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Pain Management

Spinal Anesthesia Tied to More Severe Pain After Hip Fracture Surgery

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...

2016 to 2020 Saw Increase in Medical Cannabis Licensure

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...

Half of Hospitals Have Implemented No Price Transparency

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...

New Drug Launch Prices Increasing Exponentially Each Year

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...

Actions Against Physician Licenses Due to Substance Use Down

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...

Short-Term Improvement in Chronic Pain for Oral Cannabinoids

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...

2016 to 2019 Saw Drop in Patients Receiving Opioids, Benzodiazepines

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...

ASRAPM: Adjust Use of Contrast for Pain Procedures During Shortage

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 ...

Migraine History Tied to Higher Risk for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

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 ...

Hispanic, Black Physicians Underrepresented in the United States

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 ...

Patient Selection Crucial for Appropriate Endoscopic GERD Management

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...

Less NMOSD Pain & Better QOL With Inebilizumab

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...

From the Physician Editor-in-Chief - Chronic Pain: We Need to Ask “Why?”

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...

Methods to Evaluate Vascular Function: Personalized Medicine

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...

Survey IDs Challenges of Health Care Environmental Hygiene

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 ...

Persistent Opioid Use After Sarcoma Treatment Explored Among Youth

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...

Lidocaine Infusions Beneficial for Refractory Chronic Migraine

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...

Physicians Often Experience Mistreatment, Discrimination

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...

Gabapentin May Cut Opioid Needs for Oral Mucositis Pain During RT

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...

Burden of Medical Costs for Sickle Cell Disease Quantified

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...

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