Hot Tips for Summer Safety
Jane M. Bradley

July 2009

From tiny ticks in tall grass to hidden boulders in deep pools, summer is a
dangerous season. When the weather heats up, hospitals experience an annual upsurge in emergency room visits. Seasonal hazards include sun exposure, heatstroke, insect allergic reactions and tick bites, as well as lawn
mower lacerations, car crashes, head injuries, and swimming and diving accidents. Spinal cord injuries leave someone paralyzed every week during the summer months.

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Brattleboro Retreat Tackles Mental Illness and Addiction within LGBT CommunityBy Rachel Becker

FAST FACTS
he view from the fourth floor of the Tyler Building at the 175- year-old Brattleboro Retreat offers as picturesque a New England landscape as one might hope to find. In fact, the Retreat’s campus feels much more like a small Ivy League college than a nationally renowned psychiatric and addictions hospital.

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Community-Based Clinical Trials
and Their Implications for Older Adults
Jennifer Higgins, Ph.D.

Happy Birthday, Medicare
By Leslie Nyman, Diana Stein, Alice Swift and Jon Weissman

FDA Watch July 2009
Richard Callaway, MD

Grand Rounds: July 2009

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