Ensuring proper ventilation with outside air can help reduce airborne contaminants, including viruses, indoors. However, by itself, increasing ventilation is not enough to protect people from exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19. When used along with other best practices (such as social distancing, frequent hand washing, and surface disinfection) recommended by the CDC, increasing ventilation can […]
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 […]
What do the results mean? If your results show low or normal D-dimer levels in the blood, it means you probably don’t have a clotting disorder. If your results show higher than normal levels of D-dimer, it may mean you have a clotting disorder. But it cannot show where the clot is located or what […]
