Jul 28, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A lower default number of doses for opioid prescriptions in electronic health record systems does not appear to impact pain control among teens and young...

Jul 28, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Taking extended leave during residency for parental or medical leave does not appear to impact subsequent board scores, according to a study published in t...

Jul 28, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Taking extended leave during residency for parental or medical leave does not appear to impact subsequent board scores, according to a study published in t...

Jul 27, 2022

MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Asian American or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander patients and Black patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis are more likely to report a range o...

Jul 27, 2022

MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Only one-fourth of hemp-derived topical cannabinoid products are accurately labeled, according to a study published online July 20 in JAMA Network Open.Tory R...

Jul 23, 2022

FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with cerebral palsy and spina bifida (CP/SB) obtain significantly higher prescription dosages of opioids than adults without CP/SB, according to a stud...

Jul 22, 2022

THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will begin a comprehensive review of its food and tobacco programs amid a high-profile infant formula shortage and rec...

Jul 15, 2022

THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Viscosupplementation yields a small reduction in pain for knee osteoarthritis compared with placebo, which is less than the minimal clinically important bet...

Jul 13, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The combination of corticosteroid injections and exercise therapy helps reduce symptoms of long-standing Achilles tendinopathy, according to a study publis...

Jul 12, 2022

MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Four easily obtainable factors can reliably predict chronic postsurgical pain, according to a study published online June 19 in the British Journal of Anaesth...

Jul 09, 2022

FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise-based physical therapy is noninferior to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for patient-reported knee function at five years among patients with a dege...

Jul 08, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to examine the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) database for regional and temporal patterns, as well as characteristics linked with the chance ...

Jul 07, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In a qualitative study published online June 30 in JAMA Oncology, consensus-based guidance is provided for managing advanced cancer-related pain in patients...

Jul 07, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Affiliation may protect some financially distressed rural hospitals from closure, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Health Forum.H. Joann...

Jul 06, 2022

TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In an article published online July 5 in Annals of Internal Medicine, a framework is presented for the development of living practice guidelines in health car...

Jun 30, 2022

THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Under-prescription of pain medications occurs during night shifts, according to a study published online June 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Jun 29, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Only six of 20 actionable standards for hospital accreditation published by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (The Joint Co...

Jun 29, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid tapering is associated with increased rates of overdose, withdrawal, and mental health crisis extending up to two years after taper initiation, acco...

Jun 25, 2022

THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An eight-week true acupuncture (TA) treatment is effective for chronic tension-type headache (CTTH), according to a study published online June 22 in Neurol...

Jun 25, 2022

FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in 10 potential new pain medications make it fully through the drug development process, according to a study published in the June issue of Anesthes...