Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/LzQmL19bTxo   Short Shorts are quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries.  They’re worth knowing about this 1st week of May, 2022.   British regeneration scientists now have a handle on how it might be possible to make your aging cells 30 years younger.  The method begins with the technique used to reprogram mature cells to become stem cells that can develop into any type of cell.  Rather than permitting cells to drift back completely from specialized to unspecialized versions, the process is stopped so that the cells become rejuvenated without losing their unique characteristics.  We are coming ever closer to a fountain of youth.   https://elifesciences.org/articles/71624     A previous Omicron infection is unlikely to protect you against developing another one with the latest subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.  These latest challenging viruses are now sweeping across South Africa and will almost certainly be visiting your neighborhood soon.  A small, prelimin