Apr 14, 2020 | covid19, healthcare, News |
All of the information in this post comes from the WV Department of Health and Human Resources.Covid19 infections (positive tests): 633 Deaths: 9 County State Infections Barbour West Virginia 4 Berkeley West Virginia 98 Boone West Virginia 1 Braxton West Virginia 1...
Sep 11, 2019 | Drugs, healthcare, News, safety |
This is a problem. Looking vaping was never a good idea. Unclear why the government hasn’t been all over this. This is CLEARLY a health hazard. Health officials, lawmakers and parents have been raising alarms about vaping for a couple of years, warning that...
Nov 21, 2018 | Gun Violence, healthcare, News |
When you look at the statistics for gun violence in the United States, they are actually better. About 20 years ago, we had more homicides in the United States than we had Americans dying in automobile crashes. Almost 13,000 Americans died in 2016 because of firearm...
Sep 7, 2018 | cardiac, healthcare, Heart Disease, News |
New CDC report suggests that over 400,000 Americans dead of cardiac deaths that were preventable From Time: Heart problems that were “largely preventable” killed around 415,000 Americans in 2016, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says,...
Feb 6, 2018 | healthcare, News |
Many of these centers are the backbone of medical care in under served areas. From the Hill: More than 100 House Republicans are calling on Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to quickly reauthorize a pot of money crucial to community health centers, which service millions of...
Jul 12, 2017 | Drugs, healthcare, News |
After being told, as a child, that coffee was bad for you. It is odd to hear that all of that was probably wrong. Coffee may in fact be good for you. From Reuters: People who drink the most coffee are less likely to die than those who drink the least or none,...
