Dentists can assume new role in saving lives

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A patient dozes off in a dental chair despite the anxiety of an impending procedure. A seemingly unremarkable act, but—for dentists versed in the latest sleep

Increase in air pollution corresponds with more patients at the hospital emergency department

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Increases in levels of particulate matter in the air, even within World Health Organization guidelines, correspond with an increase in the number of patients going to

Crackdown on Homeless Encampments Raises Public Health Questions

As states turn to the health-care system to help address homelessness, experiments with housing and other social services aimed at getting people healthier and off the streets are running up