by Tanu S Pandey | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
CDC has a new report in MMWR that says that the pandemic has had a seriously deleterious effect on the mental health of Americans. See link below if you want to read the whole report. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm Elevated levels of adverse...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Skin care is essential and basic. However, most of us either don’t have a routine or use the wrong products. I am sharing a simple morning and night routine that will work for both men and women and hardly takes 5-10 minutes each time. The three steps of skin...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am crushed by the state of animals across the globe. A few facts including terrible stats after the fires in Australia in 2019: One billion animals fried to death in Australia. Koala bears are almost extinct. 10,000 camels killed in the ensuing drought. 200 million...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have written extensively about my walks with Papa but never about my experiences with Mummy. Mummy has been quite a champ about this and never complained. The truth is that she and I have way more writable moments and if I documented all our encounters people would...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Papa and I have not been walking much lately as he hasn’t been well. He has increasingly become more frail and refuses to get out of his room and even his bed sometimes. He spends all his time watching TV in the comfort of his bed – “care of rajai (quilt)” he...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Pandemics are not a random act of God. A pandemic happens because of a chain reaction rooted in what we humans do with animals and nature in general. We need to connect all the dots together with a thick red pen and come to this conclusion – unless we understand...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Brief post about a study published today in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) about Los Angeles COVID-19 infection. “Medical Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2–Specific Antibodies Among Adults in Los Angeles County, California, on April 10-11, 2020” 1952...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Got many questions about the drug after Dr Fauci announced the NIH study today. Here are some pearls about the ACTT or Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial. Remdesivir: — broad-spectrum anti-viral drug — given intravenously daily for 10 days — no oral form yet —...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Question: How is SARS (2003) different from COVID-19 when the two viruses are so similar (SARS COV-1 and SARS COV-2)? Salient points from the NEJM article published recently: -Asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is the Achilles’ heel of the Covid-19 pandemic...
by Tanu S Pandey | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the most interesting applications of AI in healthcare is in the treatment of mental illness. Let me share a novel therapy. It’s called AVATAR therapy in schizophrenia. What is an AVATAR? An AVATAR is a personalized graphical illusion that represents a computer...
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