cdc.gov - From 2013 to 2017, the number of opioid-involved overdose deaths (opioid deaths) in the United States increased 90%, from 25,052 to 47,600.* This increase was primarily driven by substantial increase…
theguardian.com - Bacteria are increasingly developing ways of resisting antibiotics, threatening a future in which patients could become untreatable, doctors have warned. Over the last decade scientists in the UK stu…
cosmopolitan.com - When she tries to remember the feeling, she thinks of Drew*, a grad student with golden hair she dated in her mid-20s. He’d bound down the stairs to her basement apartment carrying tiny chocolate fro…
academic.oup.com - Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine I, , University of Tübingen, Otfried Müller Straße 12, Tübingen, Germany G. B. Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona G. B. R…
statnews.com - ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic, one of medicine’s most prestigious brands, announced Tuesday that it has struck a sweeping partnership with Google to store patient data in the cloud and build product…
infowars.com - A new study published last week sounds the alarm on a suicide crisis that is crushing rural America. From 1999 to 2016, the suicide rate of Americans ages 25 to 64 jumped 41%, researchers noted in JA…
jamanetwork.com - Importance Medical overuse is an important cause of patient harm and medical waste. Observation This structured literature review of English-language articles supplemented by examination of tables of…
hbr.org - From lawsuits by several states against the manufacturers of opioids to criminal prosecutions against pharmaceutical executives, much has been made about pain medications and their misuse. In many ca…
cedars-sinai.org - Following an extensive national search, physician-scientist Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH, has been named founding Chair of the newly established Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute …
aarp.org - How can family caregivers respectfully challenge health care and social service professionals to do a better job of listening to them? Here are some ideas: No one goes into the helping professions wi…
