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NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

Physician's Weekly

She called the NIH news “a complicated mix of emotions,” CNN said. “We Andrew Whelton , a civil and environmental engineer at Purdue University who works with communities affected by disasters, said the money is necessary — and should have come sooner. Allison also praised the decision to involve the community in shaping the research.

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

GeriPal

This specific study , published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was conducted in 17 ICUs in North Carolina. For example, putting the healthy food at the back of the grocery store is sludge; making an applicant for health insurance climb the flight of stairs to the office – weeding out those less fit – is also sludge.