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Causes of Increase in US Pedestrian Accidents
Since 2010, pedestrian deaths are up 77% according to the Governors Highway Safety Association data. Why did over 7,500 people die while walking or jogging on a roadway last year? Every day, on average, 20 Americans walk along a roadway and are killed by a vehicle. In...
How Health Systems Leaders Use Strategic Planning And Marketing In Healthcare Systems
Operating a healthcare facility is complicated. Without careful planning, problems can arise that impact the quality of care offered. Health systems leaders use a variety of tools and tactics to ensure that operations are well-managed and streamlined. Good planning...
Staying Safe: Tips to Protect Yourself from Credit Card Fraud
Credit card fraud happens when someone uses your credit card or bank details to make unauthorized purchases or payments. Basically, your money is digitally stolen. If you are lucky, you get notification from your credit card company or bank that a purchase has been...
Ross Cameron’s New Book Shatters Day-Trading Myths: A Journey Into the Truth
Ross Cameron has emerged as a prominent figure in the day-trading world, challenging the misconceptions and myths surrounding this fast-paced industry. With the release of his latest book, How to Day Trade: The Plain Truth, Cameron aims to provide aspiring and...
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California Is Expanding Insurance Access for Teenagers Seeking Therapy on Their Own
When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California, and felt so isolated and exhausted that she cried every morning. Lu wanted to get help, but her Medi-Cal plan wouldn’t cover...
The families borrowing to pay for care
ITVBy Eleanor Lawrie and Alison HoltBBC NewsTelevision presenter Kate Garraway has spoken of her huge debts from her husband Derek Draper's care bills.He died from the long-term effects of Covid, in January, but she has now told an ITV documentary she had been told he...
As AI Eye Exams Prove Their Worth, Lessons for Future Tech Emerge
Christian Espinoza, director of a Southern California drug-treatment provider, recently began employing a powerful new assistant: an artificial intelligence algorithm that can perform eye exams with pictures taken by a retinal camera. It makes quick diagnoses, without...
Council spending on special needs transport doubles
By Phil Kemp, Jack Fenwick & Alex ForsythBBC NewsCouncil spending on school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has almost doubled in the last five years, BBC research has found.Spending is set to hit £1.4bn across local...
Public satisfaction with NHS at lowest ever level
Getty ImagesBy Nick TriggleHealth correspondentPublic satisfaction with the NHS has dropped again, setting a new low recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey.Just 24% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2023, with waiting times and staff...
Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year
One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life. Rosen, a 70-year-old retired schoolteacher, passed her final days...
Leaked emails reveal child gender service concerns
James Anderson/BBC NewsBy Josh ParryLGBT & Identity ProducerSenior bosses have shared concerns about the closure of the NHS gender identity clinic for young people, leaked emails seen by BBC News reveal.Hospital executives voiced worry about the cancellation of...
Disposable bans will not work, says vape boss
EFE/REX/ShutterstockBy Ben KingBusiness reporter, BBC NewsBanning disposable vapes will not be "effective", the boss of the UK's largest tobacco firm has told the BBC. Tadeu Marroco, chief executive of British American Tobacco (BAT), also said raising the smoking age...
At Stake in Mifepristone Case: Abortion, FDA’s Authority, and Return to 1873 Obscenity Law
Lawyers from the conservative Christian group that won the case to overturn Roe v. Wade are returning to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in pursuit of an urgent priority: shutting down access to abortion pills for women across the country. The case challenges the...
Health workers will get promised payments
By Hugh PymHealth editorMore than 27,000 healthcare workers in England are set to receive one-off payments of at least £1,600 in their April pay packets. The money will go to staff such as community nurses, physiotherapists and cleaners who do NHS work, but are...
After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
In the small Appalachian city of Bristol, Virginia, City Council member Neal Osborne left a meeting on the morning of Jan. 3 and rushed himself to the hospital. Osborne, 36, has Type 1 diabetes. His insulin pump had malfunctioned, and without a steady supply of this...
A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary?
Sara England was putting together Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween when she noticed her baby wasn’t doing well. Her 3-month-old son, Amari Vaca, had undergone open-heart surgery two months before, so she called his cardiologist, who recommended getting him checked...