The anatomy laboratory was always freezing. This was our first course as medical students, and we had split ourselves into groups — four students to every cluster. Each of us carried a copy of “Netter’s Anatomy”; by the end of three months in the lab, the volume would become chemically yellowed by formaldehyde, and to leaf through the tawny, crackling pages would be to feel your fingers becoming slowly embalmed.
Local health care officials and providers are strongly urging residents to take precautions and get flu shots this year after the 2017 flu season was the deadliest since 2009. Cynthia Burnham, a registered nurse and medical division coordinator at the Joplin Health Department, said there were 180 pediatric deaths in the United States as a result of the flu virus last year.
When the Legislature passed rules this year requiring emergency power in long-term care facilities, Hurricane Michael was exactly the kind of disaster lawmakers had in mind. The potential Category 3 storm, which is predicted to hit the Panhandle Wednesday, is one of the most powerful storms the region has seen in decades.
First they came for chain restaurants, then golf, and now millennials are turning their backs on another old institution: primary care. Younger patients are increasingly turning away from primary care doctors and toward clinics or urgent care centers, the Washington Post reports.
For as long as she could remember, Tatum Hosea made the same birthday wish: “I just wanted to be skinny,” she said. She tried a series of workout plans and diets, developing bulimia in a bid to achieve her goal. Still, the thinness Hosea desired eluded her, and her weight ultimately crept up to more than 300 pounds.
Amanda Cook dreamed of being a mom of four until Mesa View Regional Hospital closed its labor and delivery unit last week. She and her fiance, Antonia Sepulveda, planned to have a fourth child, but may reconsider after the hospital closed its labor and delivery unit Oct. 1.