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Advanced v. Basic Life Support Outcomes
Most ambulance providers who service Medicare patients are trained in Advanced Life Support (ALS), but studies have begun to suggest that ALS is actually harmful to those who receive it. A 2015 study by CHAS Fellow and Medicaid Working Group investigator, Prachi...
The Chronic Disease Center Fifth Annual Research Symposium
The Center for Translational and Policy Research of Chronic Diseases hosts an annual symposium to bring together campus faculty, staff and students to discuss aspect of chronic disease in relation to health and policy impacts. Panelists comprised of campus researchers...
Sleep Disturbance, Social Isolation, and Systemic Inflammation
It is suspected that systemic inflammation is the mechanism for how both sleep disturbance and social isolation increase an individual's risk for morbidity and mortality. That said, little research has been done regarding the complex relationships between these three...