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Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsThe suit alleges a nurse swapped pain medication with tap water, causing infection and death in a patient. -
Andrew Nixon/CapRadioResidents all over the state have felt the impacts of wildfire smoke. A new report from California鈥檚 Legislative Analyst鈥檚 Office offers suggestions for legislators to respond.
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Scientists at the Oregon Institute of Technology were recently awarded a $1 million grant from the federal government that could result in research that improves health outcomes in Southern Oregon due to wildfire smoke. -
Some of the greatest needs in improving health in Jackson and Josephine Counties do not include things like diet and exercise. Those are important, too,鈥� -
Have the New Year's resolutions been dropped already? Whether you make them or not, there's always room for improvement in any person's life. Kate Hanley鈥� -
OK, Boomer. And while we're at it: OK, Millennial. These two generational groups get the lion's share of media attention; no surprise, since Boomers were,鈥� -
It was one thing when the numbers showed that the United States was not keeping up with other advanced countries in life expectancy. It's another thing to鈥� -
There are some diseases and pathogens we just don't expect to be present in our part of the world. Malaria, for example; it's tropical, and so far has鈥� -
Not so long ago, Wesley Hamilton did not exercise and ate some truly awful foods. Then a bullet damaged his spinal cord and paralyzed him from the waist鈥� -
The vaping industry caught a lot of people by surprise, it seems. All of a sudden, a society that had reduced cigarette smoking noticed a lot of people鈥� -
Stop wishing there were more hours in a day, says Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. You don't need more time to work, you need more time to rest. Even Charles鈥� -
Human decisions ranging from the drinking of gin to the surrender of Scottish sovereignty have hinged on the behavior of a particular animal. No, not鈥� -
Mummies and tetracycline. Not a combination you hear much about, but mummified bodies from the ancient world show traces of tetracycline. So we've had鈥� -
Health care is always a discussion topic in our country, and it only figures to get discussed more as our society ages and faces more health鈥�
