PJ, September 2010

Questions on postponing menstruation

Q. I’m getting married tomorrow and going on honeymoon to Barbados for two weeks. I can’t believe that, with all the preparations and everything, I totally forgot that I’m due to have my period. Is there any way I can stop it? A friend told me she remembers getting some pills once. If I get a …

How to deal with risks in your practice

Although it is impossible to remove risk completely, by applying risk management principles, adverse incidents and associated potential harm can be significantly reduced, say Margaret Stone and Tim Harrison. They introduce the basic concepts…

Angular cheilitis

Q: This is my daughter [teenager]. She’s had these cracks in the corners of her mouth for two weeks and they’re not getting better. We’ve been putting Vaseline on at night but now it hurts when she eats. What else can we do?…