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Many Driving on Pot, Even With Kids in the Car
THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Many people may drive with marijuana in their system — even when they have kids in the car. That’s the upshot of a new study of drivers in Washington state, where recreational pot is legal. In roadside tests of more than 2,000 drivers, researchers found that 14% of… Read More »
Half of Older Dialysis Patients Die Within a Year
THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The death rate for older Americans receiving dialysis for kidney failure may be nearly twice as high as widely thought, according to a new report. For the study, researchers looked at 391 Medicare patients, aged 65 and older, who started dialysis, in which a machine is used to… Read More »
Is Dentistry a Science? – The Atlantic
In the early 2000s Terry Mitchell’s dentist retired. For a while, Mitchell, an electrician in his 50s, stopped seeking dental care altogether. But when one of his wisdom teeth began to ache, he started looking for someone new. An acquaintance recommended John Roger Lund, whose practice was a convenient 10-minute walk from Mitchell’s home, in… Read More »