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California Universal Health Care System Bill Faces Monday Deadline

Feb 01, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- California lawmakers must vote by Monday on whether to keep a bill to create a universal health care system moving forward.Monday, Jan. 31, is the last chance...

Black Patients More Likely to Have Negative Descriptors in Notes

Jan 25, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are more likely than White patients to have at least one negative descriptor in the history and physical notes of their electronic health recor...

Factors ID'd for Eventual Surgery in Patients With Appendicitis

Jan 18, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Presence of an appendicolith is associated with a nearly twofold increased risk for undergoing appendectomy within 30 days of initiating antibiotics for appe...

Insurance Coverage for Acupuncture Up From 2010 to 2019

Jan 14, 2022

FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Insurance coverage for acupuncturist visits increased from 2010 to 2019, but most costs are paid out of pocket, according to a research letter published onlin...

Rural, Urban Disparities Seen for Quality of Home Health Care

Jan 13, 2022

THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are significant and persistent differences in quality of care between rural and urban home health agencies, according to a study published online Jan....

Aquatic Exercise Cuts Pain, Disability From Low Back Pain

Jan 12, 2022

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Therapeutic aquatic exercise leads to greater pain alleviation in patients with chronic low back pain compared with physical therapy, according to a study ...

Mindfulness Plus Brain Stimulation May Ease Chronic Migraine

Jan 11, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mindfulness practices associated with left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) anodal transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) have a therapeutic ef...

Intrathecal Morphine + Oral Gabapentin Aids Pain Management

Jan 11, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Combining intrathecal morphine (ITM) and oral gabapentin (GABA) improves pain management in teens undergoing spinal fusion for scoliosis, according to a stud...

Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Migraine Headache Attacks

Jan 11, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D supplementation could reduce headache attacks per month and headache days per month among migraine patients, according to a review published in the ...

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Beneficial in Migraine

Jan 11, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A migraine-specific adaptation of the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program does not improve headache-related impairment among patients with migr...

Can Aquatic Exercise Make Waves as Chronic Low Back Pain Tx?

Jan 11, 2022

Water-based exercise bests standard physical therapy modalities In patients with chronic low back pain, a therapy program involving therapeutic aquatic exercise outperformed a program of transcutaneo...

Duloxetine Does Not Alleviate Pain in Chronic Osteoarthritis

Jan 07, 2022

THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain, duloxetine added to usual care has no effect compared with usual care alone, according to a study publish...

Duloxetine Does Not Alleviate Pain in Chronic Osteoarthritis

Jan 07, 2022

THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain, duloxetine added to usual care has no effect compared with usual care alone, according to a study publish...

In Utero Hormone Levels May Affect Migraine Risk in Adulthood

Jan 06, 2022

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone levels in utero may be linked to the risk for developing migraine in adulthood, and risk may differ by sex, according to a study published online De...

Physicians Lack Knowledge About Responsibilities Under ADA

Jan 05, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-third of U.S. physicians report knowing little or nothing about their legal responsibilities to patients with disability under the Americans wit...

AAN Updates Guideline for Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

Dec 31, 2021

THURSDAY, Dec. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued a practice guideline update on oral and topical treatments for painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN); a summa...

Guidance Offered for Managing Pain in Patients With Cancer and OUD

Dec 29, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The appropriateness of strategies for managing cancer pain in individuals with advanced cancer and opioid use disorder (OUD) is addressed in a consensus st...

Decline Seen in Total Opioid MME Per Capita in Last Decade

Dec 28, 2021

MONDAY, Dec. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- During the last decade, there has been a decline in total opioid morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per capita, according to a research letter published onl...

Hyaluronic Acid Injection Use Increased for Knee Osteoarthritis in Seniors

Dec 23, 2021

THURSDAY, Dec. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The use of hyaluronic acid (HA) injections for knee osteoarthritis in Medicare beneficiaries increased substantially from 2012 to 2018, according to a study...

Eight in 10 Oncologists See Mental Health Distress in Cancer Patients

Dec 21, 2021

TUESDAY, Dec. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Eight in 10 oncologists report frequently seeing mental health distress (mostly anxiety and mood disorders) in their patients with cancer, according to Oncol...

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