Play equipment that gets kids moving
Parents will be pleased to know that more is not always better when it comes to play equipment for their children.
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Measuring ethanol's deadly twin
Researchers have developed an inexpensive, handheld measuring device that can distinguish between methanol and potable alcohol. It offers a simple, quick method of detecting adulterated or contaminated alcoholic beverages and is able to diagnose methanol poisoning in exhaled breath.
Read moreMore than every second female homicide is committed by the partner
Intimate partner homicide – that is women who are killed by their partner – constitutes a significant proportion of the homicide statistics.
Read moreFocus points to reduce opioid overdose deaths identified
A new study identifies specific locations where medication and harm reduction services for people with opioid use disorder should be available in order to have the greatest impact on reducing opioid overdose deaths. The data show that more than half of those who died of an opioid overdose in Massachusetts encountered the health care, public health and/or criminal justice systems within the 12 months prior to their fatal overdose.
Read moreAddressing serious illness with a serious question to clinicians
A question: 'Would you be surprised if this patient died in the next month?' — posed to elicit a clinician's overall impression of a patient — produced a strong correlation. If a clinician answered that they would not be surprised, the patient was twice as likely to die in the next month.
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