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Many patients visit a dermatologist for more or less innocuous, non-life-threatening conditions that include eczema, psoriasis, contact dermatitis and general skin irritation. But an increasing number see their doctor for more serious conditions ranging from actinic keratosis to basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and the deadliest skin cancer of them all, melanoma. In fact, […]
Frequent infections, unusual infections or infections that are difficult to clear might seem to be just a frustrating health problem – but they actually may be your body’s way of telling you that your immune system is weak. When your immune system is not up to par, it opens the door for bacteria, viruses and […]
Each year, parents of more than 15,000 children will hear the words, “Your child has cancer.” “We went through the regular barrage of tests that every parent goes through when their child is complaining of something that seems unexplainable,” Burke said. “At one point, our pediatrician had ruled out cancer so I thought we were […]
It starts on the first beautiful day every spring. Your car is covered with a fine layer of sticky yellow dust. Your eyes begin to water, your throat itches, your head aches and you can’t stop sneezing. It is allergy season. Let the suffering begin. It is the price we pay for the lovely flowers […]
Google defines emotion in two ways: “a natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one’s circumstances, mood or relationships with others; instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge ” Seems simple enough, doesn’t it? But emotions are incredibly complicated, indeed almost indefinable. Why do we have feelings? Why do we react the […]
A Meeting of Great Minds Technology has certainly changed the way obstetricians and gynecologists provide care for their patients, equipping them with tools and knowledge that were unavailable in the past. The one downside to this otherwise auspicious situation is that physicians are now less likely to interact face-to-face with their peers in the medical […]