Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have a small and not clinically important effect on back pain, but may have a clinically important effec...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The estimated prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the United States is 72.8/100,000, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in Arthri...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Stephen Hahn, M.D., resigned as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.Hahn became head of the agency just weeks before the star...

Jan 20, 2021

Psychiatric comorbidities are prevalent in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and associated with pain and reduced quality of life (QOL), Anna Evans Phillips, MD, MS, explains. “Prior studies h...

Jan 13, 2021

TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with knee osteoarthritis, flat, flexible shoes are not superior to stable, supportive shoes, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in th...

Jan 12, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- State laws promoting hospital worker vaccination against influenza may be effective for reducing monthly pneumonia and influenza mortality rates, especially am...

Jan 12, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is meeting resistance as many health care workers are refusing shots, the Associated Press reported Friday.It is occurring in nurs...

Jan 12, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has reduced income inequality, with a larger decrease in states that expanded Medicaid, according to a study published in the Jan...

Jan 07, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) does not improve migraine frequency more than headache education, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in...

Jan 06, 2021

TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report publis...

Jan 05, 2021

Opioids and NSAIDs are the most commonly used analgesics for managing pain in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but these therapies come with important risks. “NSAIDs have direct nephrotox...

Dec 30, 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The "true" cumulative incidence of dislocation after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) may be as high as 3.5 percent, according to a Danish study publishe...

Dec 30, 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A stepped exercise program results in modest improvements for symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in the Annals of...

Dec 30, 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- During the COVID-19 pandemic period, there have been inequities in accessing telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open...

Dec 29, 2020

MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Privileged White U.S. citizens have better health outcomes than average U.S. citizens for several health outcomes, but health outcomes are not always better t...

Dec 23, 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Life expectancy for the U.S. population increased in 2019, while the rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 2018 to 2019, according to two December data...

Dec 22, 2020

MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Taken every other day, rimegepant demonstrates efficacy for the preventive treatment of migraine, according to a study published online Dec. 15 in The Lancet....

Dec 22, 2020

MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Taken every other day, rimegepant demonstrates efficacy for the preventive treatment of migraine, according to a study published online Dec. 15 in The Lancet....

Dec 17, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Schedule II opioids continue to be prescribed to high-risk patients 18 months after publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guid...

Dec 17, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing surgery, therapeutic suggestions played through earphones during general anesthesia can reduce postoperative pain and opioid use, a...