MBA Elizabeth Ko

1 week ago | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Eve Glazier |MBA Elizabeth Ko

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1 week ago | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Eve Glazier |MBA Elizabeth Ko

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to the monthly letters column. We hope everyone is recovering from the lost hour in the daylight saving annual time shift. Speaking of which, we have had several letters asking about any physical drawbacks to permanent Daylight Saving Time, an idea that has been floated but not enacted into law. There is interesting research on the topic that we will explore in an upcoming column. And now, onward to your letters.

2 weeks ago | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Eve Glazier |MBA Elizabeth Ko

Dear Doctors: I keep hearing about the complications that can happen when you have the measles and how they can land you in the hospital. I just saw on the news that getting the measles can mess up your immune system. I would like to know more about that. Dear Reader: Measles is a highly contagious respiratory illness that is spread by an airborne virus. It typically causes an upper respiratory infection that ranges from mild to severe.

3 weeks ago | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Eve Glazier |MBA Elizabeth Ko

Dear Doctors: I’ve never seen measles and don’t know that I would recognize the symptoms. My children are vaccinated, and I had two shots as a kid. Am I still covered, or do I need a booster? My dad had the measles when he was a boy. Is he still safe? Dear Reader: We are fielding a lot of questions about measles, both from readers and our patients. This is due to an outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, where several hundred cases of measles among unvaccinated children and adults have been confirmed.

4 weeks ago | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Eve Glazier |MBA Elizabeth Ko

Dear Doctors: Has there been any progress in figuring out how to treat long COVID? I have been dealing with the symptoms for two years, and my doctor seems to have given up. Is anyone even doing research anymore? I feel as though we are being forgotten. Dear Reader: It has been five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The disease that once dominated headlines now rarely makes a blip in the news, but that doesn’t mean it is no longer with us.