by Meredith Cunningham | Dec 11, 2020 | Emergency Medicine
The holidays can be the most wonderful time of the year, but that’s not always the case. In fact, for some the holiday season could mean it’s time to deck the halls with gauze and band-aids. In 100 hospitals spread throughout the U.S., The Consumer Product Safety...
by Meredith Cunningham | Dec 27, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
The numbers are staggering. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) there are an average of 300,000 drunk driving accidents per day. It’s a problem magnified during the holiday season, capped off by New Year’s Eve. PEPID is here to help you prepare. Here’s a...
by Meredith Cunningham | Dec 8, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
California wildfires are ravaging thousands of acres of land in California. Many displaced victims will be seeking treatment away from home with many problems associated with the fires. Here are the most common health problems emergency departments will see. Click to...
by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 30, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Uncategorized
World Aids Day is Friday, December 1. It’s a day to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS, a disease that took more than one million lives in 2016 alone. Luckily, we’re closer than ever before to finding a cure. Here are three methods that could hold the keys to curing...
by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 28, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care
There’s a new immunotherapy approach that could change the way cancer is treated in the future. It’s called CAR-T cell therapy and it’s showing promising results in small clinical trials treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and adults with...
