by Paige Linda | Dec 14, 2021 | BIHS News, COVID, Healthy Living
Block Island Medical Center Update 12.14.2021 Over the past ten days, we have seen a small surge of COVID cases here on the Island. Fortunately, no one has required hospitalization. Rhode Island continues to have a surge of new cases per 100K patients. Up to 620/100K....
by Paige Linda | Dec 14, 2021 | Articles, BIHS News, COVID, Healthy Living
Myocarditis, COVID, and Vaccines Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. Myocarditis can occur when the body’s immune system causes inflammation in response to an infection or some other trigger. Myocarditis can result in hospitalization, heart failure,...
by Paige Linda | Dec 8, 2021 | Articles, BIHS News, COVID
How Well Masks Protect A detailed study shows the maximum risks of being infected by the coronavirus for different scenarios with and without masks Prof. Dr. Eberhard Bodenschatz Dr. Manuel Maidorn Original publication Gholamhossein Bagheri, Birte Thiede,...
by Paige Linda | Dec 6, 2021 | BIHS News, COVID
New Shoreham Covid Update December 6, 2021 From Dr. Warcup The Delta variant is RI’s most dominant viral strain. RIDOH sequences variants and reports weekly October 13th- 5,708 samples tested with 1,790 positive Delta Variants November 10th- 6,455 samples...
by Paige Linda | Dec 6, 2021 | BIHS News
Please see the attached links from the RIDOH for the remaining vaccination events scheduled on the island that have spots in them. Dec 29th – Pfizer Ages 12+, Moderna and J&J Click Here Dec 29th – Pfizer for ages 5-11 only Click...
by Paige Linda | Dec 4, 2021 | Healthy Living, Patient Articles from Dr. Warcup
Consumption of coffee and tea and risk of developing stroke, dementia, and poststroke dementia: A cohort study in the UK Biobank Zhang Y, Yang H, Li S, Li W-d, Wang Y (2021) Consumption of coffee and tea and risk of developing stroke, dementia, and poststroke...
by Paige Linda | Dec 2, 2021 | BIHS News
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by Paige Linda | Nov 15, 2021 | BIHS News
New Shoreham Covid Update 11/15/2021, from Dr. Tom Warcup The Delta variant is RI’s most dominant viral strain. RIDOH sequences variants and reports weekly. September 7th 4556 samples tested with 581 positive Delta Variants October 13th ...
by Paige Linda | Nov 12, 2021 | Healthy Living
Click here to listen to BIMC’s podcast on Aging in Place On Block Island As the Block Island Medical Center strives to offer high-quality health information beyond our office walls, BIMC is starting a regular community conversation to answer health and wellness...
