/tags/health health en-US Copyright Tue, 27 Feb 2024 02:28:48 GMT /law-and-justice/2024-02-26/first-wrongful-death-suit-filed-against-asante-for-alleged-fentanyl-diversion-deaths The suit alleges a nurse swapped pain medication with tap water, causing infection and death in a patient. Tue, 27 Feb 2024 02:28:48 GMT /law-and-justice/2024-02-26/first-wrongful-death-suit-filed-against-asante-for-alleged-fentanyl-diversion-deaths Justin Higginbottom /wildfire/2022-11-15/wildfire-smoke-impacts-more-californians-than-ever-according-to-a-new-report Residents all over the state have felt the impacts of wildfire smoke. A new report from California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office offers suggestions for legislators to respond. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:33:29 GMT /wildfire/2022-11-15/wildfire-smoke-impacts-more-californians-than-ever-according-to-a-new-report Manola Secaira /wildfire/2022-08-08/oit-scientists-receive-federal-grant-to-expand-study-on-air-quality-impact-on-health 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. Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:46:35 GMT /wildfire/2022-08-08/oit-scientists-receive-federal-grant-to-expand-study-on-air-quality-impact-on-health Sheraz Sadiq /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-28/rogue-valley-health-plan-puts-mental-health-atop-the-list 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,… Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:02:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-28/rogue-valley-health-plan-puts-mental-health-atop-the-list The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-10/self-saboteur-reforms-and-offers-tips-in-podcasts 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… Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:32:13 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-10/self-saboteur-reforms-and-offers-tips-in-podcasts The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-07/genx-women-lose-sleep-over-midlife-issues 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,… Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:42:53 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-07/genx-women-lose-sleep-over-midlife-issues The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-12-13/researcher-finds-american-life-expectancy-sliding-from-the-middle 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… Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:48:16 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-12-13/researcher-finds-american-life-expectancy-sliding-from-the-middle The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-23/how-a-deadly-tropical-fungus-got-to-oregon 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… Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:02:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-23/how-a-deadly-tropical-fungus-got-to-oregon The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-21/how-getting-shot-jump-started-one-mans-life 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… Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:02:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-21/how-getting-shot-jump-started-one-mans-life The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-25/health-workers-sound-alarm-over-vaping-deaths-injuries 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… Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:44:12 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-25/health-workers-sound-alarm-over-vaping-deaths-injuries The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team