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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Information regarding the COVID-19 outbreak has been fast moving and fluid as medical experts race to study this novel coronavirus while trying to fight the battle against it to save lives. Everyone in the medical community are all learning about this virus in real time. Initially, symptoms were based on what was known about other …
As health officials from the White House Coronavirus Task Force rolled out plans to begin phasing in the re-opening of the economy at the discretion of each state’s governor, each state must now assess its own level of risk and advise its citizens on how to proceed with their daily lives. With concerns for the …
The American Lung Association explains that, “The pulse oximeter, or Pulse Ox, is an electronic device that measures the saturation of oxygen carried in your red blood cells.” In a recent article published in the New York Times, emergency room physician, Dr. Richard Levitan, described his experience working with COVID-19 patients, realizing that most of …