📚 Reading Room 🐈
Welcome to a curated library of posts I’ve written over the past 4 years. Consider this your own cozy reading room. Get your wool slippers and chai tea, let the cat out if you are allergic, and find curious bits of knowledge and overlooked ideas here at your own pace. The full archive of everything I’ve written is also available, but this reading room will organize some of the evergreen highlights.
You will also find a link to my Quick Boost series and occasional podcast at the end.
~ COVID ~ My self-treatment plan for Covid Covidlandia (curated Covid-19 updates relevant to primary care): * 2024 Jan, Feb, March, April, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec * 2025 Jan, Feb, March, April, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec Vaccine boosts and IgG subclass switching Spike proteins from vaccines and illnesses The sabotage of the updated Covid vaccine paradigm Resisting Covid revisionism and mask shaming Nasal saline for Covid prevention, prophylaxis, and adjunct treatment Nasal sprays in general for Covid treatment and prevention Nitric oxide nasal sprays like Enovid Intranasal Neosporin and potential utility Nasal antihistamine sprays for Covid prevention Medications that help prevent long Covid Paxlovid - (1), (2), (3), (4), (5 in defense of Paxlovid) Rapid antigen testing Covid vax for children, 2024 update ~ WELLBEING ~ The end of the wellness delusion (and what comes after) Wellness parallels between the 1800's and now! Burnout and the three legs holding us up Granting ourselves permission to be alive while the world burns Channeling the parasympathetic nervous system Consciousness in medicine You are a hero Cold hands, warm stressed heart Insomnia tips and treatments Shadowboxing for exercise and ego Shinrin-yoku, aka forest bathing Naps, hurkle durkle, and floor time Taking a walk after dinner Take paternity leave Life hack quick boosts ~ PREVENTION ~ A Top 100 list of health promoting behaviors, but it also takes a village Flossing to help prevent chronic medical diseases The shingles vaccine may reduce dementia risk. More evidence. Preventing memory loss Fresh wounds and scar reduction Should I get the new RSV vaccine? | Updated for 2024 The poison and pleasure of alcohol Best hydration choices Airplane safety with infections, blood clots, and radiation Reducing risk of Covid on planes, with poor ventilation demonstrated Acing your blood draw The importance of primary care Vaccines and the good fight Vaccine Quick Boosts ~ HUMANISM ~ Big problems, small talk The Last Visit Helped, heard, hugged? Keep gliding Most people do not listen with the intent to understand An Ending Doctors and patients as commodities Vive la résistance in doctoring That little souvenir of a terrible year A scar is a story Floaters Another The strength in frailty New Years 2022 greeting card A progress note for Mr. Santa What grows beyond 100 long years Xrays and a walk through the garden Watching my grandfather watching the sky Oncoming ~ HEALTHSPAN & LONGEVITY ~ Metformin as potential wonder drug? Medical wearables 2025 Strength and resistance training The great longevity filters 10,000 steps, really? Magical and misunderstood mitochondria The Founders guide to wellbeing Forget the Blue Zones Eccentric exercises Swimming and the many downstream effects Boosting our metabolism New Year's resolutions Giving thanks for longevity Reducing your risk of death over the next decade by 50% ~ VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS ~ Coenzyme Q-10 supplementation with statins Does Prevagen really work? Multivitamins - heroes or zeroes? Vitamin D (part 1) (part 2) Calcium and vitamin D crib sheet Collagen supplements RFK Jr's less than ideal health ideas ~SCREENING~ Dense breast tissue on mammograms ~ ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE ~ Ways to reduce exposure to micro and nanoplastics Is tap water safe to drink? Microplastics and nanoplastics in bottled water Clean air, CO2 monitors, and ventilation High CO2 levels inside your car A family physician for the voyage to Mars ~ INFECTIOUS DISEASES ~ H3N2 variant in the 2025/26 season plus oseltamivir and baloxavir prep H5N1 bird flu, December 2024 update Do Tamiflu/Xofluza work? The best time to time a flu shot Measles outbreak 2025 short version, MMR long version MPOX Mosquito repellents and control Intranasal Neosporin for Covid and flu someday? Why we keep our daughter up to date on vaccines ~ CARDIOLOGY ~ Some cheese, please Statins and diabetes and GLP-1 reductionism New blood pressure guidelines for 2025 CAC coronary artery calcium scoring, even if you are feeling fine How to really check your blood pressure | 2024 validation Cardiovascular risk calculator: your score Healthy eating to lower ASCVD risk Do cholesterol medications (statins) cause diabetes? Home AED's for everyone? ~ PULMONOLOGY ~ Pneumonia shots protect against viral illnesses, too Pope Francis and pneumonia prevention ~ ORTHOPEDICS ~ Knee injection series Stand up to gravity with better posture ~ DERMATOLOGY ~ Minoxidil for hair loss Armpit microbiome manipulation The case for getting some sunlight ~ PSYCHIATRY ~ Depression is not just a chemical imbalance Propranolol as needed for situational panic attacks A medical narrative of resilience Tylenol and ASD ~ NEUROLOGY ~ Side sleeping, the glymphatic system, and better brain health Cheese consumption and dementia ~ GASTROENTEROLOGY ~ Antacids and increased dementia risk Cologuard - the test most people shilly shally Rehydration salts and other options for diarrhea/vomiting Constipation Fatty liver/steatosis, MASLD, MASH ~ ENDOCRINOLOGY ~ New Wegovy pills, Zepbound, and a lot to consider! Statins and GLP-1 effects GLP-1 meds for weight loss - Super Bowl edition Metformin - wonder drug against diabetes, cancer, covid, flu, and more? Ozempic/Wegovy and the questionable risk of vision loss ~ GRAB BAG ~ Woman the hunter AI as a tool in the primary care doctor-patient relationship Ninja tricks for interpreting medical news Fever and heart on Thanksgiving The Great American Eclipse of 2024 How to save a life with Narcan, Epipen, and CPR Top primary care research studies of 2021 (1), (2), (3), and 2022 2022 highlights on Examined A medically historic walk in Philadelphia 2024 election devastation, and ways to deal
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