The Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, on the traditional territory of the Lakota in South Dakota, is a place where pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) is vital. A Boston Children’s Hospital partnership shows promise.
Category: healthcare
Laxatives And Printer Paper: How Inflation Is Hitting England’s Hospitals
Hospitals are feeling the strain as costs for staple goods like paper and fuel rise.
AI-Driven Medical Care? A Health Data Reality Check
“The reality is that we have a disaggregated, fragmented system with a lack of organization around common, transparent, high-quality information.”
Healthcare Delivery Is Sending Primary Care Physicians To The Sidelines. That Leaves A Bad Prognosis For An Aging, Unhealthy Nation
Having a relationship with your physician, and knowing they have a history with you, makes all the difference. But in today’s system, doctors are prevented from doing their number one job, even though their behavior and approach is exactly what’s neede…
China Responds To Lab Leak Report—Says U.S. Is ‘Politicizing’ Search For Covid Origins
Beijing accused the U.S. of politicizing origin-tracing efforts in order to “smear” China following reports another intelligence agency believes the virus escaped from a Chinese laboratory.
Birth Control Often At The Center Of Women’s Bad Healthcare Experiences
Recent research shows that nearly half of young women have bad healthcare experiences. Perhaps no area of care is more sensitive than reproductive health.
The Scientific Error That Might Have Caused The Covid-19 Pandemic
We still don’t know where Covid-19 started, although evidence is growing that it started in a lab in Wuhan that was doing gain-of-function research. Why do some virologists continue to push this research?
The CDC Wants To Modernize Its Healthcare Data Infrastructure
The organization hopes to be at the forefront of data modernization and infrastructure.
“Irish Giant” Never Wanted His Body To Be A Specimen. Two Centuries Later, Museum Takes His Bones Off Display
Byrne’s skeleton stood as the most popular attraction in the Hunterian Museum. Last month, officials announced that they will remove his remains from their exhibition.
Can Money Buy Happiness? Study Finds Poor People At Increased Risk Of Having Mental Disorders
In a recent study, researchers found that the amount of disposable income individuals have by the time they are 30 years old could be linked to an increased risk of being diagnosed with a mental disorder later in life or around 22 years later.
