Anita Bennett MD

I got heatstroke once when I was hiking in Arizona. As I was coming down the mountain in the final mile, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of nausea and I started dry heaving. At the time I was confused about what was happening, because I thought I had been…

People who live in the southern and central United States, areas of the country where bites from the lone-star tick (Amblyomma americanum) are common, are reported to be at risk of developing an allergy to red meat.  The allergy is thought to develop as a result of exposure to a…

Many people have heard of the term “bursitis”, but few know what a bursa, the structure that is affected in bursitis, actually is.  In the body there are over 150 bursae (the plural of bursa).  A bursa is a small jelly-like sac, which serves as a cushion to decrease pressure…