Jul 09, 2021

THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Considerable uncertainty exists about the clinical efficacy and safety of muscle relaxants for the treatment of low back pain, according to the results of a ...

Jul 08, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) with uncomplicated vaso-occlusive crises, outcomes are significantly better with treatment at an infusion center (...

Jul 08, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patient engagement strategies appear to yield few return visits upon reopening during COVID-19 for patients who cancelled in-person care during the earlier ...

Jul 06, 2021

TUESDAY, July 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Fifty-five percent of children, adolescents, and young adults with hematologic malignancies experience high-intensity end-of-life care (HI-EOLC), with an incr...

Jul 03, 2021

FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In a rare show of bipartisanship on health care, the Biden Administration is advancing Trump-era consumer protections aimed at curbing sometimes devastating su...

Jul 02, 2021

WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians' working hours and full-time status declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online June 23 in JAMA N...

Jul 02, 2021

THURSDAY, July 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Interventions that increase dietary intake of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), with or without a decrease in linoleic acid, alter ...

Jul 02, 2021

FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People with two or more physical health conditions are at greater risk of developing depression and anxiety later in life, according to a study published onlin...

Jun 30, 2021

TUESDAY, June 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Components of nonpharmacologic interventions may be effective for treating pediatric migraine, according to a review recently published in Pediatrics.Helen K...

Jun 30, 2021

TUESDAY, June 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 33.0 million (10.2 percent) persons of all ages were uninsured, according to a study published online June 29 in the National Health Statistics Rep...

Jun 29, 2021

MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Post-COVID-19 conditions are common among patients diagnosed with COVID-19, and occur in 19 percent of asymptomatic patients, according to a white paper issue...

Jun 29, 2021

MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Total opioid prescriptions have decreased in patients under 25 years of age, but opioids remain commonly dispensed, according to a study published online June...

Jun 28, 2021

FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A smartphone virtual reality (VR) game is effective in reducing pediatric patient self-reported pain during burn dressing changes, according to a study publis...

Jun 24, 2021

THURSDAY, June 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The decrease in life expectancy seen between 2018 and 2020 was larger in the United States than in other high-income countries, according to a study publish...

Jun 23, 2021

TUESDAY, June 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 10 million Americans signed up for Medicaid through January, and the 80 million people now enrolled in the program is the most in its history.The surg...

Jun 23, 2021

The burden of chronic liver disease in the United States is substantial, affecting about 4.5 million American adults, according to recent data. The end result of chronic liver disease is cirrhosis, wh...

Jun 21, 2021

MONDAY, June 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Stereotactic body radiotherapy is superior to conventional external beam radiotherapy for improving the complete response rate for pain associated with spinal...

Jun 19, 2021

FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with placebo, treatment with intravenous eptinezumab after onset of a moderate-to-severe migraine attack shortens time to resolution of headache pain...

Jun 18, 2021

THURSDAY, June 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The landmark Affordable Care Act, which has expanded health care coverage to tens of millions of Americans, has withstood a third challenge before the U.S. ...

Jun 17, 2021

WEDNESDAY, June 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), African American (AA) and Hispanic American (HA) race/ethnicity is associated with higher overall disability and...