Category Archives: Primary Care / General Practice

How to get super glue off the skin

Super glue is an effective adhesive, but a person may accidentally bind their skin to other objects, or glue their fingers together. Super glue is not usually harmful to the skin, and a few quick home remedies can remove it. Learn how to get super glue off the skin using acetone, a pumice stone, butter, and more.

Study finds low rate of physicians’ mention of sunscreen use at patient visits

Physicians mention sunscreen at a low rate during patient visits, even to patients with a history of skin cancer, according to a study by Kristie L. Akamine, M.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., and colleagues. Researchers used the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to identify patient visits to nonfederal outpatient physician offices at U.S...