What do the results mean? If one or more iron test results show your iron levels are too low, it may mean you have: Iron deficiency anemia, a common type of anemia. Anemia is a disorder in which your body doesn’t make enough red blood cells. Another type of anemia Thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder […]
You could have prediabetes and not even know it. More than one in three adult Americans—approximately 88 million—have the condition, but 90% don’t realize it. Recent research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reports that nearly one in four young adults (ages 19 to 34) and half of people over the age of 65 are […]
Since 2017, the total number of children in the US that died from heatstroke after being left in a car is 72. Most of these children are under three years of age. As an emergency physician practicing in Florida, I’ve seen the devastating impact of heatstroke countless times. The loss of these children’s lives […]
