by Hazen Short | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog, Clinic & Community News, Health & Wellness
FAST FACTS The FDA granted emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine on Friday, December 11, 2020. The Moderna vaccine will likely be granted soon. Both vaccines are “mRNA” vaccines, which code for the inactive, non-infectious spike protein of the virus,...
by Hazen Short | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
Vitamin D has many benefits for our health: from helping to build strong bones to helping with mood — and even helping with our immune response. There is not enough high quality evidence to say if vitamin D can actually help prevent COVID-19, or make it less...
by Hazen Short | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
If you haven’t noticed, there is quite a bit going on in the world currently. I have found some small solace in professional sports returning in some capacity, a welcome distraction. Soccer, baseball, basketball, and (soon!) football are coming back, although in much...
by Hazen Short | Jul 17, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
Hello! This is Dr. Hazen Short here with some updates to our COVID-19 information. Dr. Allison Edwards has a great blog from June, and much of the information in it is still up to date, but I wanted to add some new data as it has emerged. PCR testing This is...
by Hazen Short | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
What is Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus? Type 2 diabetes is a relative insulin deficiency with an increased insulin resistance. People with type 2 diabetes make some insulin, but have an increased resistance to insulin due to two main factors: excessive body fat and lack of...
