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MAX ASKS YOU to look at the rash on his back and you can see raised, long red jagged lines all over it. The lines appear to correspond to scratch marks, but they seem way out of proportion to what you would normally expect from scratching. He says he is wearing a new sweatshirt this morning which feels a bit tight but, other than that, he has no idea what has caused it.
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
