Patients who legitimately need opioid painkillers are finding it more difficult to get the meds they need, due to guardrails established in response to the…
Time is of the essence during a medical emergency, and helicopter transport often is essential to saving a patient teetering near death. Unfortunately, Black, Asian and…
(HealthDay News) — For patients with acute ischemic stroke, social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with the likelihood of receiving thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy,…
(HealthDay News) — Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of the country’s IV fluids, U.S. health officials have invoked…
(HealthDay News) — Child safety experts have warned about the sometimes lethal dangers of toy water beads. Now, a report finds a doubling in just…
For years, the opioid epidemic seemed to be a white person’s problem. Though all races have been impacted by opiate use, white users were always…
From 2020 to 2022, there was an increase in the percentage of overdose deaths with evidence of smoking, according to research published in the Feb.…
There are racial and ethnic disparities in safety events for hospitalized children, according to a study published online Feb. 12 in Pediatrics. Kavita Parikh, M.D., from…
Doctors report they are treating more and more children suffering from psychiatric emergencies—but for Black children accessing mental health care remains complicated. A new joint…
Deaths during or shortly after emergency department care are common, particularly among older patients with comorbidities, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in JAMA…
