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Tracking COVID Through Wastewater

Everyone poops. I learned that from children's books from when my kids were little. I've also earned a living learning that lesson (i.e I'm a gastroenterologist). Since COVID is shed in poop, one way to track population experience of the pandemic is by testing wastewater. In communities throughout [Read More]

Blood Clots and COVID-19

I'm getting really tired of pandemics. I wish we could just move on. Sadly we can't. It still here. That's the truth. While I empathize with the protestors during this civil unrest, I fervently wish they all would wear masks, and if they can't stay a meter apart, then at least wear gloves. This [Read More]

Toxic Algae Symptoms

Toxic blue-green Algae has been infesting Lady Bird Lake in Austin as well as lakes and rivers around the country. Four dogs have died from exposure to the algae in Austin alone. While no harm has been reported in humans in Austin, there is a potential risk. Blue green algae appears in nutrient rich [Read More]

Do genetics or nature impact a person’s health more?

DNA or zip code? Which has greater impact on your health? Of course the answer is the same as it ever was. Both! This study in Nature was interesting though in it's methodology. It used the Aetna database and found 56,000 twin pairs and studied them until age 24 (while they were on their parents [Read More]

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Respiratory Syncytial Virus infects nearly every child by age 2. Symptoms include fever, runny nose, and that confounded cough! A staccato cough that can keep a child from sleeping. Our second child had this as a newborn and it was disconcerting but she did well. (Thanks to a couple of sleepless [Read More]

Prostate Cancer Awareness

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Kumar interviewed Dr. Shaw from Urology Austin to discuss the pros and cons of screening for prostate cancer. [Read More]

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Dr. Kumar’s mission is to educate the public about their health. To that end, he had a call in radio show, The Dr. Kumar Show on TALK Radio 1370 from 2003 to 2009. It received the Anson Jones MD Award for Physician Excellence in Reporting from the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Kumar has also been doing a segment on FOX 7 Austin on Wednesday mornings since 2005. That, too, won an Anson Jones MD Award. He is dedicated to the proposition that people can understand science if it is explained without scientific jargon.

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