Ever wondered how a doctor spends his or her day? Well, it varies greatly, depending on the specialty of the doctor. It also depends on whether or not the practice is an academic one with students to teach, etc, or a more clinical, private practice setting. My practice is the latter, a 100% clinical infectious […]

Today is World Health Day, celebrated on April 7th each year. The focus this year is on diabetes, with the theme “halt the rise, beat diabetes.” According the the World Health Organization’s first “Global report on diabetes”, the number of diabetes cases has nearly quadrupled since 1980, to 422 million adults. Sadly, most of these […]

Recently I had a young man come to me with thickened, discolored, flaky toenails. This had been going on for a few years, worsening with time and he was getting tired of the appearance. A few months ago, I had an older man come to me, fearing that the finger tips of one his his […]

Whenever I see a man with a urinary tract infection (UTI), the first question I ask myself, is why? Men do not get UTIs half as often as women. The reason comes down to their anatomy. In women, the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body) is […]