In a study published Jan. 8 in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found that nearly 1 in 4 hospital patients who died or were transferred to intensive care had experienced a diagnostic error.
Children who survive shootings endure huge health obstacles and costs
The U.S. surgeon general last month issued a call to action about social media’s corrosive effects on child and adolescent mental health, warning of the “profound risk of harm” to young people.
Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the US market
Vaping has ballooned into an $8.2 billion industry, and manufacturers are flooding the market with thousands of products that can be far more addictive.
Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6M excess deaths over 22 years
Because so many Black people die young, their higher mortality rate from 1999 to 2020 resulted in a cumulative loss of more than 80 million years of life compared with the white population, the study showed.
