Straub Benioff Medical Center Opens New Mililani Clinic & Urgent Care at Town Center of Mililani
Families in Central Oahu now have a new, convenient clinic for everything from urgent care and regular checkups to mammograms, imaging and specialty care. On August 26, Straub Benioff Medical Center officially opened its new Mililani Clinic & Urgent Care at the Town Center of Mililani. At 24,000 square feet, it is the largest Straub […]
Long COVID Patients Need Equal Access to Care and Sick Leave, Advocates Urge
Advocates, physicians, and lawmakers underscored the urgent need for paid sick leave and access to care for long COVID patients, as well as the importance of believing patients, during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing. Data gathered by the Census Bureau in early June estimated that nearly one in five American adults […]
Make the Diagnosis: Urinary Symptoms — What’s Your Diagnosis?
Presentation A 58-year-old man went to the urgent care complaining of frequent and painful urination that appears “cloudy”, occurring over the course of a few days, all throughout the day. The patient notes that they feel a slight pressure / pain in their lower back but that they feel fine otherwise. Patient is immunocompetent and […]
Make the Diagnosis: More than Skin Deep?
Presentation A 39-year-old man went to urgent care complaining of red, blanching patches in a linear configuration on his lower leg. The area was tender to the touch and edematous compared to his other leg. He was also running a slight fever. Although he was typically physically well, he was recently hospitalized with an infection […]
Drug-resistant bacteria found in the guts of lemurs who live around humans: The more human interaction they had, the higher the proportion of resistant bugs
Antibiotic resistance, which the CDC calls one of the world’s most urgent public health crises, is now being found in the guts of lemurs, our distant primate cousins. In a new study appearing Aug. 9 in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Duke researchers have found evidence for antibiotic resistance in the microbiome of […]