Feb 15, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of In...

Feb 12, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- One-quarter of U.S. youth aged 12 to 17 years and 41 percent of youth aged 18 to 25 years report use of any psychoactive prescription medications, according...

Feb 12, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, the U.S. Justice Department says in a letter filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday. That stance under the ...

Feb 11, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medical students in sexual-minority groups report increased symptoms of burnout regardless of their perceived experiences of mistreatment, according to a s...

Feb 11, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Parkinson disease (PD) symptoms and management practices were markedly affected by COVID-19, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in npj Parkinson...

Feb 09, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Access to primary care is limited for patients taking opioids for chronic pain, particularly for patients with histories suggestive of aberrant use of opioids,...

Feb 05, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There is a negative association between medical and recreational cannabis stores (dispensaries) and opioid-related mortality, according to a study published on...

Feb 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Adjusted excess all-cause mortality in April 2020 varied by race/ethnicity and by state, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affai...

Feb 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A deal has been reached for business consulting firm McKinsey & Company to pay $573 million to settle U.S. lawsuits over its role in the nation's opioid ...

Feb 04, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Social deprivation is associated with diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published on...

Feb 03, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A pain management regimen that uses mostly over-the-counter medication reduces opioid exposure in trauma patients while achieving similar levels of pain cont...

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine use increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic, with lower use in communities with higher rates of poverty, according to a study publishe...

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order to reopen enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces and also signed oth...

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2018, prices for drugs in the United States were 256 percent higher than those in 32 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compar...

Jan 28, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Less than half of U.S. adults see a connection between systemic racism and poorer health outcomes, according to a report released Jan. 13 by the RAND Corpo...

Jan 25, 2021

Low-quality evidence mars clinical guidance for treating chronic pain Despite widespread use, antidepressant drugs have little impact on pain and disability scores among patients with back pain and o...

Jan 23, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid use seems to contribute to the increasing incidence of pancreatic cancer (PC) in the United States, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in PLO...

Jan 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rachel Levine, M.D., a transgender woman, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department...

Jan 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-quarter of physicians report being personally attacked on social media, according to a research letter published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Internal ...

Jan 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-quarter of physicians report being personally attacked on social media, according to a research letter published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Internal ...