Preventing Summer Injuries: 12 Tips from Johns Hop
The weather is heating up, and school is winding down. But, the start of summer also brings potential for injuries, particularly for children. Water accide
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The weather is heating up, and school is winding down. But, the start of summer also brings potential for injuries, particularly for children. Water accide
5 Min Read Experts contacted by Reuters agreed that applying egg white to burns can cause serious infection and is not recommended as a treatment, contrary to advice in old posts resurfacing online. Shared over 400,000 times, the posts (here , here) describe two anecdotes of how egg whites were purportedly used to heal burns successfully, recommending people add egg whites to burns to form a protective layer, acting as a “collagen” or glue, that is full of vitamins. Some posts are originally from as far back as 2013, but they are being shared in April 2021, for example here , here and her...