The WHO and the World Meteorological Organization released a joint report on Friday saying outdoor workers in construction, farming and other physically demanding jobs are at especially high risk of heat stroke, dehydration, cardiovascular damage and kidney dysfunction.
When patients are informed, engaged, proactive and use the health system appropriately health systems perform better. In contrast, passive and non-adherent patients who misuse healthcare will strain health systems.
One or two skin tags in one thing, but Dr. Robert Dickson wonders what triggers formation of a plethora of skin tags (or seborrheic keratoses) in certain individuals.
OCD is estimated to occur in approximately 3% of children and adolescents. But how do these kids compare with non-clinical controls when it comes to dealing with frustrating tasks?
Katie Hulan’s family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had started about a month and a half earlier, was getting progressively worse. So he gave her some puffers to try, but they didn’t work.
