Many Adverse Drug Events Occur Outside the Hospital, Lead to Emergency Visits
Each year, an estimated 700,000 persons experience adverse drug events that lead to emergency department visits, according to a study in the October 18 issue of JAMA.

Two Strokes and You're Out? Latinos Especially Vulnerable
Having a stroke is bad enough. But having another one after surviving the first one is especially bad, more than doubling a person’s risk of dying in the next two years, a new study finds.

Study Finds Some People in Pain Unlikely to Seek Treatment
A Rochester-based study has found more than 20 percent of people with chronic pain did not seek physician help for their pain. The study supports the opinion of many physicians that a large segment of patients has an unmet need for pain care.

Food Advertising – Separating Fact from Fiction
To get the most nutrition in your grocery cart, you need to be an educated consumer. You need to be able to figure out what’s actually in a product — not what it’s advertised to contain.

Experts discuss cancer-related health disparities
UC Davis Cancer Center experts discuss cancer-related health disparities affecting ethnic and racial minorities in the United States.

Smoking May Cause Far More Cancer Death in California Asian- Americans than Recognized
Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese American males living in California die of cancer at three times the rate of South Asian females in California, whose cancer mortality rate is one of the lowest in the world.

Where You Live, Not Shop, May Affect Weight Most
For years, researchers have been trying to document a connection between obesity among the poor and the limited selection of healthy foods in their local grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests the relationship might be even more complicated than previously thought.