Mar 23, 2021

MONDAY, March 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Total knee replacement (TKR) seems to be good value from a cost-effectiveness perspective for patients with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥40 kg/m2, according...

Mar 22, 2021

According to recent data, nearly 50% of adolescents who misuse prescription opioids report obtaining the drugs from relatives or friends. Understanding the parental origins of adolescent prescription ...

Mar 17, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing elective lumbar fusion, evidence-based medicine (EBM) guideline concordance is associated with improved outcomes, according to a s...

Mar 17, 2021

TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A patient-centered opioid discharge prescription guideline satisfies 93 percent of patients undergoing surgery, according to a research letter published onl...

Mar 17, 2021

TUESDAY, March 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Purdue Pharma has filed a bankruptcy restructuring plan that seeks to end thousands of lawsuits over the role that its painkiller Oxycontin played in the U....

Mar 16, 2021

MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Digitally delivered exercise programs benefit pain and functional outcomes among patients with knee osteoarthritis compared with routine self-management, acc...

Mar 12, 2021

THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Globally, among health care workers, there has been a high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the COVID-19 ...

Mar 04, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance in the first two weeks after HealthCare.gov was reopened for a three-month special enrollment pe...

Mar 03, 2021

Postoperative pain has been shown in prior research to be a major challenge for patients with burns who undergo autologous skin grafting. Burn injuries cause severe pain, with many patients requiring ...

Feb 26, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The total lifetime opioid-related costs generated by symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (SKOA) in the United States are $14.0 billion, about half of which can ...

Feb 25, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many patients with migraine do not get enough exercise, and insufficient exercise is associated with migraine triggers, including depression, anxiety, and ...

Feb 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mean opioid consumption is increased 24 months after an episode of critical care, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in Critical Care Medicine.E...

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- High-intensity strength training does not significantly improve knee pain with osteoarthritis compared with low-intensity strength training or a control cond...

Feb 15, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of In...

Feb 12, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One-quarter of U.S. youth aged 12 to 17 years and 41 percent of youth aged 18 to 25 years report use of any psychoactive prescription medications, according...

Feb 12, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, the U.S. Justice Department says in a letter filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday. That stance under the ...

Feb 11, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medical students in sexual-minority groups report increased symptoms of burnout regardless of their perceived experiences of mistreatment, according to a s...

Feb 11, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Parkinson disease (PD) symptoms and management practices were markedly affected by COVID-19, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in npj Parkinson...

Feb 05, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There is a negative association between medical and recreational cannabis stores (dispensaries) and opioid-related mortality, according to a study published on...