Day: October 12, 2020

Health

Trump Sure Wants to Keep What Happens at Walter Reed Under Wraps

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

One imagines that Donald Trump carries a stack of nondisclosure agreements around with him like business cards, ready to hand one out whenever needed. Trump Organization employees, campaign and White House staff, women with whom he’s been intimate — he’s tried to silence them all with NDAs. With some notable exceptions, this has generally worked out for him in the past. So given the way NDAs have helped him obscure his shady business practices, corrupt politicking, and sordid personal life, perhaps it makes sense that he’d try to use confidentiality agreements to conceal another sensitive matter: his health.

NBC News on Thursday reported that Trump demanded that the doctors who cared for him during his mysterious Walter Reed visit last November sign NDAs before treating him — an unusual requirement that underscores the president’s caginess about his unannounced 2019 hospital visit and his health more broadly. Sources familiar with the

Fitness

What to know about your next visit to the dentist

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

Going to the dentist during the pandemic is going to be different, so here’s what to expect.

TAMPA, Fla — Health officials are advising people not to ignore their normal health checkups during the pandemic, and that includes dental appointments.

Dr. Christopher Bulnes, a practicing Florida Dental Association member in South Tampa, told us what you can expect at your next dental visit.

Dr. Bulnes says you’re probably not going to see waiting rooms where people are gathering, instead, you might be asked to call, or text a number to say you’ve arrived for your appointment. The state dental association also says waiting rooms won’t have magazines or other communal items.

Patients may be screened for signs and symptoms of the coronavirus before their appointment, and again when they get to the office. Once there, you might also be asked to wash or sanitize your hands. Dental staff may be

Hospital

683 COVID-19 cases, 3 new known deaths

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

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Arizona reported 683 new COVID-19 cases and three new known deaths Friday, as hospital metrics for the disease remain relatively stable from the day prior.

Identified cases rose to 224,084 and known deaths are at 5,746, according to the daily report from the Arizona Department of Health Services.

The number of patients hospitalized statewide for known or suspected COVID-19 was at 706 on Thursday, down from 728 on Wednesday, which was the most inpatients since Sept. 3. Inpatient numbers look to be plateauing and possibly increasing, but more time is needed to determine a trend. At the peak of Arizona’s surge in July, the number of hospitalized patients suspected or confirmed to have the virus exceeded 3,000.

The number of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 in intensive care units across Arizona was at 155 Thursday. The number has hovered between

Health

How Dangerous is Coronavirus for Heart Patients?

By Shelton Muro 1 week ago

Within this unthinkable time, the whole world, medical centers stretched to the hilt and frontline employees (medical and non medical) are placing their lives on the line every day, they move out to combat the frequent enemy: Coronavirus (Covid-19).

The world these days, obviously, is accepted in and has taken up one common job; breaking and removing the point of coronavirus transmission in societies accords the planet and healthcare companies and professionals across several nations are allegedly not able to present considerable attention and care to all those patients that aren’t suffering because of coronavirus.

This guide will try to offer some points on which you ought to be aware of, in case you or anybody else has preexisting cardiovascular problems and how coronavirus introduces specific, increased risks due to exactly the same.

The very first question anyone with any cardiovascular problems will ask”Are you likely to deal with the … Read More

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