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Clinical Care
Gunshot Victims Use More Blood, Cost More to Treat, More Likely to Die
A new study examines 12 years of trauma records and finds high mortality rates for shooting victims, despite the volumes...
Strategy
In Trump's First Year, Nation's Uninsured Rate Unchanged
An estimated 8.8% of the population, or about 28.5 million people, did not have health insurance coverage at any point...
Innovation
Telehealth Offers Eye Into Hurricane Impact Zone as Florence Targets Carolinas
Technology offers new ways for health systems to meet the needs of their communities during natural disasters, and telehealth is...
Nursing
Take a Stand. Nurses Should Educate Patients on the Risk of Too Much Sitting.
Nurses can help raise public awareness that prolonged sitting comes with health risks.
Strategy
A Texas Lawsuit Being Heard This Week Could Mean Life Or Death For The ACA
Even if the judge were to rule in favor of the Republicans' request to stop the law's enforcement immediately, the...
Clinical Care
Low-Income Californians Feel Twice The Burn From Wildfires
Officials across the West have issued health warnings to alert sensitive groups?such as young children, older adults and people with...
Strategy
The Man Who Sold America On Vitamin D — And Profited In The Process
The doctor most responsible for turning the sunshine supplement into a billion-dollar juggernaut has received hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Clinical Care
Purdue Pharma's Sales Pitch Downplayed Risks Of Opioid Addiction
The sales pitch was 'simply not true' and 'a smoking gun,' said one physician at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School...