Pain Management
Apr 26, 2021
FRIDAY, April 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) claims from overexertion among construction workers is highest for those aged 35 to 44 years, althou...
Apr 21, 2021
TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to epidural labor analgesia (ELA) is not associated with offspring risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study published online A...
Apr 21, 2021
TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- About 20 percent of U.S. adults experience chronic pain, according to a study published online April 2 in PAIN.Robert J. Yong, M.D., M.B.A., from Brigham an...
Apr 21, 2021
TUESDAY, April 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The proportion of Black physicians has increased by a small amount since 1900, according to a report published online April 19 in the Journal of General Int...
Apr 14, 2021
TUESDAY, April 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Both use of fall risk-increasing drugs and mortality due to falls are on the rise in older adults, according to a study recently published online in Pharmac...
Apr 10, 2021
FRIDAY, April 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Black, Hispanic, and Native American people are underrepresented in 10 health care professions, according to a study published online March 31 in JAMA Network...
Apr 09, 2021
Disclaimer: The thoughts and ideas in this post are Dr. Tuchler's alone and do not represent Kaiser Permanente’s positions, strategies, or opinions. A tsunami is building. Even a...
Apr 09, 2021
THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer incidence and death are expected to change by 2040, with breast cancer remaining the most common cancer followed by melanoma, then lung cancer, accor...
Apr 09, 2021
THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than half a million people have gained health coverage under a special sign-up window for Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance plans, the White House sa...
Apr 08, 2021
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Americans' trust in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, an opinion poll finds. Researchers fr...
Apr 07, 2021
TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Prescribers and patients motivated 30.4 percent of all branded dispensing of multisource drugs in the Medicare Part D program in 2017, according to a study p...
Apr 06, 2021
TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture are more effective than usual care at reducing chronic musculoskeletal pain in cancer survivors, according to a ...
Apr 06, 2021
MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare spending on physician services declined an estimated $9.4 billion between January and June 2020, according to a report from the American Medical Asso...
Apr 06, 2021
MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A substantial number of employees and trainees working at medical centers have experienced major stress and work disruptions because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Apr 03, 2021
FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A mobile robotic system is perceived to be acceptable for use in multiple health tasks, and its use for triage interview is satisfactory for patients, accordi...
Apr 03, 2021
FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An increased risk for nonfatal drug-related poisoning is associated with benzodiazepine treatment in patients with opioid use disorder, according to a study p...
Apr 01, 2021
WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Community exposures, but not workplace factors, are associated with seropositivity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among h...
Mar 31, 2021
TUESDAY, March 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Self-reported data via text messaging revealed that patients did not use about 60 percent of prescribed opioid tablets following common orthopedic or urolog...
Mar 29, 2021
MONDAY, March 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Faces masks, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes are among the types of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) that Americans can deduct as a medica...
Mar 28, 2021
FRIDAY, March 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The final results of a prospective investigational device exemption trial of genicular artery embolization (GAE) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe knee...