Kern County currently leads California in obesity rankings. As a result, Kern County, along with its biggest city Bakersfield, has begun to take the necessary steps in order to promote healthier lifestyles. In particular, ...

Over the past decade the opioid epidemic has caused many deaths related to drug abuse and addiction in the United States. Palliative and end-of-life care patients rely of various types of opioids to help reduce pain. With ...

The emphasis on improvement of the quality of health care in the United States has been ongoing for decades. With the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report in 1999 on the high occurrence of medical errors, ...