IN THIS ISSUE

IN THIS ISSUE

Welcome to the summer edition of Lehigh County Health & Medicine. Time is really flying! We hope you find the contents of this issue interesting and informative; we have articles, opinion pieces and book reviews!

Articles include a focus on lead, which has been used for centuries, including as an additive for paint. If you live in a structure that was built prior to 1978, consider checking out the article “Lead Paint and Children: Effects, Statistics, & Prevention.”

Another article focuses on the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley, one of the many Lehigh Valley organizations assisting individuals and families with their health care needs.

In this issue, we also include book reviews. As you are probably aware, this magazine is for our member physicians as well as the community, so we offer reviews of books that physicians and their families may find of interest. We are also pleased to include a piece shared by the Spring/Summer edition of Physician Family/Alliance in Motion Magazine, “Top Ten Books to Read if There’s a Physician in Your Family.”

We offer a book review by a fellow physician some of you may know. In “The experiences of a Physician Advocate in the Political World,” Larry Light, a Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) professional lobbyist, reviews Dr. Lopatin’s book Rheum for Improvement.

Finally, we offer an interesting piece: “The Medical Establishments.” Here you will find the authors’ opinions in a look back through the pandemic and comparing what has occurred in medicine and science in history.

We hope you enjoy this and past issues as we add to the conversation about how medicine and wellness can help us form strong communities in Lehigh County. If you are interested in back issues, or just want to read Lehigh County Health & Medicine online, please visit our website at https://lcmedsoc. org/our-publication.

If you have thoughts on this edition, or suggestions for upcoming issues, please let us know.

Thank you for reading!