When it comes to uptown dining these days, west is best. While the Upper East Side recently suffered the major losses of Cafe Boulud and Flora Bar and has seen few interesting new openings, its crosstown counterpart is on a roll. This weekend’s Taste of the Upper West Side festival has the names — and… Read More »
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. Though fever, cough, and shortness of breath are the symptoms most commonly associated with COVID-19 infection, a recent study in which… Read More »
When the coronavirus outbreak began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed cough, shortness of breath and fever as possible symptoms for the newly-discovered virus. Now, the organization is adding six new possible symptoms to its list, including headache, chills and loss of taste or smell. These possible symptoms, added Sunday, are: Repeated shaking… Read More »
Radiation therapy affecting certain nerves can lead to taste and can antibiotics affect taste impairment. I noticed my orange tongue 2 days ago. Even the aroma of cooking food upset him and was unappealing. 9983,-71500,”N”,”Yes, my pee smells like bread everytime I use it. Fluoroquinolones and severe aches and pains In very rare cases, fluoroquinolone… Read More »
So, there are always bananas in my house. But the problem with bananas is that they go soft very quickly, and I like a firm banana. So along with my firm bananas there are usually a couple of ‘gone beyond’ bananas which languish, unloved and untouched. In the past this hasn’t been a problem as… Read More »
Some lucky family physicians have seen this firsthand — that “ah ha” moment when a medical student who’s been raised in a city or its suburbs first feels the pull of practicing medicine in a rural community after spending a little time in one. A study published in the latest issue of the The Journal… Read More »