Apr 07, 2021

TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Prescribers and patients motivated 30.4 percent of all branded dispensing of multisource drugs in the Medicare Part D program in 2017, according to a study p...

Apr 06, 2021

TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture are more effective than usual care at reducing chronic musculoskeletal pain in cancer survivors, according to a ...

Apr 06, 2021

MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare spending on physician services declined an estimated $9.4 billion between January and June 2020, according to a report from the American Medical Asso...

Apr 06, 2021

MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A substantial number of employees and trainees working at medical centers have experienced major stress and work disruptions because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Apr 03, 2021

FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A mobile robotic system is perceived to be acceptable for use in multiple health tasks, and its use for triage interview is satisfactory for patients, accordi...

Apr 03, 2021

FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- An increased risk for nonfatal drug-related poisoning is associated with benzodiazepine treatment in patients with opioid use disorder, according to a study p...

Apr 01, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Community exposures, but not workplace factors, are associated with seropositivity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among h...

Mar 31, 2021

TUESDAY, March 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Self-reported data via text messaging revealed that patients did not use about 60 percent of prescribed opioid tablets following common orthopedic or urolog...

Mar 29, 2021

MONDAY, March 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Faces masks, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes are among the types of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) that Americans can deduct as a medica...

Mar 28, 2021

FRIDAY, March 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The final results of a prospective investigational device exemption trial of genicular artery embolization (GAE) for the treatment of moderate-to-severe knee...

Mar 28, 2021

FRIDAY, March 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Pfizer experimental arthritis drug tanezumab is too risky to approve, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel says.In a 19-1 vote Thursday, th...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Legalization of recreational cannabis appears to be associated with increases in rates of claims for self-harm among men younger than 40 years, according t...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- With sufficient accuracy, statistical suicide risk prediction models could provide good health economic value in the United States, according to a study pu...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with acute posttraumatic headache presenting to the emergency department, intravenous metoclopramide + diphenhydramine (M+D) is more efficacio...

Mar 26, 2021

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Rachel Levine, M.D., has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary of health, becoming the first openly transgender federal official to win ...

Mar 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2021

WEDNESDAY, March 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid overdose crisis are top priorities for Vivek Murthy, M.D., who was confirmed as the new U.S. Surgeon General by the S...

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) -- Sleep problems and a high level of burnout are associated with increased odds of COVID-19 among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published o...