It's officially summer in the United States, and with that comes a great deal of fun,

barbecues, going to the beach, pool parties, playing volleyball and drinking orange sodas.

At least that's what the commercials show you.

And why wouldn't you want to be outside?

Because when you stay indoors, you have to watch debates.

And those things are clearly terrible.

But similar to Game of Thrones when they said the night is dark and full of terrors?

Turns out the daytime is dark and full of terrors?

Turns out the daytime is too.

There are numerous health concerns and summer safety tips we need to be aware of,

or at least remind ourselves for the upcoming hot season.

And so let's kick it off this week with summer safety tips that you can give your patients.

I'm Dr. Nakeets Zon Paul, your friendly-neighborette,

your friendly-neighbor internist and gastrantroologist, let's kick it off. Now the word summer is synonymous with sun, and there is sun damage. Now the best

protection to shield yourself from this is basically to avoid the sun

altogether, but as we discussed you're not going to really want to do that when

there's a wonderful weather outside and you want to spend time with your friends and family.

Even though patients will use things like rash guards, sun hats, and sunglasses, it turns out that you still need more defense.

The American Academy of Dermatology has released some new recommendations.

This has to do with sunscreen.

Now most patients actually don't realize how to apply sunscreen.

It turns out, first off, you need about a liquid ounce applied every two hours.

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