If you are a cancer survivor or you are a current cancer patient, you are already aware that your immune system is not as strong as it once was. According to the American Cancer Society, “People with cancer have a higher risk of infection because of changes in the immune system that control their body’s …
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)- Office of Dietary Supplements, defines vitamin D, as a “nutrient found in some foods that is needed for health and to maintain strong bones. It does so by helping the body absorb calcium (one of the bone’s main building blocks) from food supplements.” Healthline explains that vitamin D is …
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“Phase one” of Florida’s re-opening after our month-long “safer-at-home” statewide order begins today for most of the state except for Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. These counties have an elevated number of cases, way ahead of the rest of the State and will be phased in as their cases decline. For counties where “phase …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the question of testing to everyone’s mind as infection rates have spread in our communities and we search for credible information among a deluge of conflicting sources. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Most people with mild illness can recover at home without medical …
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Doctors on the frontlines of the war against COVID-19 are learning more about this silent enemy in the brief few months since it has waged war against humanity. In the early stages, little was known about this novel coronavirus that was believed to attack the immune system in similar fashion as other coronaviruses did in …