Anita Bennett MD

How many times has someone told you that you should eat chicken soup when you are sick?  Your grandmother or mother perhaps?  My mother is certainly a believer.  Chicken soup has been praised for its healing qualities for centuries.  It turns out that chicken soup really does have properties that…

This week we will continue our discussion about kidney disease.  We will talk today about how to prevent chronic kidney disease (CKD).  We will also talk about treatment options and how you can help to manage CKD to prevent progression to kidney failure. What can you do to keep your…

Last week we started our review of kidney disease with some basic information about the function of the kidneys.  Today we will talk more about chronic kidney disease, including causes, symptoms, and how it is diagnosed. What is chronic kidney disease (CKD)? CKD is defined as having some type of…

March is National Kidney Month.  This is an opportunity for us to raise awareness about kidney disease.  I thought we could start this week with an overview of how your kidneys work and why they are so important.  Then we can talk about the different kidney diseases and what we…

Is the skin on your hands dry and scaly?  Do you have cracks on your hands that are painful and sometimes bleed?  You may have thought this was just dry skin, but hand eczema might be the culprit.  About 10% of the US population has hand eczema.  This is often…

Today we will finish up the discussion about the COVID-19 vaccines.  Britain has now approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was a collaborative effort between the University of Oxford and the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company.  This vaccine is cheaper and easy to store, and is the vaccine that much of the world…

Since I wrote last week’s Health Tip, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been approved and is already being given to people across the country.  This is great news.  This vaccine does not require the ultra-cold storage that is required for the Pfizer vaccine, so this will make it easier to…

As I am sure most of you are aware, the first vaccine for COVID-19 has been authorized and recommended for use by the FDA, and healthcare workers have already started receiving the vaccine.  A second vaccine is expected to be authorized and recommended for use in the coming days, and…

I thought it was a good time for us to talk about the latest news about COVID-19.  Although there is good news on the horizon, the current news is not good at all.  We will be talking in the weeks to come about the good news, including vaccines, but we…