Jun 17, 2021

WEDNESDAY, June 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Among health care system employees, there are considerable disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates by race/ethnicity and occupation, according to a resea...

Jun 16, 2021

TUESDAY, June 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Ninety-six percent of physicians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the results of a survey conducted by the American Medical Association (A...

Jun 16, 2021

TUESDAY, June 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The stressors of integrating work and life are higher among female than male faculty and were more noticeable since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a stu...

Jun 15, 2021

MONDAY, June 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adult outpatients, use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with better pain scores and better global assessments, according to ...

Jun 15, 2021

MONDAY, June 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The American Medical Association is facing backlash from some of its members over a plan to fight racism and bias in medicine.The opponents, including some Wh...

Jun 15, 2021

MONDAY, June 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A lawsuit brought by a group of Houston Methodist employees over the hospital's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy was dismissed Saturday by a federal judg...

Jun 11, 2021

THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 200 employees of the Houston Methodist hospital system in Texas have been suspended without pay for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines.Nearly 25,000 w...

Jun 10, 2021

TUESDAY, June 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There is large variation in buprenorphine prescribing, with a small percentage of clinicians accounting for most buprenorphine treatment in the United States,...

Jun 10, 2021

TUESDAY, June 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rural residents have increased mortality and the disparity between rural and large urban areas is increasing, according to a research letter published in the ...

Jun 04, 2021

THURSDAY, June 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Reacting to recent controversy, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced Thursday a series of steps it will take to promote diversity, equity, and in...

Jun 04, 2021

THURSDAY, June 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with Parkinson disease (PD), deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is effective beyond 15 years after implantation, accord...

Jun 02, 2021

TUESDAY, June 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Because of controversial statements about racism made by a staff member, the editor-in-chief of JAMA and JAMA Network will step down on June 30, the American...

May 30, 2021

FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a decrease in presentations to the emergency department for appendicitis and miscarriage, according to a study publishe...

May 27, 2021

WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Chiquita Brooks-LaSure was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday as the new head of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.Brooks-LaSure, an Ob...

May 26, 2021

WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Health care workers (HCWs) are more likely to test positive with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and the risk for re...

May 26, 2021

TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As part of a multimodal analgesic regimen in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, duloxetine cuts opioid use compared with placebo, according to a stu...

May 19, 2021

TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention principal deputy director is retiring after 33 years with the agency.Anne Schuchat, M.D., joined the CDC i...

May 19, 2021

TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Tranexamic acid is not associated with an increased risk for complications in high-risk patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty, according to a study pu...

May 19, 2021

TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Brand-name competition has a variable impact on net drug prices, and price spikes initiated by manufacturers are relatively common and costly, according to tw...

May 19, 2021

TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most U.S. hospitals remain noncompliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule mandating that hospital chargemasters be publicly ava...