Page 7 - Adelante Magazine March 2021

BY: DANIEL PEARCE, D.O., FACOI, AAHIVMS
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3 WHITE BREAD AND YOU’RE DEAD?

3 WHITE BREAD AND YOU’RE DEAD? have conservative policies that focus on helping our main Medi-Cal insurer in the Inland Empire
A new, database study found that those who eat big business have shorter lives and poorer pays for the home kits. Covid isolation with me
3 slices of white bread or other white flour heath than those states that help the poor with and the patient being at home makes this
quantities had a higher risk of dying. This study better health care, better minimum wages, machine essential and saves trips to the clinic.
was done in 148,000 people so that there were smoke-free workplaces, nutrition labeling,
9,000 deaths and 3500 major cardiovascular higher tobacco tax, spend research money to MARIJUANA AVAILABILITY MIGHT REDUCE
events across multiple diets and 21 cultures. help people directly rather than make gadgets, OPIOID DEATHS
Higher or lower deaths were not associated etc. It is easier in the short run to invent a new A new study showed that the number of deaths
with whole grain or white rice amount. They did mildly helpful diabetic treatment than to change from opiates (Norco®, heroin, Dilaudid®,
have many Asians in the study also. No food policy to prevent diabetes in thousands. methadone, fentanyl, etc) was lower in those
mention of pasta/noodles, but the Mediter- counties that had more marijuana dispensaries.
ranean Diet gives an OK and they may release Again, it is best to protect yourself as much as This was done in states where marijuana is
their starch slowly if cooked al dente (a little you can. Double mask, cover nose, distance, legal for recreational use.
hard). stay out of buildings or “outdoor” dining that
looks like a big plastic tent with little ventilation, DO YOU REALLY NEED THAT THYROID
US RANKS LOW IN HEALTH and get the vaccine. MEDICATION?
Not much has changed since a survey of high- In this study, 36% of people with moderately low
income nations in 2013 ranked the US last or SUDDENLY ALIVE AFTER FAILED RESUCI- thyroid function were found not to need the
nearly last in: TATION? medication and 12% of those with mildly low
A study of 480 patients at the end of their lives thyroid function. You might consider discussing
• Early Deaths monitored their cardiac function after CPR, etc. with your provider, dropping the dose of thyroid
• Infant deaths was performed. 67 of the patients had medication slowly and rechecking the blood
• Injuries resumption of cardiac activity for 3.9 seconds tests and your energy level. Stopping it cold
• Homicides and then everything stopped. This cancels the turkey could disrupt your life.
• Drug-related deaths myth that people can come back alive as a
• Heart Disease surprise. Of course, if a person declared dead LIFE INSURANCE APPLICATION ON PAUSE
• Diabetes but the protocol wasn’t followed, then those IF YOU HAD COVID
• Lung Disease patients might not be truly dead and surprisingly Much about Covid 19 is unknown so life
• Arthritis in Older People “become alive” again. insurance companies want to understand the
• New AIDS cases risk of insuring you since some of those with
• Traffic deaths in young people WHY WEAR A MASK AFTER MY VACCINA- Covid 19 may have long term fatigue, lung,
• Obesity TIONS FOR COVID? heart, and other problems. They may wait till
• Health Differences based on Race The virus can live in your nose even after you your status is better known before approving
are vaccinated and cause mild disease or no your application.
Their title was: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health disease in you. You can still spread it to others
describing this “catalog of horrors” while we pay who can get sick or die. There isn’t data telling Keep those questions coming and be safe!
for a very expensive health care system us how infectious a vaccinated person can be.
compared to other high-income countries. There is a case of a man who had Covid twice,
You should try to improve our status voting and so was immune but he spread it to others dpearce@western.edu
political activism but for now you live in this through his nose during the second infection.
environment and it is up to you to not live the Daniel Pearce, D.O., FACOI, AAHIVMS
lifestyle that causes premature suffering and HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINES Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Loma
Linda University School of Medicine Adjunct
death. The newest research supports using these Professor of Internal Medicine and HIV, Touro
Vote for those who want to improve lives by machines to diagnose and treat high blood University California College of Osteopathic
helpful public policy and laws, e.g. safe neigh- pressure. These are more accurate than the Medicine and Midwestern University Arizona
borhoods with parks to encourage exercise and visits to the clinic in that they are measuring College of Osteopathic Medicine HIV, Hepatitis
B,C, Transgender, Suboxone Specialist, Borrego
fresh fruit and vegetables available at a good more times in settings more familiar to the Health (Riverside, San Bernardino, San Jacinto)
price nearby. patient than the clinic. White Coat Hypertension Member, Coachella Valley Clinical Research
They investigate why life expectancy is 7 years means you have high readings when in the Initiative
longer in Hawaii than West Virgin-a. States that clinic but normal at home. I am pleased that REFERENCES: Medscape®
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