May 25, 2016 | Annapolis Primary Care, Blog, urgent care
Public pools are opening in 1 week but swimmers beware! The headlines have blared: “CDC RELEASES ANNUAL POOP IN THE POOL REPORT AND IT’S GROSS: 80 PERCENT INSPECTED HAD A VIOLATION” (this one from Newsweek). Read more to find out what you need to know...
May 12, 2016 | Annapolis Primary Care, Annapolis Urgent Care, Blog
In a new report published in JAMA, pesticides have been linked to ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). ALS, many readers will recall, is the fatal neurological disease which spawned the “Ice Bucket Challenge” Facebook event a few years back....
May 4, 2016 | Annapolis Primary Care, Blog, direct primary care
Medical Mistakes are the 3rd Leading Cause of Death Medical mistakes are the 3rd leading cause of death in the US killing between 250,000 to 440,000 people per year, placing it only behind heart disease and all cancers as a cause of death. According to this latest...
Apr 16, 2016 | Annapolis Primary Care, Blog
Spring may finally be here to stay and with it, Maryland’s spring allergies are here too. Tree allergy season has begun and will run through the mid-May. Runny nose, sneezy and itchy eyes? Find out what is going on and what you can do. Tree allergy season around...
Apr 11, 2016 | Annapolis Urgent Care, Blog, Uncategorized
Zika: Maryland Urgent Care Update Zika has infected hundreds of thousands of people in 60 countries and is expected to infect 3-4 million people within a year. Zika virus “is scarier than we initially thought,” Dr. Anne Schuchat of the CDC told reporters...