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The body's extreme response to an infection, damaging its own tissues and organs. It can kill quickly, it is more treatable when caught early, an...
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The body's extreme response to an infection, damaging its own tissues and organs. Key takeaways Can follow: any infection, including minor ones S...
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Heat, chemical or electrical injury to the skin. Cooling properly in the first minutes affects how deep the injury becomes, and it is almost always cu...
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Heat, chemical or electrical injury to the skin. Key takeaways Cooling: cool or cold running water (not ice) for at least 10 minutes Never use: ice, b...
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Injury to the head, from a minor bump to significant trauma. Serious bleeding inside the skull can develop hours after an injury that looked minor at...
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Injury to the head, from a minor bump to significant trauma. Key takeaways Blood thinners: any head injury needs prompt medical assessment Delayed sym...
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Choosing a primary care provider — a family medicine, internal medicine or pediatric clinician — who becomes your regular starting point for care. Pre...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Finding a Primary Care Doctor
Choosing a primary care provider — a family medicine, internal medicine or pediatric clinician — who becomes your regular starting point for care. Key...
Continue Reading : A Q and A on Finding a Primary Care Doctor The hospital emergency room (emergency department), open around the clock for serious injury and illness. It is the right place for emergencies and us...
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The hospital emergency room (emergency department), open around the clock for serious injury and illness. Key takeaways What it is for: chest pain, tr...
Continue Reading : Your Questions About When to Go to the ER, Answered The options between your regular doctor and the ER: after-hours lines, nurse advice lines, telehealth visits and urgent care centers. They are often t...
Continue Reading : Using a Nurse Line or Urgent Care: A Practical Checklist
The options between your regular doctor and the ER: after-hours lines, nurse advice lines, telehealth visits and urgent care centers. Key takeaways Nu...
Continue Reading : Using a Nurse Line or Urgent Care: Common Questions Answered A scan that uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to image soft tissue, with no X-rays involved. The magnet is always on, which makes what you...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Having an MRI Scan A scan that uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to image soft tissue, with no X-rays involved. Key takeaways How long it takes: roughly 15 to...
Continue Reading : Having an MRI Scan: Common Questions Answered A sample taken from a vein, usually in the arm, for one of hundreds of different lab tests. Most of the preparation that matters depends on which test...
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