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Tanning Bed Access and Usage Linked to Melanoma Risk Across New England

The Dermatology Digest

“Although we anticipated finding a connection between tanning beds and melanoma, the strength of the association was more pronounced than expected,” says lead investigator Oliver Wisco, DO, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and co-first authors Megan M.

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Increasing Rate of Medical Mistakes and Misdiagnosis

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Medical errors remain a leading cause of death in the U.S., 2 Describing diagnostic errors as "the most under-resourced public health crisis we face," researchers with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine said the public is largely unaware of the full scope of medical misdiagnoses in the U.S. 6 For instance, only about 1.5%

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ASDS Honors the Legacy of Dr. Alastair Carruthers

The Dermatology Digest

Alastair Carruthers, FRCPC, a pioneering physician and esteemed member of the medical community whose contributions left an indelible mark on the field of dermatology, has passed away, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) announced. In 1987, the couple shared medical office space.

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Doctors Express ‘Huge Shock’ as GSK Pulls Popular Asthma Inhalers From Market

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Discontinuation of Flovent HFA has raised concerns among medical experts as this is happening amid the respiratory virus season. This medication has been the most commonly used inhaled medication for the past 25 or 30 years,” Dr. Robyn Cohen, a pediatric pulmonologist at Boston Medical Center, told CNN.

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Quercetin and Zinc: Dr Zelenko Prevention and Treatment Protocol

Aesthetics Advisor

Quercetin acts as a zinc ionophore ( PubMed 2014), the same mechanism of action that hydroxychloroquine has via helping zinc pass the cell wall where it might halt viral replication. 2014 ) If Quercetin is unavailable, then use Epigallocatechin-gallate (EGCG) 200mg 1 time a day ( J. Vitamin C 1000 mg 1 time a day for 7 days 4.

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Two-Thirds of Appendectomies May Be Unnecessary

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1 However, modern medical science has again proven your body does not contain superfluous organs that serve no useful function. A 2014 study 15 published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reviewed 77 uncomplicated cases of acute appendicitis that met certain criteria.

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Tonsillectomy Is a Bad Idea?

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A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association-Otolaryngology looked at the mortality, complications and reoperation rate in adult tonsillectomy. 2018.0614 8 Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2014;96(8):586 9 Ulster Medical Society, 2013;82(2):121 10 EurekAlert! Dennis Scanlon, Ph.D.,

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