The statistics on the sheer size of the Baby Boomer cohort and the stresses that it will generationally place on numerous disparate eco-systems are easy to find.
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According to the 2018 County Health Rankings report from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, health gaps exist not only by geographical location, but among racial and ethnic groups.
A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research investigated the link between smoking and hearing loss.
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare deployed a mobile application called Twiage to connect emergency departments with first responders in the field.
Only a small portion of Americans who could benefit from taking a daily pill for HIV prevention filled prescriptions for the medication in 2015, according to a CDC analysis presented March 6 at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic…
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Acting CDC Director Anne Schuchat, MD, on March 12 denied recent media reports suggesting the CDC epidemiologist who's been missing for a month was passed over for a promotion prior to his disappearance, according to a report from CBS News.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System launched a partnership in February with Detroit-based startup SPLT and ridesharing company Lyft to help patients get to their medical appointments, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Washington, D.C.-based United Medical Center on March 6 released the roughly 3 ½ hours of audio from a meeting last December during which officials decided to permanently shutter the facility's obstetrics unit.
The Renown Institute for Health Innovation will launch a new study to examine how genetic, clinical, environmental and socioeconomic factors affect population health, dubbed the Health Nevada Project.
States with the strongest firearm laws report fewer gun-related murders and fewer suicides than those with more permissive firearm regulations, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.