State of Emergency Care: Critical
The state of the nation's emergency care delivery system faces serious challenges that could push the system over the brink, concluded a three-volume study, "Future of Emergency Care," released last week by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

Breathing unease
Although a recent report by the American Lung Association (ALA) found that the number of "unhealthy" air quality days declined nationally, many areas of New York State received failing grades for air quality and Ulster County received a grade of C.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
For the first time, medical researchers have identified an underlying biologic basis for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Julie Gerberding made the announcement this week with the simultaneous publication of 14 medical research papers that appear in the April issue of Pharmacogenomics. (Pharmacogenomics is the study of the relationship between genetic makeup and response to drugs.)