Jun 23, 2023

THURSDAY, June 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The median age of Americans hit a record high of nearly 39 years in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.In 2000, the median age was 35 years, and in 1...

Jun 17, 2023

FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A majority of insured Americans have struggled with a wide array of stumbling blocks when trying to get coverage for their health care needs, a new national s...

Jun 14, 2023

Bookmark1. In this retrospective study of Medicare claims data from 2016 to 2019, receipt of opioid use disorder (OUD) medications (buprenorphine and naloxone) was lower among Black and Hispanic patie...

Jun 10, 2023

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- ChatGPT consistently provides evidence-based answers to public health questions, according to a research letter published online June 7 in JAMA Network Open.Jo...

Jun 10, 2023

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The disadvantage in U.S. life expectancy began in the 1950s and has worsened over time, according to a study published online June 1 in the American Journal of...

Jun 10, 2023

FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A new locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC) quality of life (QoL) measure is a valid patient-reported outcome measure (PROM), according to a study published i...

Jun 03, 2023

FRIDAY, June 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Intranasal ketamine seems effective for refractory chronic migraine, with about half of patients reporting it as very effective, according to a study published...

Jun 01, 2023

WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Stress-management interventions may help individual health care workers over the short term, according to research published online May 12 in the Cochrane D...

Jun 01, 2023

While neuropathic pain may be difficult to diagnose, peripheral nerve surgeons now have many effective surgical options for treating nerve pain at its source. Seeing patients in the office who ...

May 31, 2023

TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Being physically active over time is associated with higher pain tolerance compared to being consistently sedentary, according to a study published online May...

May 31, 2023

TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Overall, 619 million people were affected by low back pain globally in 2020, and the number of prevalent cases is projected to continue increasing, according ...

May 24, 2023

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Unenhanced computed tomography (CT) is 30 percent less accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for evaluating abdominal pain in the emergency department, accordi...

May 24, 2023

TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD), the proportion of those initiating opioids for the first time who transition to long-te...

May 24, 2023

TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The economic burden of health disparities in the United States is very high, according to a study published in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American...

May 19, 2023

FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of chronic pain is high among U.S. adults compared with other chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression, and hypertension, ...

May 19, 2023

FRIDAY, May 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Correlates of pain associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) include depression, age, sex, and employment status, according to a study published online May 18 ...

May 19, 2023

The following is a summary of "Music Therapy Intervention to Reduce Caregiver Distress at End of Life: A Feasibility Study," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Whitford, et al. ...

May 19, 2023

The following is a summary of "It's Hard Not to Have Regrets:” Qualitative Analysis of Decisional Regret in Bereaved Parents," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Feifer, et al. ...

May 18, 2023

WEDNESSDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Medical school applicants coming from higher-income families have a greater likelihood of acceptance than those from low-income families, according to a re...

May 17, 2023

The following is a summary of "Massage Therapy for Hospitalized Patients Receiving Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial," published in the MAY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Groninger et al....