Doctors responding to an American College of Emergency Physicians poll released May 4, 2015 report more patients are seeking emergency room treatment since the … Continue reading “Emergency room doctors busy, despite ACA”
Whether or not a hospital has electronic health records (EHRs) does not mean that stroke patients will have better clinical outcomes or higher quality … Continue reading “Electronic health records failed to improve care for stroke patients”
For many years, experts seeking to quantify the “global burden of disease”—delineating what ails people, when, and where—failed to account for how lack of … Continue reading “New issue of Harvard Public Health Review focuses on global health”
When a hospital closes, local residents may worry about who will care for them when they are sick or that more people will die, … Continue reading “Health in communities may not suffer after hospital closings”
Overtesting, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment in medical care in the U.S. is widespread, with one recent study suggesting that 30% of care—amounting to roughly $750 billion … Continue reading “‘Overkill’ in medical care”
It can be challenging for health care providers to identify young victims of sexual trafficking due to its hidden nature, poor understanding by law … Continue reading “Screening tool helps identify sexually exploited children”
People who binge drink are 72% more likely to have a heart attack than those who don’t, according to a new study from Harvard … Continue reading “Binge drinking linked with higher heart attack risk”
The American Psychological Association (APA) secretly worked with the CIA, the White House, and the Defense Department during the post-Sept. 11 war on terror … Continue reading “Report: Psychologists’ association worked with CIA to justify torture”
For the first time in over five decades, the federal government has lowered the recommended level of fluoride in U.S. community drinking water. The … Continue reading “Federal government calls for lowering fluoride levels in drinking water”
A study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that, over the past 50 years, the risk of a young … Continue reading “Trends in U.S. deaths from legal interventions”