Can Triage Nurses Help Prevent 911 Overload?
(By Selena Simmons-Duffin for NPR) Most people are familiar with some form of triage: When you go to an emergency
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New Medicare Perk For Diabetes Prevention Stumbles At Rollout
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Several weeks ago, Medicare launched an initiative to prevent seniors and people with
Read MoreSurvey: Half of Americans would leave job for better benefits
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) Although the possibility of higher wages drives employees to consider exploring other job
Read MoreMiniature human brains grow for months when implanted in mice skulls
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) The mice behaved just like others of their kind, as far as scientists could tell,
Read More‘Scary’ Lung Disease Now Afflicts More Women Than Men In U.S.
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Joan Cousins was among a generation of young women who heard — and
Read MorePuerto Rico’s Slow-Going Recovery Means New Hardship For Dialysis Patients
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — As the cry of a rooster heralded the
Read MoreInnovative ways to pay for new antibiotics will help fight superbugs
(By Kevin Outterson for STAT) Antibiotics are the most important drug class in human history. Without them, minor infections like
Read MoreApplying Silicon Valley Smarts To Age-Old Diseases
(By Brian Rinker for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — On the second floor of an infectious-disease research
Read More5 leading causes of death from 1990-2016
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ischemic heart disease was the leading cause of death and premature mortality from
Read MoreHealthcare mega-mergers push primary care clinics ‘closer to extinction’: 5 takeaways
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Primary care physicians saw office visits fall 18 percent from 2012 to 2016,
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