Feb 04, 2022

FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Fundamental reform of regulatory systems is needed to address the opioid crisis in North America and beyond, according to recommendations from a Commission rep...

Feb 01, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- California lawmakers must vote by Monday on whether to keep a bill to create a universal health care system moving forward.Monday, Jan. 31, is the last chance...

Jan 25, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients are more likely than White patients to have at least one negative descriptor in the history and physical notes of their electronic health recor...

Jan 18, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Presence of an appendicolith is associated with a nearly twofold increased risk for undergoing appendectomy within 30 days of initiating antibiotics for appe...

Jan 14, 2022

FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Insurance coverage for acupuncturist visits increased from 2010 to 2019, but most costs are paid out of pocket, according to a research letter published onlin...

Jan 13, 2022

THURSDAY, Jan. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are significant and persistent differences in quality of care between rural and urban home health agencies, according to a study published online Jan....

Jan 12, 2022

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Therapeutic aquatic exercise leads to greater pain alleviation in patients with chronic low back pain compared with physical therapy, according to a study ...

Jan 11, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mindfulness practices associated with left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) anodal transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) have a therapeutic ef...

Jan 11, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Combining intrathecal morphine (ITM) and oral gabapentin (GABA) improves pain management in teens undergoing spinal fusion for scoliosis, according to a stud...

Jan 11, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D supplementation could reduce headache attacks per month and headache days per month among migraine patients, according to a review published in the ...

Jan 11, 2022

MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A migraine-specific adaptation of the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program does not improve headache-related impairment among patients with migr...

Jan 11, 2022

Water-based exercise bests standard physical therapy modalities In patients with chronic low back pain, a therapy program involving therapeutic aquatic exercise outperformed a program of transcutaneo...

Jan 07, 2022

THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain, duloxetine added to usual care has no effect compared with usual care alone, according to a study publish...

Jan 07, 2022

THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain, duloxetine added to usual care has no effect compared with usual care alone, according to a study publish...

Jan 06, 2022

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone levels in utero may be linked to the risk for developing migraine in adulthood, and risk may differ by sex, according to a study published online De...

Jan 05, 2022

TUESDAY, Jan. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-third of U.S. physicians report knowing little or nothing about their legal responsibilities to patients with disability under the Americans wit...

Dec 31, 2021

THURSDAY, Dec. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued a practice guideline update on oral and topical treatments for painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN); a summa...

Dec 29, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The appropriateness of strategies for managing cancer pain in individuals with advanced cancer and opioid use disorder (OUD) is addressed in a consensus st...

Dec 28, 2021

MONDAY, Dec. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- During the last decade, there has been a decline in total opioid morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per capita, according to a research letter published onl...

Dec 23, 2021

THURSDAY, Dec. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The use of hyaluronic acid (HA) injections for knee osteoarthritis in Medicare beneficiaries increased substantially from 2012 to 2018, according to a study...