Tag: Public Health

For the month of October Medelita will be donating 5% of total sales for breast cancer awareness pink ERKA stethoscopes to American Breast Cancer Foundation (ABCF) to support their mission in fighting the disease and educating the public.

Medelita is proud to dedicate resources to helping make the world a better place, and we believe in supporting organizations and causes where we have an opportunity to provide tangible benefits to humanity.

With the former administration's policy of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on the brink of being repealed, the fate of dozens of doctors-in-training has become unclear.

For low-level problems like bronchitis or urinary tract infections, consumers are more likely to go to the emergency department than to a health clinic located less than a 10-minute drive away, a new study suggests.

Almost 200 children's hospitals in the country were evaluated based on key clinical data and detailed surveys, with only eleven hospitals ranking at the top in three or more specialties. 

While one in three American children is considered overweight or obese, in Napa County the numbers are mind-boggling.

Baltimore, the city that saw a nearly record-breaking 344 homicides, and 900 people shot in 2015, piloted the Safe Streets Program in an effort to reduce street violence, a leading factor for much of the city’s ER overcrowding.

Targeting transport infrastructure alone is not enough to counteract the negative impact that rising city populations will have on the health of citizens.

Mylan has previously fought against its competitor Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' application to the FDA for approval of its generic EpiPen

This innovative technology has the potential to improve healthcare in a huge way for thousands of patients, but it is only accessible for the wealthy in some states.