Health
The U.S. birth rate fell to a record low after seeing a bump during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday. The provisional number of births in 2023 was 3,591,328, a 2 percent drop from the previous year, which saw 3,667,758 births. “Last…
A private hospital in Samut Prakan has been fined 100,000 baht by the Emergency Medicine Committee (EMC) for refusing to treat a critically injured patient, who later died after being…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, initiated a probe into the very high prices of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and weight loss drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. On Wednesday, Sanders wrote a letter to Novo Nordisk’s CEO, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, informing him about…
Added sugars will be limited for the first time in school meals nationwide, as part of the gradual adjustments in nutrition standards revealed on Wednesday in a regulation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The alterations will reduce sugar in meals from the fall of 2025 and cut back on added sugars…
A recent study of psilocybin patients focuses on an important aspect of treatment.
‘That becomes a huge disaster.’
New research examines the brain's takeover by cocaine addiction.
LANSDALE — Jefferson Lansdale Hospital and VMSC Emergency Medical Services (VMSC) announced Monday the Community Paramedicine Partnership, a one-year pilot program aimed at reducing the number of patients readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged. According to the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council, millions of dollars are spent each year in Pennsylvania for Medicare and Medicaid patients who are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of their hospital stay. Hospital readmissions are also associated with unfavorable patient outcomes. Responding to this, the Community Paramedicine Partnership will follow consenting patients with chronic medical conditions including congestive heart failure (CHF) and […]
Here are the violations reported in food safety inspection reports from Montgomery County conducted the week of March 23-29, 2024.
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