It is 2am. The baby is flushed and warm against your shoulder, and the thermometer reads 38.6. Every parent knows that particular loneliness. So first: breathe. Fever is a symptom, not an illness, and most of the time it is a healthy…
Surviving the Gulf Summer: A Pharmacist’s Guide to Sunscreen and Skin Repair
By June, the Gulf sun stops being a pleasure and becomes something you negotiate with. As pharmacists, we spend the whole season answering the same excellent questions: which sunscreen, how often, and what to do when skin has already had too much.…
Vitamin D in Qatar: Why So Many of Us Are Low (and What Actually Works)
Here is a conversation that happens at our counters almost every day. Someone comes in feeling flat: tired for no clear reason, aching, catching every cold going around. They have finally done a blood test, and there it is again. Low vitamin…