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Longer emergency medical service response times are associated with higher rates of motor vehicle crash mortality

Delayed EMS Response Time Tied to Mortality After Car Accident

Longer emergency medical services response increases motor vehicle crash mortality in urban, rural settings
Since 2008

CDC: Heart Attack Awareness Improved Since 2008

However, only about 50 percent of adults knew all five common heart attack symptoms in 2017
A model has been developed for predicting recurrence among kidney stone formers

Predictors of Kidney Stone Recurrence Identified

Risk for recurrence within 5 years varies with risk factors, past episodes, time since last episode
Health clinics in Clark County

Measles Outbreak Triggers Sharp Rise in Demand for Vaccine

More than 50 confirmed cases of measles, 11 suspected cases reported in Clark County, Washington, this year
For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occurring in outpatient dialysis clinics

Dialysis Staff-Initiated CPR Ups Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest

Staff-initiated CPR linked to increase in hospital discharge, favorable neurologic status on discharge
There has been an increase in the number of U.S. women diagnosed with a cancer caused by breast implants

FDA: Number of U.S. Women With Breast Implant-Caused Cancer Has Increased

Textured implants linked to cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma
African-Americans have a higher burden of sudden cardiac death than whites

Burden of Sudden Cardiac Death Higher in Black Men, Women

Known factors explain 65.3 percent of excess SCD risk in African-Americans, especially women
Victims of intimate partner violence undergo more imaging procedures than age- and sex-matched control patients and are more likely to have obstetric-gynecologic findings and acute fractures

Radiologists Can Help ID Intimate Partner Violence

IPV victims underwent more imaging studies in preceding five years than controls
An unrestrained driver is a strong predictor for having an unrestrained child passenger in both fatal and nonfatal crashes

Unrestrained Driver Predicts Unrestrained Child Passenger

In crashes, unrestrained drivers have higher probability of having unrestrained young passengers
There have been 48 confirmed cases of measles in Washington state since the start of the year as health officials struggle to stop the spread of the infectious disease.

Washington State Measles Cases Now at 48 Since Jan. 1

Thirty-four cases involved children ages 1 to 10; 41 patients not vaccinated against measles