Sepsis Is Common and Deadly: Know the Facts
Every two minutes in the United States someone dies of sepsis, according to the Sepsis Alliance. That is higher than deaths from prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined. Every year, six million to eight million people around the world
Look Before You Lock – It Can Happen To You
It’s summer, and, as dependable as afternoon thunderstorms, come the tragic, heart-wrenching stories of children being left to die in hot cars. Our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates want you to know that it can happen to any parent,
How To Survive ‘The Lightning Capital of the U.S’
Florida has many distinctions: sunniest location in the continental U.S.; oldest continuous European settlement; longest coastline in the contiguous states; southern-most point in the U.S., etc. One superlative our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates of Delray Beach wish we
How To Reduce Children’s Risk of Drowning
It’s the height of pool season, so our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates in Delray Beach want to make parents aware that drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death for young children. According to the U.S. Centers
Welcome To Summer, aka Kidney Stone Season
Along with the many joys of summer come some things we don’t appreciate so much: sunburns, kids who won’t go to bed on time, and kidney stones. The excruciating pain they cause has been compared to that of childbirth. According to
Watch for Deep Vein Thrombosis
Because it’s summer and school is out, you and your family may be doing some long-distance traveling this season. So our family practice doctors at Cohen Medical Associates want to acquaint you with a serious condition associated with travel and
Surprise Finding About Chicken and Cholesterol
When it comes to eating for heart health, researchers have spent decades warning about the dangers of consuming red meat, because it raises cholesterol levels in the blood. Now a new study has implicated chicken—one of the go-to alternative meats—in
Take Care with Fireworks
The day after the Continental Congress voted for our independence from Great Britain, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, expressing a wish that the act be remembered with “Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End
Preventing and Treating Summer’s Bites and Stings
The lure of summer invites us to be outside more often, whether on the beach, at a picnic, or just spending more time in the yard. Along with the joys of being outdoors, however, come a host of bees and
Heart Attacks Becoming More Common Among Younger Women
Everyone knows that heart attack risk increases with age, and that men are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease than women. Except that a recent report published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation, found that younger women ages 35 to