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...

Mar 12, 2021

THURSDAY, March 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Globally, among health care workers, there has been a high prevalence of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the COVID-19 ...

Mar 04, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance in the first two weeks after HealthCare.gov was reopened for a three-month special enrollment pe...

Mar 04, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than 200,000 Americans signed up for health insurance in the first two weeks after HealthCare.gov was reopened for a three-month special enrollment pe...

Mar 03, 2021

Postoperative pain has been shown in prior research to be a major challenge for patients with burns who undergo autologous skin grafting. Burn injuries cause severe pain, with many patients requiring ...

Feb 26, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The total lifetime opioid-related costs generated by symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (SKOA) in the United States are $14.0 billion, about half of which can ...

Feb 25, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many patients with migraine do not get enough exercise, and insufficient exercise is associated with migraine triggers, including depression, anxiety, and ...

Feb 24, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A text message system can monitor postoperative opioid use and shows that many prescribed opioid tablets are unused, according to a case study published in t...

Feb 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mean opioid consumption is increased 24 months after an episode of critical care, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in Critical Care Medicine.E...

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- High-intensity strength training does not significantly improve knee pain with osteoarthritis compared with low-intensity strength training or a control cond...