Category Archives: General Health

This is a great question and I love the answer provided by my friends at ConsumerLab.com. They have lots of great and trustworthy information on COVID.

The FDA has reviewed the current evidence and affirmed that “the risk is exceedingly low for transmission of COVID to humans via food and food packaging.” (FDA 2021).

Females who are scheduled for a mammogram and a COVID vaccine at about the same time need to know about some newly released guidelines.

The CDC’s recommendations do not explicitly address the use of the COVID-19 vaccine in those with a history of thrombocytopenia. However, there’s new information you might want to consider.

The short answer: none. A longer answer and explanation is below.

I’m Irish and looking forward to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this evening. I have a COVID vaccine scheduled for tomorrow. Will my green beer tonight have an effect on the vaccine?

Great question. The CDC and my friends at Consumer Lab have these suggestions.

My employer, UCHealth, is offering these suggestions to us healthcare professionals about COVID vaccine side effects.

According to the CDC, common side effects of COVID vaccinations include fever, chills, tiredness, and headache, in addition to pain or swelling in the arm where the shot was administered. Some say these side effects are good because they prove … Continue reading →

My friends at ConsumerLab have pointed out some research I thought you might find helpful to consider before you get the COVID vaccine.

A physician wrote this to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, “I assume with high dose steroids (>20mg/day) for prolonged periods, that the COVID vaccine should be deferred until at least several weeks. Any guidance with low dose … Continue reading →

Not that I know of. But, are people who take the vaccine dying? Yes, but not because of the vaccine. Let me explain.

Symbicort is an inhaled combination of a corticosteroid and a bronchial dilator used for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease while Singulair is a leukotriene receptor antagonist that has anti-inflammatory properties and is used in asthma and allergy treatment.

People with chronic liver disease, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C were eligible for inclusion in both the Pfizer and Moderna pre-authorization clinical trials, but the safety and efficacy of the vaccines in these groups have not yet been reported.

This is a question that I’ve addressed in four past blogs that you can find here, but I wanted to add the wisdom shared by Jim Dennison this week. I love his Daily Article and highly recommend it.

There are reports of people who experience an itchy red rash after receiving the first dose of Moderna’s mRNA COVID vaccine. Naturally, patients want to know if this could be worse with the second dose?

As of today, the CDC is recommending that COVID vaccinated persons with an exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are NOT required to quarantine if they meet all of the following criteria:

In a word, “Yes.”

I recently had a three-part blog on the COVID Vaccine and Aborted Fetus Cells (see below). Now the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has developed a very nice statement about this issue.

According to two Israeli studies, the resounding answer is yes!

Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: E-book sale of some of my books The Best Gift endorsed by Debbie Macomber comes out November 16 The Natural Medicines Handbook comes out April 6 Answers to last month’s prayers Prayer … Continue reading →

The first report on the COVID vaccine’s safety profile is nothing short of amazing.

What are your thoughts on taking Claritin before or after the Covid shot? My daughter took it for muscle aches and it worked wonderfully. A cancer research center has recommended it. Have you heard of this?

Barb and I had our first COVID vaccine (Moderna) on January 6 (her birthday). The clinic scheduled our follow-up (2nd or booster) shot for February 2. “But that’s less than the recommended four weeks, isn’t it,” I asked the doctor. … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot on the internet about using zinc and/or vitamin C to prevent or reduce the symptoms of COVID. Now we have our first good data to answer the question of whether these natural medicines are effective or … Continue reading →

Yes. People who want to get pregnant in the future may receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Probably, but we don’t know for sure. Different expert groups have differing recommendations.

After almost a year of incredibly contentious debate about the place of the old medication, hydroxychloroquine, in the prevention of COVID-19, we finally have what I think is the first randomized controlled trial to give us a pretty good answer … Continue reading →

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Patients and friends have been asking this excellent question. Here is the latest advice from the CDC.