Most patients who show signs of alcohol or opioid/stimulant drug use associated with injury now undergo screening and/or intervention in Level I and II trauma centers, according to national survey results. Screenings and ...
Feb 14, 2022
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Haiti is fighting a rise in COVID-19 cases as the government struggles to convince people to get vaccinated, the country's health minister told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Jan 25, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The distribution of free N95 masks for Americans has begun, the Biden administration said Monday.
Jan 25, 2022
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The survival rate of extremely preterm infants born from 2013 through 2018 in a large network of U.S. research centers improved to 78.3 percent, compared to 76 percent for infants born in the network from 2008 to 2012, according ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Social media use was correlated with worse physical health indicators among college students, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.
Jan 19, 2022
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COVID-19 infections are rising across Mexico, especially in two states home to major tourism destinations on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that were busy during the holiday season.
Jan 4, 2022
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, medical executive Lyndi Church and her colleagues at Caring Hands Healthcare Centers in southeastern Oklahoma had been intrigued by telehealth, but they feared it was unworkable in their rural ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Opioid overdose deaths have reached record highs and emergency physicians have a vital role in potentially saving these patients by prescribing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) such as buprenorphine, and by prescribing ...
Nov 30, 2021
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The pandemic shows how quickly health misinformation can spread. However, there are tools to debunk misinformation, as demonstrated by a new study on health communication strategies from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published ...
Nov 10, 2021
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Cancer centers and/or health care systems that prioritize coordination and communication provide higher-quality end-of-life care for cancer patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, University of Michigan ...
Sep 30, 2021
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