Jul 05, 2023

The following is a summary of "Relieving Perception of Thirst and Xerostomia in Patients with Palliative and End-of-life Care Needs: A Rapid Review," published in the JULY 2023 issue of Pain Managemen...

Jul 04, 2023

The following is a summary of "Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound thalamotomy for refractory neuropathic pain: a systematic review and critical appraisal of current knowledge," published in ...

Jul 04, 2023

The following is a summary of "Preoperative Code Status Discussion Workflows: Targets for Improvement in Multidisciplinary Pathways," published in the JULY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Godage, et ...

Jul 04, 2023

The following is a summary of "Specialist Palliative Care Referral Practices Among Oncologists, Cardiologists, Respirologists: A Comparison of National Survey Studies," published in the JULY 2023 issu...

Jul 04, 2023

MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For acute nonspecific low back pain or neck pain, opioids do not confer benefits compared with placebo, according to a study published online June 28 in The La...

Jul 03, 2023

The following is a summary of "Effect of Pain Coping Skills Training on Pain and Pain Medication Use for Women With Breast Cancer," published in the JULY 2023 issue of Pain Management by Fisher, et al...

Jul 03, 2023

The following is the summary of "Risk Factors for Ambulatory Surgery Conversion to Extended Stay Among Patients Undergoing One-level or Two-level Posterior Lumbar Decompression," published in the June...

Jul 03, 2023

FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Compliance with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Price Transparency Rule is positively associated with penalty increases, according...

Jun 28, 2023

The following is a summary of "Building a Cardiac Palliative Care Program: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Ten Program Leaders From Across the United States," published in the March 2023 iss...

Jun 28, 2023

The following is a summary of "Relation of pain sensitization to self-reported and performance-based measures of physical functioning: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) study," published in the Ju...

Jun 28, 2023

TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Resident physicians face a widening gap in housing affordability, with growth in rental prices outpacing that of resident earnings, according to a research l...

Jun 27, 2023

The following is a summary of "Decisional-Regret Trajectories From End-of-Life Decision Making Through Bereavement," published in the March 2023 issue of Pain Management by Wen, et al. There ne...

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...