Can We Protect Ourselves from Excesses of Language?

Protect Us from Ourselves

UV radiation: what we know and do we protect ourselves adequately?

Chronic sun exposure causes degenerative changes in the skin that are recognized as photoaging, immunosuppression and photocarcinogenesis. Sun is necessary for life, so total sun avoidance is impossible. Sun exposure during the first 15 years of life and blistering sunburns before age 20 have been linked to an increased risk of melanoma. Individuals who have outdoor lifestyles, live in sunny cl...

Can we protect our patients and employees from childhood diseases?

Nosocomial infections acquired by hospital personnel pose a special problem for the infection control practitioner. Even in an institution with an established employee health program and clearly designed procedures, an outbreak of measles or varicella causes time-consuming and expensive investigations. Chou et al were prompted by a measles outbreak in their community to review the available dat...

How we can better protect children from abuse and neglect.

Physician burnout: who will protect us from ourselves?