This is the second installment of answers to your coronavirus questions.  I will keep going until ALL of the questions you have sent me are addressed.  Again, I will remind you:  To preserve privacy, I will not include anyone’s name or other identifying information but will show your question or an excerpt therefrom. I will also number them in each installment, as some questions are very similar, and I can just refer to the...

  I’m happy to have had such a tremendous response to my invitation to pass along your coronavirus questions to me! I have compiled all your questions in date order and will address them over a series of several blogs. To preserve privacy, I will not include anyone’s name or other identifying information, but will show your question or an excerpt therefrom. I will also number them in each installment, as some questions are very...

  Currently, few topics outdo viruses in terms of instilling fear and panic in the general population. While there certainly can be a health risk with viruses, when you understand them and take measures to protect yourself, then the virus “monster” doesn’t appear as scary. [[big3]]Tiny germs[[end]] Viruses are tiny germs that are totally dependent on you for survival and reproduction. Scientists estimate that viruses have been around for about 50,000 – 100,000 years, so...

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US currently spends about $3.5 trillion every year on healthcare—that’s about two and one half times more per capita than any other developed nation. You’d think that would translate into 330 million healthy citizens, but you would be wrong.  Americans are getting sicker and fatter by the day, and rank an alarming 49th in the world for life expectancy! There are many factors...

Although the rates of all forms of autoimmune disease continue to rise, one in particular that is experiencing explosive growth is Parkinson’s disease (PD). Second only to Alzheimer’s at this point in the neurological disease category, about 10 million people worldwide and one million Americans suffer from PD.  But those numbers may be grossly understated because many people don’t get diagnosed in the early stages of the disease.  In addition, proper diagnosis can be muddied...

Back in the 60s and 70s when I was a kid, arthritis was something that only happened to older people like my grandparents.   Unfortunately, that has changed drastically and arthritis can affect people at ALL ages—including children!  Here are some facts about arthritis that I bet you never knew, as well as ways you can achieve safe relief without dangerous painkiller if it affects you.  [[big4]]The numbers are growing[[end]] According to the CDC, an estimated 54 million people in the US have arthritis—that’s about one out of six of us.   That number also includes over 300,000 children!  Things don’t look...