Spence remains true to form as he declares the Centor criteria for diagnosing bacterial tonsillitis in adults to be "deeply flawed" and the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's traffic light system for children with fever to be "bad medicine." Whether or not you agree with...
Danish researchers writing in the British Medical Journal announced recently that living on a farm or having pets can reduce a child's risk of developing allergies such as hayfever and asthma. Indeed, most experts now blame germ-free, modern environments for the recent surge in allergy cases ...
It is worrying that many frontline clinicians haven't been consulted over their duty of care should a flu epidemic occur Ebola haemorrhagic fever is an acute viral disease with a mortality rate ranging from 25% to 90%. First reported in 1976, the disease continues to claim victims in Africa...
Fever Cough Shortness of breath More often than not, healthcare providers will tell you if you should seek official in-person treatment (they may even ask you to consider tele-health options first), says Lednicky. You should avoid going to the emergency room or an urgent clinic before calli...
Unlike a cold, the symptoms of flu come on very quickly and include a fever and aching joints and muscles. Although flu can be unpleasant, if you are otherwise healthy, the illness will usually clear up on its own and you will recover within a week. However, the effects of flu can be...