Mar 14, 2022

MONDAY, March 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In two 2021 American College of Rheumatology guidelines, published online March 1 in Arthritis & Rheumatology, updated recommendations are presented for ...

Mar 11, 2022

FRIDAY, March 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are still underrepresented in most trials relating to approval of new drugs, despite implementation of an action plan in 2015 to improve diver...

Mar 10, 2022

THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Use of a therapy dog in the emergency department is associated with clinically significant changes in pain, according to a study published online March 9 i...

Mar 08, 2022

TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medical students who are underrepresented in medicine (URIM) have a higher risk for exhaustion-related burnout, according to a study published online Feb. 23...

Mar 08, 2022

TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women with endometriosis more often have migraine, especially those with endometriosis and co-occurring adenomyosis, according to a study published online Ja...

Mar 07, 2022

MONDAY, March 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There seems to be no causal relationship between genetically predicted coffee consumption and risk for migraine, according to a study published online Jan. 25...

Mar 03, 2022

THURSDAY, March 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A deal has been reached between members of the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the U.S. ...

Feb 28, 2022

MONDAY, Feb. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) have a higher incidence of and risk for common psychological morbidities, according to a study published online...

Feb 25, 2022

FRIDAY, Feb. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A substantial number of U.S. adults who are prescribed opioids also are prescribed a dual combination of anxiolytic and sedative medications, according to a r...

Feb 23, 2022

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A standardized prescribing protocol can minimize opioid prescriptions at the time of discharge for pediatric appendectomy patients, according to a study pu...

Feb 23, 2022

TUESDAY, Feb. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among patients with hand osteoarthritis, higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with greater pain severity not just in the hands, but also in the feet, k...

Feb 22, 2022

TUESDAY, Feb. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The wealthy Sackler family upped its cash offer to settle thousands of opioid-related lawsuits against the family and their company, Purdue Pharma.Instead of...

Feb 11, 2022

FRIDAY, Feb. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Open-label placebo (OLP) may have a beneficial effect for the treatment of functional abdominal pain or irritable bowel syndrome in children and adolescents, ...

Feb 11, 2022

FRIDAY, Feb. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In 2020, 11.5 percent of people aged younger than 65 years were uninsured, according to a study published Feb. 11 in the National Health Statistics Reports, ...

Feb 11, 2022

FRIDAY, Feb. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A multimodal nonopioid pain protocol may offer adequate relief from postoperative pain for some patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ...

Feb 09, 2022

MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A healthier lifestyle is associated with lower rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in Arthritis Care & Research.J...

Feb 07, 2022

MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There is a small increased risk for some organ-system and specific congenital anomalies with exposure to first-trimester opioid analgesics, according to a stud...

Feb 07, 2022

MONDAY, Feb. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with chronic pain use a variety of pain management strategies, including opioids, but the majority use nonopioid management techniques, according to a r...

Feb 04, 2022

FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Gastric emptying is delayed in parturients, while labor epidural analgesia seems to facilitate gastric emptying after a light meal, according to a study publis...

Feb 04, 2022

FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fundamental reform of regulatory systems is needed to address the opioid crisis in North America and beyond, according to recommendations from a Commission rep...