Feb 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Adjusted excess all-cause mortality in April 2020 varied by race/ethnicity and by state, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affai...

Feb 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A deal has been reached for business consulting firm McKinsey & Company to pay $573 million to settle U.S. lawsuits over its role in the nation's opioid ...

Feb 04, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Social deprivation is associated with diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published on...

Feb 03, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A pain management regimen that uses mostly over-the-counter medication reduces opioid exposure in trauma patients while achieving similar levels of pain cont...

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine use increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic, with lower use in communities with higher rates of poverty, according to a study publishe...

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order to reopen enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces and also signed oth...

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2018, prices for drugs in the United States were 256 percent higher than those in 32 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compar...

Jan 28, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Less than half of U.S. adults see a connection between systemic racism and poorer health outcomes, according to a report released Jan. 13 by the RAND Corpo...

Jan 25, 2021

Low-quality evidence mars clinical guidance for treating chronic pain Despite widespread use, antidepressant drugs have little impact on pain and disability scores among patients with back pain and o...

Jan 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid use seems to contribute to the increasing incidence of pancreatic cancer (PC) in the United States, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in PLO...

Jan 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rachel Levine, M.D., a transgender woman, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department...

Jan 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-quarter of physicians report being personally attacked on social media, according to a research letter published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Internal ...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with symptomatic, radiographically confirmed osteolysis undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty surgery, a single dose of denosumab results ...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have a small and not clinically important effect on back pain, but may have a clinically important effec...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The estimated prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the United States is 72.8/100,000, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in Arthri...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Stephen Hahn, M.D., resigned as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.Hahn became head of the agency just weeks before the star...

Jan 20, 2021

Psychiatric comorbidities are prevalent in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and associated with pain and reduced quality of life (QOL), Anna Evans Phillips, MD, MS, explains. “Prior studies h...

Jan 13, 2021

TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with knee osteoarthritis, flat, flexible shoes are not superior to stable, supportive shoes, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in th...

Jan 12, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- State laws promoting hospital worker vaccination against influenza may be effective for reducing monthly pneumonia and influenza mortality rates, especially am...

Jan 12, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is meeting resistance as many health care workers are refusing shots, the Associated Press reported Friday.It is occurring in nurs...