Morning Report: 3/8/2013

Here’s Dr. Basile with today’s Morning Report!   Ciguatera Poisoning –        One of the most common reported forms of vertebrate fishborne poisonings in the United States (more than half of the reported cases) –        Endemic to warm-water, bottom-dwelling shore reef fish living between 35 degrees south and north latitude (Indian Read more…

Morning Report: 9/7/2012

Thanks to Dr. Semenovskaya for today’s Morning Report!   Heat Illness   Heat Illness comprises a spectrum of disorders caused by environmental heat exposure. Can be subdivided into three relative stages:   1) Heat Cramps: Heavy sweating; muscle cramps and spasms 2) Heat Exhaustion: Weakness; cool, pale, clammy skin; may Read more…