Archive for March 2019

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After a trip overseas, Hugo de Jager was gripped by fatigue, abdominal pain and severe headaches. The culprit was cerebral malaria. Although the diagnosis is uncommon, and the condition life-threatening, experts at Mayo Clinic worked together to help Hugo achieve a remarkable recovery. Hugo de Jager, a native of South Africa who now lives in…

Although the skin is the body’s largest organ and its first and strongest line of defense, it is not often one of the first things that someone thinks about until there is a problem. Learn more about how to prevent and treat skin infections in the elderly, to keep skin working as the first line of…