First Do No Harm: Harrowing Tale of A’s Player Micah Bowie
This is a horribly sad story of medical interventions going awry. Back pain which continued after retirement in 2008. Treatments were ineffective, and in 2016 he ended up getting a spinal cord stimulator. Unfortunately the battery migrated somehow into his liver, diaphragm and then lung. He’s had horrible breathing trouble since, and it’s a…
Read MoreBay Area Crushing the Curve: San Francisco Chronicle
One picture worth 1000 words
Read MoreCovid Cases by State Cases per 100,000
I finally found a graphic that tells a bit more nuanced story from NPR. This graphic shows how well California is doing at 77 per 100K considering what a huge state it is. Obviously, we need our case load to stop increasing and start to decrease if we’re ever going to get back to work…
Read MoreCurves County by County California
Not at all happy that the total number of cases in San Francisco is now over 1,000. But glad that we’ve made it into the light blue curve. We’re doubling now every 12.6 days. Still increasing but slowing down.
Read MoreCorona Virus Cases per Day 4.14.2020
Definitely don’t like that uptick. It could just be variation, as we saw fewer cases over the weekend. So there may be reporting discrepancies. Stay safe…
Read MoreFlexibility
It has been said that where there is flexibility there is no arthritis. Not sure if that really holds up, but it’s the least we can do to mitigate wear and tear on joints. Suggestions for Flexibility Pick the Right Exercise While pilates and yoga concentrate on building strength and flexibility, yoga is generally regarded…
Read MoreSleep. The Best Medicine
Besides laughter of course! Add the above physical and mental health consequences up, and a scientifically validated link becomes easier to accept: the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life. Recent findings demonstrate that individuals who routinely sleep five hours a night have a 65 percent increased risk of dying at any moment in…
Read MoreCovid Cases Per Day 4.10.2020
I like this graphic best to show the flattening of the curve. Cases in Los Angeles are still increasing by a fair amount, but hopefully offset by the slower rate of increase in other parts of the state. I also check this great graphic from the LA Times showing county by county. It requires some…
Read MoreKQED Forum Dr. Wachter UCSF Corona Virus Bay Area
I was able to listen to some of this show, which is now in available on the archive. A few take aways. Disclaimer!! These are all from memory, so I could be mistaken. If I have a chance, I’ll listen again and update. We had the same number of cases in San Francisco as did…
Read MoreNew Corona Cases California Day by Day 4.8.2020
I find this chart from the San Francisco Chronicle to be the most illustrative of the curve. We can see that thought our new cases per day are way higher than we would like, they are not “spiking” which would be the most dangerous for our medical system. The orange cases at the bottom are…
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