"Health & Medical News"

Depressed medical residents make six times more medication errors than residents who are not depressed, according to a U.S. study published online Feb. 7 in the British Medical Journal.

“Depression is a significant problem for residents as well as for their patients,” said lead study author Amy Fahrenkopf, MD, MPH. “The fact that it’s a problem for both needs to be addressed.”

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A new poll finds that 58 percent of Wyoming residents approve of raising the state’s beer tax by 4.5 cents per liter in order to fund addiction treatment and prevention programs, the Billings Gazette reported Jan. 29.

The poll of 625 registered voters, conducted on behalf of the Casper Star-Tribune, also found that 84 percent of residents opposed raising the state tax on gasoline and diesel fuel by 10 cents per gallon.

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Police in Denver kept arresting people for marijuana possession even after voters passed a measure making it legal for adults to have an ounce of the drug or less, so advocates are now pushing another ballot item that would order police to make marijuana enforcement their lowest priority.

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Fourth-year medical student Teresa Sandoval-Phillips wanted to attend a residency open house at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, Calif., but the three-hour drive each way and a busy schedule made it difficult. Fortunately for her, she was able to log onto a live webcast of the September event, joining 59 other Internet visitors and 80 students who came in person to see what Kaiser’s residencies had to offer.

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