Black patients presenting at Emergency Departments (EDs) across the country with psychiatric complaints are 63% more likely to be chemically sedated than their white counterparts. But researchers also found that, at hospitals ...
Apr 7, 2022
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For a recent six-year period, the injury rate for riders of electric scooters in one section of Los Angeles was higher than the national rates for riders of motorcycles, bicycles and cars, and pedestrians, new UCLA research ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Even before the COVID pandemic, visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations for children and young adults who have contemplated or attempted suicide had been rising. In North America today, suicide is the second ...
Apr 5, 2022
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A new nationwide study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comparing booster strategies for the millions of people who have received Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccines, provides strong evidence that boosters ...
Mar 30, 2022
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Follow-up care after an asthma-related visit to the emergency department (ED) may help prevent future ED visits for children, a new study led by UC San Francisco researchers found.
Mar 30, 2022
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According to the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), antithrombotic therapy was not linked to increased incidence of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage on CT in adult patients, although the therapy did show association ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Most people who fill prescriptions from emergency physicians to treat their opioid use disorder do not continue to receive the medication, suggesting new approaches are needed to help people continue drug treatment begun ...
Mar 21, 2022
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University of Saskatchewan (USask) research shows therapy dogs can help reduce pain and improve well-being for people treated in emergency rooms.
Mar 10, 2022
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A new report delivers a troubling statistic: Seven in 10 consumer product-related deaths occur among those over 65, even though these people only account for 16% of the U.S. population.
Mar 9, 2022
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For adolescents, BNT162b2 vaccine effectiveness (VE) was lower against COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters during omicron predominance, according to research published in the March 1 early-release ...
Mar 4, 2022
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