ‘endemic’.  It may be tempting to go out and get Covid intentionally, just to get it over with, … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- Clear vision, now in an eyedrop

Posted on December 16, 2021 by tomdwyer

Health Notes- Clear vision, now in an eyedrop Presbyopia is a natural and annoying result of age and hardening of the cornea.  In the past, your options for clear sight were ‘reader’ glasses, contact lenses, or surgery, but a new … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- How you can be fooled into health

Posted on November 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

          Why do placebos work? Scientists identify key brain pathway Study finds opposite impacts on brainstem of placebo and “nocebo” effects Daryl Austin on Science.org, Oct 2021 (from the article)  “The placebo effect can bring powerful … Continue reading →

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Brain stimulation offers hope for depression

Posted on September 29, 2021 by tomdwyer

Brain stimulation acts ‘like a switch’ to turn off severe depression for one patient Maggie Fox on CNN, Oct 2021 (from the CNN article)- After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- Here’s what a REAL medical debate looks like

Posted on September 8, 2021 by tomdwyer

“Trust the science” say the rational people.  “How can we trust the science when it keeps changing its answers?”  say the anti-vaxxers.  If we put aside the reality that science is supposed to change its answers as it learns more, … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- How your body deals with heat… or doesn’t

Posted on August 11, 2021 by tomdwyer

How Your Body Deals With Heat… Or Doesn’t. When it’s hot, we sweat.  That’s not news.  But it may be news that it’s not the sweat itself that cools us; it’s not like diving into a cold pool.  LOSING the … Continue reading →

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Health Notes- Sleeping your way to Health

Posted on July 22, 2021 by tomdwyer

        The new science of sleep: Everything we know about how it affects your health and brain Dr. Matthew Walker on ScienceFocus.com, Jul 2021 (from the article)  “There is no major health system within your body or … Continue reading →

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