Post-operative readmissions following emergency general surgery (EGS) are costly, frequent, and often preventable. While insurance coverage and social determinants of hea[...]

Cervical cancer is a slow growing cancer that is easily prevented but has a high incidence to mortality rate at close to 50%, meaning that nearly half of women will die f[...]

Introduction: Infections pose a significant risk factor for infant mortality. Immunizations represent the most efficacious and promising intervention to mitigate t[...]

American Indians in Montana experience a disproportionate amount of fatal opioid overdose, with recent data indicating that American Indian/Alaska Native individuals are [...]

Objectives: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) remains substantially underdiagnosed in the United States despite advances in home-based diagnostic technologies. As of[...]

The ophthalmic exam revealed proliferative diabetic retinopathy, but the diagnosis alone didn’t capture the depth of Mrs. A.’s story. A 58-year-old woman with longstandin[...]

Native American and Indigenous communities experience a disproportionate burden of dermatologic disease, yet remain underrepresented in dermatology research and underserv[...]

With the rise of profit-driven healthcare organizations, including private equity and for-profit hospital acquisitions, concerns emerge about patient care. Private equity[...]

Emergency department (ED) utilization for non-urgent conditions remains a persistent challenge in healthcare systems, contributing to overcrowding, increased healthcare c[...]

Background: In resource-limited settings such as student-run free clinics with few bilingual volunteers, lack of standardized language documentation can create in[...]