Q&A: Every eight minutes, a child experiences a home medication error. Here's how to prevent it
Every eight minutes, a child experiences a medication error at home. These mistakes can be life-threatening.
Oct 9, 2023
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Every eight minutes, a child experiences a medication error at home. These mistakes can be life-threatening.
Oct 9, 2023
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Before the COVID pandemic, the global health workforce needed as many as 6.4 million more medical doctors, and the gap between demand for health workers and supply is growing. As you might expect, the shortage is most acutely ...
Oct 6, 2023
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Recent reports indicate that more than 6 million Canadians are without a family doctor. This not only has a massive impact for those individuals, but also for the entire health-care system. Given current caseloads, about ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Sep 12, 2023
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We've known for some time the body mass index (BMI) is an inaccurate measuring stick for assessing someone's weight and associated health. But it continues to be the go-to tool for medical doctors, population researchers ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Scientists in Spain have developed a potentially life-saving strategy against a disease that spreads from the gut to other vital organs.
Aug 24, 2023
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In Europe, 30 million people suffer from osteoporosis, which is a disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone. These patients are at much higher risk of breaking a bone than the general population. Various medications ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Pfizer Inc. warned doctors this week of an impending shortage of Bicillin, its long-acting, injectable form of penicillin.
Jun 16, 2023
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As climate change increases the severity, frequency and duration of heat waves around the world, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions are sounding an alarm about what they consider to ...
May 31, 2023
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Although the drug is legal in Michigan, doctors in the state are hesitant to authorize their patients to use cannabis, while struggling to manage other influences on their patients' health care decisions, says a University ...
May 11, 2023
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