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Not yesterday’s cocaine: Death toll rising from tainted drug

A pain pill prescription for nerve damage revived Gwendolyn Barton's long-dormant addiction last year, awakening fears she would slip back into smoking crack cocaine.

25 Nov 2019

Decision not to offer or perform CPR can be at the discretion of treating physicians

In August, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a malpractice lawsuit filed against two physicians who refused to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation to an 88-year-old man with multiple comorbidities and multiorgan failure.

25 Nov 2019

Study provides insights into cardiovascular health and related care of First Nations people with diabetes

A new study provides insight into the cardiovascular health and health care services accessed by First Nations people with diabetes over a 20-year period in Ontario. It showed a decrease in cardiac events, but hospitalizations and death were still more frequent in this population than in non-First Nations people.

25 Nov 2019

Parents using marijuana could raise risk of addictions among offspring

Researchers from Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital at Belmont, MA have found that parents using marijuana could be raising the risk of their children picking up addictions such as marijuana, tobacco, alcohol and even opiods misuse. Their study titled, “Associations of Parental Marijuana Use With Offspring Marijuana, Tobacco, and Alcohol Use and Opioid Misuse,” was published in the latest issue of the journal JAMA Network last week.

24 Nov 2019

UVA doctors decry aggressive billing practices by their own hospital

Prominent doctors at UVA Health System are expressing public outrage at their employer’s practices to collect unpaid medical debt from its patients.

23 Nov 2019

BIDMC and Harvard launch first-of-its-kind Climate and Human Health Fellowship

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE), have launched a first-of-its-kind Climate and Human Health Fellowship.

22 Nov 2019

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital receives 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is pleased to announce it has been named a 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award winner by Press Ganey.

22 Nov 2019

Tips for avoiding strain and injury after yard work

Just as playing football or golf can injure your body, the twisting, turning, bending and reaching involved in raking and using leaf blowers and other yard equipment that is so common this time of year can also cause pain and injury.

22 Nov 2019

$Study examines whether obesity, smoking impact healing after wrist fracture surgery$

Study examines whether obesity, smoking impact healing after wrist fracture surgery

Both obesity and smoking can have negative effects on bone health. A recent study led by a team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center examined whether they also impact healing in patients who have undergone surgery for fractures of the wrist, or the distal radius, which are among the most common bone fractures.

22 Nov 2019

Researchers estimate MCI prevalence among U.S. Latinos

In the largest dementia study of a diverse group of U.S. Latinos to date, researchers found that nearly 10% of middle-age and older Latinos have a decline in memory and thinking skills known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to a new article published online by Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

22 Nov 2019

Klobuchar leans in on support for Roe v. Wade, planned parenthood

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar trotted out statistics at the November Democratic presidential candidates' debate — suggesting that sweeping majorities oppose some of the abortion and reproductive health care policies backed by the Trump administration.

22 Nov 2019

Carteret Health Care becomes a member of Mayo Clinic Care Network

Carteret Health Care and Mayo Clinic announced Nov. 21 that Carteret Health Care has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

22 Nov 2019

This story contains a warning that might cause alarm — or apathy

For more than a decade, Raymond Ho has answered calls for California's poison emergency hotline.

22 Nov 2019

New study aims to improve health equity in New Jersey

Residents of two Trenton ZIP codes can expect to live to about 74 years old on average, but in neighboring communities within a 13-mile radius, life expectancies can be more than a decade longer.

22 Nov 2019

Insufficient sleep may explain why disadvantaged groups have more heart disease

Insufficient sleep is one reason why disadvantaged groups have more heart disease. That's the finding of a study published today in Cardiovascular Research, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

22 Nov 2019

Study finds increase in peritoneal dialysis use in the U.S. after Medicare payment reform

More US patients with kidney failure started, stayed on, and switched to peritoneal dialysis following a payment policy implemented in 2011 by Medicare.

22 Nov 2019

Excellent mental health for 68% of Indigenous people living off reserve in Canada

Two-thirds (68%) of Indigenous people living off reserve in Canada have excellent mental health, according to a nationally representative study conducted by the University of Toronto and Algoma University.

21 Nov 2019

Study: 34% of high schools in the U.S. do not have access to athletic trainer services

Despite ongoing tragedies in sports as well as research from a host of sources – including the American Academy of Pediatrics – which state schools with athletic trainers (ATs) have lower injury rates, a study released today showed that 34% of public and private high schools, have no access to athletic trainers in the United States.

21 Nov 2019

CU Anschutz to train students to prescribe buprenorphine products for opioid use disorder

As the nation struggles with a persistent epidemic of opioid addiction, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is taking a critical step that will allow its graduates to better treat patients and save lives.

21 Nov 2019

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The health care campaign

Health care continues to be a top issue for Democratic and Democratic-leaning primary voters, according to recent polls. But the presidential candidates are so busy picking at the details of their opponents' plans, it's unclear whether voters are becoming educated or more confused.

21 Nov 2019

Health Care News and Research

Not yesterday’s cocaine: Death toll rising from tainted drug

Decision not to offer or perform CPR can be at the discretion of treating physicians

Study provides insights into cardiovascular health and related care of First Nations people with diabetes

Parents using marijuana could raise risk of addictions among offspring

UVA doctors decry aggressive billing practices by their own hospital

BIDMC and Harvard launch first-of-its-kind Climate and Human Health Fellowship

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital receives 2019 Guardian of Excellence Award

Tips for avoiding strain and injury after yard work

Study examines whether obesity, smoking impact healing after wrist fracture surgery

Researchers estimate MCI prevalence among U.S. Latinos

Klobuchar leans in on support for Roe v. Wade, planned parenthood

Carteret Health Care becomes a member of Mayo Clinic Care Network

This story contains a warning that might cause alarm — or apathy

New study aims to improve health equity in New Jersey

Insufficient sleep may explain why disadvantaged groups have more heart disease

Study finds increase in peritoneal dialysis use in the U.S. after Medicare payment reform

Excellent mental health for 68% of Indigenous people living off reserve in Canada

Study: 34% of high schools in the U.S. do not have access to athletic trainer services

CU Anschutz to train students to prescribe buprenorphine products for opioid use disorder

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The health care campaign

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