Dr Gary Brewton MD FACP

06/14/2020

“The darkest days are still ahead of us. We need moral leadership, the command leadership that doesn’t minimize what’s before us but allows everyone to see that we’re going to get through it.”

Why we can't completely lockdown but we also can't completely open back up. And also why being outside is one of the best things to do right now.

02/25/2020

Corona VIrus Update from CDC 2/25/2020:

11/11/2019

Another reason to be sure you have been adequately vaccinated.

New research shows the virus can have devastating effects on the immune system that persist much longer than the illness itself.

10/23/2019

"...compared with placebo, high dose aducanumab was associated with significant reduction of clinical decline in patients with early Alzheimer disease..." (Diana Ernst RPh)

Compared with placebo, high dose aducanumab was associated with significant reduction of clinical decline in patients with early Alzheimer disease, as measured by the change from baseline in Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes score at 78 weeks.

10/03/2019

Descovy should replace Truvada for PrEP since it appears to be marginally safer.

The FDA approves Gilead's (GILD +0.2%) Descovy for a pre-exposure prophylaxis indication.Descovy for PrEP is indicated to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 in adults and adolescents weighing

08/19/2019

Tracing the origins of HIV.

To understand the virus’s history, a team worked to reconstruct its genome from a time before anyone knew the virus existed.

08/16/2019

“Tuberculosis has now surpassed AIDS as the world’s leading infectious cause of death.” This new three-drug combo for TB offers great hope against multi drug-resistant toberculosis.

Once, a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant TB meant quick death. A three-drug regimen cures most patients in just months.

11/19/2018

Holidays are difficult for many.

The holidays are a time for recognizing our profound fullness, of purposefully dwelling on the abundant overflow we find ourselves in and being grateful for it. Our houses and our bellies bulge to capacity, and we gleefully overindulge in food and friends and laughter. We fill ourselves to bursting....

10/11/2018

"...as temperatures rise, absolute humidity, the total amount of moisture in the air, will also increase. That may create combinations of heat and humidity so extreme that the evaporation of human sweat won’t sufficiently cool our bodies, leaving even healthy adults at risk of death from overheating."

In the future, the mix of heat and humidity could be so extreme that the evaporation of human sweat may not sufficiently cool our bodies.