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Dermatophagia. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. June 27, 2024 at 11:16 AM. Seven people have drowned in the waters off Bay County since March, six of them in the last eight days. Last week a ...
Heat-related deaths. Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years. Overall, a total of more than 9,000 Americans have died from heat-related causes since 1979, according to death certificates.
Per Forbes (April 2024); Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144 4
The CDC reports there have been 197 cases of dengue in Florida in 2024. Of those, six were acquired locally, and 191 were travel related. CDC issues health alert as dengue cases hit record high.
With a population getting close to 23 million people according to the 2023 US Census estimates, Florida is the most populous state in the Southeastern United States, and the second-most populous state in the South behind Texas. Within the United States, it contains the highest percentage of people over 65 (17.3%), and the 8th fewest people ...
The threat to Florida is particularly urgent, with some parts at risk this summer when temperatures and humidity spike. Hialeah, a suburb of Miami, is one of the places most vulnerable to heat and ...
Burmese pythons ( Python bivittatus) are native to Southeast Asia. However, since the end of the 20th century, they have become an established breeding population in South Florida. The earliest python sightings in Florida date back to the 1930s and although Burmese pythons were first sighted in Everglades National Park in the 1990s, they were ...