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Medical Bits 5-4 IBS

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Welcome to our Medical Bits! Today, we will delve into Irritable Bowel… read more

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Medical Bits 5-3 Alcohol and Disease

Alcohol-Associated Disease Globally, excess consumption of alcohol is the most prevalent of all… read more

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Medical Bits 5-2 Travel Medicine and Vector-Borne Diseases

Travel Medicine International and domestic travel has become routine. It is estimated that in 2019,… read more

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Medical Bits 5-1 Menopause-Andropause

Medical News We are well aware of many of the challenges, opportunities, risks, and uncertainties… read more

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Medical Bits 4-4 Depression I-II

Dr Picone Blog Q4 2022 Medical Bits 4-4 Depression I - II

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Medical Bits 4-3 Depression and Emerging Infections

Dr. Picone Q4 2022 Blog Post Medical Bits 4-3 Depression and Emerging Infections

Medical Bits – Vol. 4.2: Your Health and Medical News

Medical News: “Endemic” COVID As you all know, COVID cases are again on the rise everywhere. A… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 4.1: Your Health and Medical News

Medical News: The End of the Pandemic? The first Pandemic of the XXI century may be dwindling and… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 3.7: Your Health and Medical News

Professional Burnout Personal reflections This past week, I celebrated my 32nd Medical School… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 3.6: Your Health and Medical News

Osteoarthritis Most of you know the features of osteoarthritis (OA), (also known as degenerative… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 3.5: Your Health and Medical News

Hearing Loss At the outset of the pandemic, I developed an upper respiratory tract infection with… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 3.4: Your Health and Medical News

Preventive Care. We have discussed how the SARS-CoV2 Pandemic has altered so many aspects of life… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 3.3: Your Health and Medical News

Pandemic News We have reviewed the origins of the novel coronavirus responsible for the pandemic on… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 3.2: Your Health and Medical News

Pandemic Update – Vaccination Progress Despite our curiosity and yearning to answer many other… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 3.1: Your Health and Medical News

Vaccine Update SARS-CoV2 Vaccine Deployment – “The Magic Has Started” Many of you wonder… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 2.9: Your Health and Medical News

Medical Bits – Vol. 2.9: Your Health and Medical News

Your Metabolism As you know, multicellular organisms (just like communities and Nations) require… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 2.8: Your Health and Medical News

Our Brain Our brain is the central organ of our Central Nervous System and it is connected to the… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 2.7: Your Health and Medical News

Our Immune System As most of you know, our immune system is necessarily complex and without… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 2.6: Your Health and Medical News

Much has happened since the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic. For most Homo Sapiens toiling about… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 2.4: Your Health and Medical News

Medical Bits – Vol. 2.4: Your Health and Medical News

You probably don’t need more information about the roaring Pandemic. Over the past several… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 2.3: Your Health and Medical News

In our three last newsletters, we discussed the outbreak of the beta-coronavirus infection,… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 2.2: Your Health and Medical News

In previous newsletters, we discussed the outbreak of the betacoronavirus infection now labeled… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 2.1: Your Health and Medical News – Viruses and the Crown

As we have briefly discussed in this segment in the past, all molecules and all creatures have a… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 1.8: Your Health – Viruses and You

Why should you continue reading the next few pages?  Because you will likely develop at least a… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 1.7: Your Health – Your Lungs

We don’t need to emphasize the importance of breathing. One of the true wonders of complex life… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol 1.6: Your Health – Sleep

Why do humans, mammals, and most other living creatures need to sleep? Why do we become irritable… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol 1.5: Your Health – Travel

International and domestic travel has become routine. It is estimated that in 2015, more than 1.2… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 1.4: Your Health - A Healthy Diet

Medical Bits – Vol. 1.4: Your Health – A Healthy Diet

As you all know, access to clean drinking water, eradication of food-borne diseases, vaccinations,… read more

Medical Bits – Vol. 1.3: Improving Communication - Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Medical Bits – Vol. 1.3: Improving Communication – Complementary and Alternative Medicine

It is no secret that plants have been used for medicinal purposes for millennia. All civilizations… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 1.2: Improving Communication

I was very glad to see a warm reception to our initial communication last month. Some of you… read more

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Medical Bits – Vol. 1.1: Staying In Touch

Physicians strive to improve communication with patients and often worry that the limited time… read more