Home and Wellness
Home and Wellness
Does Drinking Hot Water or Cold Water Help Acid Reflux?
by Dr. Jonathan Doyle
November 19, 2024
Home and Wellness
Brain-Eating Amoeba in Tap Water: What You Need to Know
Florida was in the news earlier this month when a man died from a brain-eating amoeba infection in Charlotte County. According to the news release by the state Health Department in Charlotte County, the infection most likely resulted from “sinus rinse practices utilizing tap water.” The release further stated that the infection, caused by Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating amoeba, “can only happen when water contaminated with amoebae enters the body through the nose.”
by Dr. Jonathan Doyle
April 06, 2023