Sep 21, 2021

TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. Food and Drug Administration applications that went through multiple review cycles because the evidence for clinical efficacy was initially deemed ...

Sep 21, 2021

MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 15.5 million U.S. adults younger than 65 years went without medication due to high drug costs, according to the results of a survey released by ...

Sep 18, 2021

FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep disturbance in older adults is associated with physical pain and depression, according to a study published online Sept. 8 in the Journal of Clinical N...

Sep 17, 2021

Recommendation weak, but based on numerous systematic reviews of the literature For patients with chronic pain in whom standard care is insufficient, physicians may consider trying non-inhaled medica...

Sep 17, 2021

THURSDAY, Sept. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Virtual reality can decrease pain and anxiety in children undergoing intravenous catheter placement, according to a study published online Aug. 25 in JAMA ...

Sep 16, 2021

The connection between using methamphetamines—or “meth” or “crystal”—and non‐ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure (HF) has received little attention, even though evidence suggests a...

Sep 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients frequently do administrative tasks that can create burdens resulting in delayed or foregone care, according to a study published online Sept. 8 i...

Sep 15, 2021

Although opioid prescribing and opioid overdose are very important topics in pain management medicine, there are not enough pain management specialists to handle all the patients in need. For a paper ...

Sep 14, 2021

The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 in San Diego and attracted approximately 5,000 participants from around the world. The conference hi...

Sep 10, 2021

THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Race and income -- both individually and combined -- affect the incidence of migraine diagnosis on admission to the hospital, according to a study published...

Sep 10, 2021

FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In an assertive offensive against a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new efforts at pressuring tens of million...

Sep 09, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Racial and ethnic diversity in U.S. clinical academic departments increased, but at a slower rate than proportions of women in faculty positions, during th...

Sep 09, 2021

THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A high-quality diet is associated with lower migraine severity and frequency, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in Nutritional Neuroscience.Hand...

Sep 09, 2021

THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A higher 24-hour urine sodium level is positively associated with worse migraine headache outcomes, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in the Bri...

Sep 08, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Differences in health care utilization across racial and ethnic groups explain the majority of inequities in U.S. health care spending, according to a stud...

Sep 08, 2021

TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In an editorial, published simultaneously in 233 international journals, including The BMJ, the editors of various health journals urge world leaders to keep...

Sep 08, 2021

TUESDAY, Sept. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Perioperative acetaminophen significantly decreases opioid consumption and results in improved overall pain control following primary rotator cuff repair, ac...

Sep 04, 2021

THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2020, 31.6 million U.S. persons of all ages (9.7 percent) were uninsured, which was slightly, but not significantly, lower than in 2019, according to ear...

Sep 04, 2021

THURSDAY, Sept. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Purdue Pharma was dissolved on Wednesday and the Sackler family will pay $4.5 billion under a bankruptcy settlement that will end thousands of lawsuits brou...

Aug 31, 2021

MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Before authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine, vaccine hesitancy was increased among Black, Hispanic or Latino, and Asian health care workers (HCWs) compared w...