by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
I read this post by Dr. Marissa Carter with a sinking heart. Houston is now the epicenter of the second wave, and most hospitals are at capacity. The shutdown came for us before most of the population had been exposed (unlike New York City, for example), so we knew...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Here’s another blog by Marissa Carter, PhD. Her background in epidemiology and data modeling help us interpret the tidal wave of information on COVID-19. We are all grateful for her insights. –Caroline Earlier this week while drinking my first coffee, I was...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Here’s another insightful blog from Dr. Marissa Carter. Read her previous (very popular) blogs on the origins of COVID-19 and other topics by clicking here. –Caroline The WHO said WHAT about COVID-19? The World Health Organization (WHO) is the public health arm...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 12, 2020 | COVID-19
Meet my little friend Bella, who is 10. Her Mom is a hard-working wound care nurse and with the challenges of COVID-19, it’s been difficult to find time to properly care for Bella’s long locks. Her hair really grew out while all the salons were closed. So, Bella...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Saying “No” to Immunity COVID-19 is a pandemic because no one in any country was immune to the novel virus which, it turns out, is highly infectious and occasionally deadly. We are not sure whether individuals who recover from COVID-19 infections will be immune to a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Dr. Marissa Carter
Check out this interview with our popular guest blogger, Dr. Marissa Carter, about the impact COVID-19 has had on research ethics. Here is the link to the excellent article on research ethics, written by my friend Deborah Borfitz and published in Clinical Research...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 1, 2020 | COVID-19
A mysterious condition is being identified in children related to infection with COVID-19. Children seemed to have been spared the worst of COVID-19 – but now we have another previously unknown complication of a viral infection. Houston’s two major pediatric hospitals...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Do the Right Thing: Thoughts on Quality, Fight the Good Fight, Nutrition & Wound Healing, Skin Perfusion Pressure (SPP)
If you are a wound management practitioner, then like me, you’ve continued to care for patients during the pandemic. It wasn’t easy before COVID-19 and it’s even harder now. My clinic is only able to see half the volume (due to the time required for COVID-19...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 21, 2020 | COVID-19
As the co-chair of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders, I am asking for your support for the Alliance. No other organization has done more to help wound care practitioners and organizations. COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon. Help us advocate for wound care....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 20, 2020 | COVID-19
The UHMS is offering a free Webinar this Saturday, reviewing the evidence for HBO2 in the treatment of COVID-19. See details below. — Caroline Evidence Review for HBO2 treatment of COVID-19 Webinar Date: Saturday, June 20 Time: 11am – 5pm ET Cost: Free...
