Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Severe pain is common after hip fracture surgery, and spinal anesthesia is associated with greater pain in the first 24 hours after surgery, according to a st...

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2020, there was an increase in medical cannabis licensure, reaching more than 2.9 million patients in 2020, according to a study published online...

Jun 11, 2022

FRIDAY, June 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Few hospitals are fully compliant with price transparency rules, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American M...

Jun 10, 2022

THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Launch prices for new drugs increased exponentially by 20 percent per year from 2008 to 2021, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of...

Jun 09, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While actions against physician licenses related to substance use have declined, they remain markedly higher than actions related to physical health, accord...

Jun 07, 2022

MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Oral synthetic cannabinoid products with high tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-to-cannabidiol (CBD) ratios are associated with moderate short-term improvement in chr...

Jun 07, 2022

MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2019, there was a decline in the percentage of patients receiving concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, according to a research lett...

Jun 06, 2022

FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Recommendations have been issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) and Pain Medicine for interventional pain procedures during the current ...

Jun 03, 2022

THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A self-reported migraine history is associated with a higher risk for some adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a research letter published online April ...

Jun 02, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic and Black physicians are underrepresented in the United States, according to a research letter published online June 1 in JAMA Network Open.Hector ...

May 31, 2022

Evidence suggests that numerous advances in the endoscopic management of GERD have enabled this approach to be viable for larger subgroups of patients with the condition in recent years. With an e...

May 31, 2022

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system associated with blindness and debilitating chronic pain. It primarily affect...

May 31, 2022

According to the CDC, there are approximately 50 million people in the US living in chronic pain. We all know about the opioid crisis, and this knowledge has done nothing to help alleviate pain many a...

May 27, 2022

The gatekeeper of the blood arteries, the endothelium, is a very varied physical barrier that could produce vasoactive and protective mediators under physiological settings, according the authors of a...

May 27, 2022

THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are considerable challenges associated with health care environmental hygiene (HEH) practices in health care facilities (HCFs) worldwide, according to ...

May 24, 2022

TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-three percent of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with sarcoma who were previously opioid-naive and use opioids during treatment have new persistent...

May 24, 2022

TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Lidocaine infusions seem beneficial for refractory chronic migraine, according to a study published online May 23 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.E...

May 23, 2022

MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mistreatment and discrimination by patients, families, and visitors are commonly experienced by physicians, according to a study published online May 19 in JAM...

May 23, 2022

MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, higher doses of gabapentin are well tolerated and associa...

May 19, 2022

THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Sickle cell disease (SCD) imposes a considerable burden in terms of overall and out-of-pocket medical costs, with the burden of costs peaking in young adulth...