Third layer of Asphalt

Friday – third layer of Asphalt laid. More normal numbers of patients 26. Still down about 20% overall due to the construction. Tick Bite Prophylaxis x3, & x1 Lyme Disease Treatment (x3 IgM bands +POS for Borelia Burgdorferi). Unfortunately, there is...

Tickborne Illness

https://now.tufts.edu/articles/new-tick-borne-disease-found Another New Tickborne Disease : Borrelia miyamotoi, which was first found in ticks in Japan in 1995 and is closely related to the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Previous human cases of B. miyamotoi...

More Asphalt

More Asphalt Thursday. Half the day spent blocked off from Hwy 53 by the road construction. VERY Slow in clinic. More like a weekend than a weekday – 14 patients. Multiple Cases of Infectious Gastroenteritis, as we move toward warmer weather (what...

Asphalt Wednesday

Asphalt Wednesday. Busy Morning 13 patients by noon. then the DOT started pouring asphalt across the entrance from Hwy 53 and business slowed to a trickle. No surprise. CCP physical and Surgery clearance. URI, Congestion and Cough with RAD x5 today. Gastritis. Tick...

Jolie, Epigenetic factors, and Cancer

Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement in a New York Times op-ed that she had a prophylactic double mastectomy due to her BRCA1/BRCA2 status, has ignited a lot of discussion about absolute versus relative factors influencing gene expression, and the...