Mar 28, 2021

FRIDAY, March 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer experimental arthritis drug tanezumab is too risky to approve, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel says.In a 19-1 vote Thursday, th...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Legalization of recreational cannabis appears to be associated with increases in rates of claims for self-harm among men younger than 40 years, according t...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- With sufficient accuracy, statistical suicide risk prediction models could provide good health economic value in the United States, according to a study pu...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with acute posttraumatic headache presenting to the emergency department, intravenous metoclopramide + diphenhydramine (M+D) is more efficacio...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rachel Levine, M.D., has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary of health, becoming the first openly transgender federal official to win ...

Mar 25, 2021

TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by ...

Mar 25, 2021

TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by ...

Mar 25, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid overdose crisis are top priorities for Vivek Murthy, M.D., who was confirmed as the new U.S. Surgeon General by the S...

Mar 24, 2021

TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by ...

Mar 24, 2021

TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep problems and a high level of burnout are associated with increased odds of COVID-19 among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published o...

Mar 24, 2021

TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by ...

Mar 24, 2021

TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by ...

Mar 24, 2021

TUESDAY, March 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Health care workers may be increasingly receptive to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online March 23 in JAMA Network Open. ...

Mar 23, 2021

MONDAY, March 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians should spend more time explaining side effects of medications to older patients than discussing dosage information, according to a study published...

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...