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300+ rural hospitals at immediate risk of closure

The bottom line for rural hospitals is difficult in the best of times which unfortunately were exacerbated during the pandemic. It is worrisome to consider that numbers as high as 37% (Alabama) and 34% (Mississippi) and ) are at immediate risk of closure where health disparities are already at concerning levels. Click here to view list.

Giving Birth in America.

Incredibly sobering and concerning health facts regarding maternal health among Black women, as in “Three times more likely to die from pregnancy – related complications than white women in the United States..the only high-resource country with a consistently rising maternal mortality rate.”  Click here for article.     

Opioids are overrated for some common back pain, a study suggests

There is a new potential wrinkle in the treatment of acute pain- as in not using opioids. A recently published study followed patients suffering from low back or neck pain (also known as the garden-variety back pain that lasts a shorter period of time, or at most three months). After 6 weeks, the researchers found …

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