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Find tips on health, medicine, nutrition, and more.Covid-19 Updates: the marathon continues–April 15th
Covid-19 Updates Take home message: This is a marathon, not a sprint. Take care of yourself, get your sleep, exercise, meditate daily. Some positive things: the healthcare system is holding up. New York City is the most challenging and military...
Covid-19 Updates April 8, 2020
Covid-19 Updates A lot of people have coronavirus, and New York is heavily hit, but the peak of infections seems to be occurring this week there and hopefully, as in Spain and Italy, the number of deaths and infections will start receding over the next week or...
Coronavirus– Epidemic and Isolation — April 1
How are you handling the isolation? Some people are connecting to friends, even old friends on the telephone! What a novel idea. Also, Zoom, Skype, and FaceTime offer opportunities to see and hear the others. I was on a Zoom book club meeting yesterday. My wife...
Coronavirus epidemic Update– March 26
Update and Telemedicine David Schechter on 03/26/2020 09:36 PM UTC First of all, I have heard from a lot of my patients and you seem to be doing a great job with the distancing recommendations and the hand washing, etc. We have tested 10 people for covid so...
Telemedicine Update–Covid-19 March 19
Telemedicine update David Schechter, MD on 03/19/2020 07:57 PM UTC , also Updated July 29, 2020 We are now offering telemedicine consults with audio and video via computer or smart phone. We use a simple link that you click on. No download required. Insurance is...
Coronavirus Epidemic– March 12
March 12 Covid-19 Coronavirus Epidemic David Schechter, MD on 03/12/2020 01:34 AM UTC To our patients, I know that you are getting flooded with information on this disease. It seems that every day recommendations are changing and more restrictions are coming...