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WA health officials turn to emergency rooms in fight against opioid epidemic
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWashington health officials announced a new program to help emergency room clinicians prescribe...
Emergency room visits for self-harm skyrocketed between 2011 and 2020, study finds
Medical Xpress· 5 hours agoThe number of emergency visits to hospitals in the U.S. for suicide attempts increased markedly...
Her gut was producing alcohol. Doctors didn’t believe her. | CNN
CNN.com· 2 days ago“She visited her family doctor again and again and went to the emergency room seven times over two...
Pharmacists prove effective, less costly care option for minor illnesses
Columbia Basin Herald· 15 hours agoGreater use of pharmacists to treat minor illnesses could potentially save millions of dollars in...
Are you at risk for this hidden summer health issue? Here's how to stay healthy
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoResearch shows that 1 in 10 Americans will get a kidney stone in their lifetime. When it's hot, and people sweat more...summer? A 2023 study published in the American Journal ...
Dehydrated, nauseous, sunburned Floridians flood emergency rooms when temperatures rise
New Hampshire Union Leader· 2 days agoInside the emergency room at her Margate hospital, Dr. Paige Swalley orders intravenous fluids for...
Heart stents can save lives, but are too many Americans getting them unnecessarily?
KABC 7 Los Angeles· 3 hours agoEach year, nearly a million Americans get a stent - a tiny mesh tube that props open a clogged...
Extreme heat is hitting the U.S. Here's how to recognize the symptoms of heat illness — and stay...
Yahoo Life· 1 day agoThe tracker offers local heat and health information, including rates of emergency room visits for...
Sweeping Hawaii income tax relief becomes law
Honolulu Star-Advertiser· 7 hours agoHawaii is now on a path to go from being almost the most burdensome state for income taxes to one of the least. Gov. Josh Green signed a bill into law...
A call to act on gun violence in Holyoke: Survivors share stories, seek answers
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 10 hours agoLyn Horan remembers the time many years ago she got a call from the emergency room at a Baltimore...