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4 September 2015Arabs or Jews, children who need pain relief in the ER get it
23 May 2015Smoking and drug abuse could more than triple annual ER visits
10 May 2015Heroin sends more young adults to California emergency rooms
6 May 2015Connecting uninsured patients to primary care could reduce emergency department use
18 April 2015Droperidol is safe for agitated ER patients, despite black box warning
3 April 2015How to crowdsource the world for emergency medicine
19 September 2014Decision-support program helps keep seniors out of the emergency room
12 July 2014Text Message Medicine: Texts from the ER Can Reduce Binge Drinking
28 April 2014Urgent care centers must be made ready for kids: New AAP guidelines
4 April 2014U.S. OKs overdose treatment to fight spike in painkiller deaths
13 March 2014Majority of transgender patients report negative experiences in emergency departments
6 February 2014Decriminalizing Pot May Land More Kids in the ER
14 November 2013NHS 111 increases ambulance and urgent and emergency care use
8 November 2013New study assesses injuries seen in the emergency department to children of teenage parents
29 October 2013Obamacare could reverse long trend of uncompensated care in ERs
28 October 2013Rainbow research reveals young children with asthma visit emergency department most often
22 October 2013MU Researcher Develops Intervention to Help Older Adults Prepare for Emergencies
9 July 2013The aging population and emergency departments
7 July 2013WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus
30 June 2013Rare Weight Lifting Injury Required Surgery
25 June 2013Patient factors play key role in emergency department imaging
25 June 2013Rates of infection in intensive care units in England show impressive fall
19 June 2013New concussion data: 2 biomarkers better than 1
20 May 2013ER docs are key to reducing health care costs
10 May 2013Info packets don't help people take ER meds
3 May 2013No greater death risk for children admitted to emergency out-of-hours intensive care
30 April 2013One in three stroke emergencies don’t use EMS
30 April 2013Emergency care cost estimates are too low
8 February 2013Breast Milk Reduces Risk of Sepsis and Intensive Care Costs in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
14 January 2013Physical therapy in the intensive care unit benefits hospital's bottom line