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#308 – CAN WHAT YOU EAT AFFECT HOW YOU THINK? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Last week, I wrote about the fact that, as many, perhaps even most, people age, their ability to recall names and other facts declines. Often the information is still sitting there in their brain, but for some reason, it is far more difficult to recall than it was when they were younger. Now I sometimes must go through a string of associations before I can call up a name that I used to be able to access directly. Continue reading →

#307 – MUST WE LOSE OUR MARBLES AS WE AGE? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Since time immemorial, people who have been fortunate enough to live a long life, have suffered toward the end of that span. They gradually lose the memories that they could quickly and easily call up when they were younger. Names, facts, and places become progressively harder to access and bring into conscious awareness. It has been widely accepted that this is just the natural order of things. People are born, grow to maturity, reach the height of their powers in adulthood, and then decline into old age and death. Nothing new here. It has always been this way. But just because it has always been this way does not mean that it must necessarily be this way. Continue reading →

#306 – SOME COVID PATIENTS LOSE THEIR SENSE OF SMELL. SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT THAT? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Yes, we should worry. The aroma of savory food is one of life’s great pleasures. The perception of foul odors can protect us from eating or breathing-in something harmful. However, those are not the main reasons for raising concerns over the loss of the sense of smell, or the sense of taste. They are indicators of a far more serious danger. Continue reading →

#305 – GO HARD AND GO EARLY! – ALLEN TAYLOR

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By any measure, the United States has not done well in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of this is due to willful ignorance, the rejection of sound scientific evidence. Some is due to the independence-minded nature of American culture. Some is due to the lack of a coordinated national policy on how to deal with the situation. Each state, and even individual cities and towns are on their own in terms of what actions people should take. Voluntary compliance with policies such as mask-wearing and social distancing has been spotty to put it mildly. Continue reading →

#304 – EFFECTIVE COVID 19 VACCINES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. ARE WE SAFE NOW? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Covid-19 is spiking everywhere. Entire countries are reverting to hard lockdowns. Current disease spread shows that staged re-openings ordered by governments have been premature. As a result, in most countries, infections now are far higher than they were when lockdowns were first imposed back in the spring. In light of all this, what do the recent announcements of 95% effective vaccines mean? Are we about to win the battle against Covid-19 or not? Continue reading →