Category: Public Health
Walking While Drunk Can Be Deadly
“If you’re too hammered to get behind the wheel, you may be too hammered to walk home in the dark.”
Where are the most disadvantaged communities in Washington state?
NIH-funded scientists put socioeconomic data on the map Friday, June 29, 2018 By Amy Kind, M.D., Ph.D.University of Wisconsin The Neighborhood Atlas, a new tool to help researchers visualize socioeconomic data at the community level is now available. This online platform…
Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns
There has been debate about how to prevent people with mental illness from acquiring guns. But what seniors with declining mental faculties who have guns?
Rx: Zucchini, Brown Rice, Turkey Soup. Medicaid Plan Offers Food As Medicine
Since 2015, Health Partners has joined a small group of insurers around the country to offer some members specially designed meals to improve their health.
Public Health and medical community pledge to decrease gun violence
Public Health – Seattle & King County is joining with leading medical associations to form a new collaboration with a renewed commitment to decrease firearm-related injury and deaths.