Karla Robinson, MD, is a medical editor for GoodRx. She is a licensed, board-certified family physician with almost 20 years of experience in health through varied clinical, administrative, and educational roles. She has served in primary care through traditional private practice, concierge medicine, and in community medicine as a medical director at a federally qualified health center (FQHC). She has also worked in the pharmaceutical industry as an associate medical director in pharmacovigilance and patient safety. She continues to serve clinically through telemedicine, providing access to reproductive health services.
Plus how to prevent and treat them.
We all want to have a safe and healthy summer, but sometimes summer health hiccups can happen. On top of the heat, many people are also participating in more outdoor activities, and may be more active in general, which can also contribute to other health concerns we see in the summer months.