This summer’s major heat waves may be running out of steam, but we still have a couple weeks of potential health issues with heat waves.
Heat waves should be considered as a medical emergency; during some recent heat waves in France and other countries, thousands of people have died.… Read the rest
Ah, summer breaks — laze away the summer days, gorge on watermelon, lose your reading ability…
Huh? Lose reading ability? Unfortunately, yes — there’s even more evidence than before that schoolkids who don’t read at all during the long summer break do worse in tests, and the effect is cumulative over the summers — which of course adds up slowly to worse grades, less competitive colleges, less career income.… Read the rest
I see a lot of teens for the usual visits — colds, stomach problems — and often notice that they have some acne. After talking to them about their acne, I realize that a lot of them are trying home remedies or simple diet changes that simply aren’t working well.