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Do You Need Antibiotics for a Sinus Infection? What the New Guidelines Say
Do You Need Antibiotics for a Sinus Infection? What the New Guidelines Say By the Jase Medical Team Do you need antibiotics for a sinus infection? Usually not right away. Even when a sinus infection is caused by bacteria, many people recover without antibiotics....
Five Halloween Hazards That Look Harmless
Five Halloween Hazards That Look Harmless By the Jase Medical Team The scariest things this Halloween might not look scary at all. A bag of black licorice. A pair of costume contacts. A medication you take every night. A mushroom growing in the yard. A bat that...
After a Tick Bite: Why the Lyme Disease Rash Doesn’t Always Look Like a Bull’s-Eye
After a Tick Bite: Why the Lyme Disease Rash Doesn't Always Look Like a Bull's-Eye By the Jase Medical Team You found a tick attached to your skin. You removed it. Now what? Most people know to watch for signs of Lyme disease after a tick bite. But there's a problem...
Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster
Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster By the Jase Medical Team Diabetes sick-day rules are usually written for an ordinary week. You get the flu. Your stomach is upset. You check your blood sugar more often, keep drinking fluids, follow your medication plan, and call...
Burns in a Blackout
Burns in a Blackout: First Aid When the Tap Doesn't Run By the Jase Medical Team Almost every burn first aid guide starts with the same instruction: cool the burn under clean, cool running water. But what happens when the tap doesn't run? For households that rely on a...
What to Do If You’re Bitten by a Snake?
What to Do If You're Bitten by a Snake: Forget What the Movies Taught You By the Jase Medical Team If you're bitten by a venomous snake, forget almost everything the movies taught you about snakebite first aid. Don't cut an X over the fang marks. Don't suck out the...
For Clinicians
For Clinicians | Sinusitis: When Antibiotics Are Necessary
For Clinicians | Sinusitis: When Antibiotics Are Necessary By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Adult sinusitis guidance changed in July 2025, when the AAO-HNSF published its first...
For Clinicians | New World Screwworm in Humans
For Clinicians | New World Screwworm in Humans: The Wound Check, the Larvae, and the Risk By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C New World screwworm is the latest health headline. This one...
For Clinicians | Trick or Treatment? 5 Halloween Health Facts From a Pharmacist
For Clinicians | Trick or Treatment? 5 Halloween Health Facts From a Pharmacist By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Halloween is this week, so we’re taking a break from our in-depth...
For Clinicians | After the Tick Bite: The Tick Decides the Risk
For Clinicians | After the Tick Bite: The Tick Decides the Risk By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Ticks have been on my radar my whole life. I grew up in Wyoming, where...
For Clinicians | Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster
For Clinicians | Diabetes Sick-Day Rules in a Disaster By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Diabetes is already hard to manage. Sick days just make everything worse. And a sick day in a...
For Clinicians | Burn First Aid Without Running Water
For Clinicians | Burn First Aid Without Running Water By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Every burn first-aid guide starts the same way: cool it under running water. That's...