Health care workers can’t recognize measles — and it’s putting people in ERs at risk

Health care workers can’t recognize measles — and it’s putting people in ERs at risk

Measles is back in a big way — and it’s catching some doctors off guard. In North Carolina, hospital staff took a staggering two hours and 20 minutes to isolate 7-year-old twin brothers who arrived at an Asheville ER last month with fever, cough, rash, pink eye and cold-like symptoms, KFF Health News reports. The … Read more

Exclusive | The real horrors of the ‘scromiting’ weed disorder plaguing ERs — from dwindling to 87 pounds to ‘nonstop puking’ for a week

Exclusive | The real horrors of the ‘scromiting’ weed disorder plaguing ERs — from dwindling to 87 pounds to ‘nonstop puking’ for a week

Not even a month in the hospital on a feeding tube was enough to make Sydni Collins quit pot. Collins reached for her weed pen most days in high school since she turned 16, even as waves of extreme nausea and vomiting overtook her. One particularly brutal episode left her vomiting nonstop during her spring … Read more

California ERs report 1800% rise in pot-related visits for senior citizens

California ERs report 1800% rise in pot-related visits for senior citizens

There’s been a surge in the number of senior citizens visiting the ER because of marijuana use — and experts say it’s partly because boomers are shocked to find out how much stronger weed is in 2023. A new study from the University of California San Diego, revealed a stunning 1,808% increase in cannabis-related emergency … Read more