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When Can I Be Around A Friend Who Had COVID-19?
You can spend time around a friend who had COVID19 when that friend’s home isolation period ends. More information from the CDC on this can be found here. The overview: If your friend had symptoms that were not
Can Diet, Or More Specifically Obesity, Increase My COVID Risk?
Many hospitals, doctors and epidemiologists are feverishly searching for patterns in those patients who have become sick from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Some individuals have minimal symptoms and recover quickly and others have severe immune responses. It’s not completely
While we all hope that making it through one COVID infection means we are “safe,” we do not yet know if, or for how long, immunity may last. Successfully fighting a virus involves much more than antibody levels.
What is Coronavirus “Immunity Testing”? Should I Get Tested?
Immunity tests, also called “serology” or “antibody tests,” detect novel coronavirus antibodies (IgM, IgG) that the body makes in response to COVID-19 infection. Antibody tests are designed to identify whether you have been exposed to the virus by
Do We Really Need To Wear Goggles To Prevent COVID19?
At this point, there is no firm recommendation that the general public needs to wear goggles or a face shield to protect themselves against COVID, but we suspect that likely it could help prevent some transmission. That said,
I Hear COVID Tests Are Hard To Get, Are We Being Too Picky?
Currently, the US is behind on testing in such large magnitudes that our case numbers are increasingly inaccurate since we simply aren’t counting the tests we can’t run. One major cause is that the gold standard of testing
How Do I Stay on Top of My Mental Health During COVID19?
(Originally, “Finding Structure in Chaos: Staying on Top of your Mental Health during COVID19” Written by Dr. Danielle Kamis, Los Altos, CA) The coronavirus pandemic presents us with new, and even frightening challenges that many of us have
There are two types of COVID-19 tests — diagnostic tests and antibody tests. Let’s focus on diagnostic testing. There are two types of diagnostic tests — molecular tests, such as PCR tests, that detect the tiniest bits of
Do you find yourself baking during the pandemic?
DO YOU FIND YOURSELF BAKING DURING THE PANDEMIC? Since the start of the pandemic, grocery aisles were being emptied and some of the top ingredients were flour, butter and yeast. On first pass this makes perfect sense, these
Can common heartburn medicine increase my risk for COVID19?
Proton pump inhibitors or “PPIs” (such as omeprazole/Prilosec and esomeprazole/Nexium), a common class of acid reducing medications available by prescription and over the counter, work by turning off the pumps in cells that release acid into the stomach.
When Can I Be Around A Friend Who Had COVID-19?
You can spend time around a friend who had COVID19 when that friend’s home isolation period ends. More information from
Can Diet, Or More Specifically Obesity, Increase My COVID Risk?
Many hospitals, doctors and epidemiologists are feverishly searching for patterns in those patients who have become sick from the SARS-CoV-2
While we all hope that making it through one COVID infection means we are “safe,” we do not yet know
What is Coronavirus “Immunity Testing”? Should I Get Tested?
Immunity tests, also called “serology” or “antibody tests,” detect novel coronavirus antibodies (IgM, IgG) that the body makes in response
Do We Really Need To Wear Goggles To Prevent COVID19?
At this point, there is no firm recommendation that the general public needs to wear goggles or a face shield
I Hear COVID Tests Are Hard To Get, Are We Being Too Picky?
Currently, the US is behind on testing in such large magnitudes that our case numbers are increasingly inaccurate since we
How Do I Stay on Top of My Mental Health During COVID19?
(Originally, “Finding Structure in Chaos: Staying on Top of your Mental Health during COVID19” Written by Dr. Danielle Kamis, Los
There are two types of COVID-19 tests — diagnostic tests and antibody tests. Let’s focus on diagnostic testing. There are
Do you find yourself baking during the pandemic?
DO YOU FIND YOURSELF BAKING DURING THE PANDEMIC? Since the start of the pandemic, grocery aisles were being emptied and
Can common heartburn medicine increase my risk for COVID19?
Proton pump inhibitors or “PPIs” (such as omeprazole/Prilosec and esomeprazole/Nexium), a common class of acid reducing medications available by prescription
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