Aug 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 22.1 percent of U.S. adults with chronic pain reported using a prescription opioid in the previous three months, according to a study published onli...

Aug 05, 2021

Men with Peyronie’s disease (PD) typically present with complaints of penile deformity, but some patients also report suffering from pain and erectile dysfunction (ED). “There is a common misconc...

Aug 04, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Within individual health systems, Black and White patients receive markedly different opioid doses, according to a study published in the July 22 issue of t...

Aug 04, 2021

Gradual dose reductions, careful monitoring encouraged for long-term users Long-term, high-dose opioid therapy was linked to a statistically significant number of overdose and mental health crisis ev...

Jul 31, 2021

Despite a need for more robust evidence, many patients with chronic pain are being treated with medical cannabis and cannabinoids. In the Journal of Cannabis Research, the Global Task Force on Dosing ...

Jul 30, 2021

FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many of the drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval pathway have not been confirmed as clinically effective, despite the requireme...

Jul 30, 2021

FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The mean amount of medical debt is greater among individuals who live in the South and in ZIP codes in the lowest income deciles, according to a study publish...

Jul 29, 2021

THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 58.9 percent of adults reported any pain in the previous three months, with 39.0, 36.5, and 30.7 percent experiencing back, lower-limb, and upper-l...

Jul 26, 2021

MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, dozens of major U.S. medical groups said in a joint statement released Monday."D...

Jul 26, 2021

’Arbitrary’ dose/quantity thresholds harm patients, drive illicit drug use The American Medical Association wants a major overhaul to the CDC’s 2016 opioid prescription guidelines, ...

Jul 23, 2021

THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A proposed $26 billion settlement on opioid-related lawsuits has been reached with four large drug companies, a group of state attorneys general announced W...

Jul 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From 2019 to 2020, there was a 1.5-year decline in life expectancy at birth in the United States, according to a July Vital Statistics Rapid Release report...

Jul 20, 2021

A study has found that opioid prescriptions, including receipt of prescriptions for long durations, appear to be common among people living with HIV who are in primary care. Efforts are needed to prev...

Jul 20, 2021

MONDAY, July 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Neck symptoms are a relatively common manifestation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), according to a brief report published online Jun...

Jul 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of medication use for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) increased from 2014 through 2018 among U.S. Medicaid enrollees in 11 states, ac...

Jul 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- President Joe Biden plans to nominate Rahul Gupta, M.D., as the head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.Gupta led the Biden transiti...

Jul 11, 2021

FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- No strong, high-quality evidence shows that many commonly performed elective orthopedic procedures are more effective than nonoperative alternatives, according...

Jul 09, 2021

THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A portable, disposable, and home self-applied transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device is effective for reducing pain among patients with mi...

Jul 09, 2021

THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Among privately insured families with in-network deliveries in 2019, almost one in five potentially received surprise bills for maternal and/or newborn care,...

Jul 09, 2021

THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Considerable uncertainty exists about the clinical efficacy and safety of muscle relaxants for the treatment of low back pain, according to the results of a ...