Oct 22, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid painkiller OxyContin linked to the opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal crimes as part of a settlement of...

Oct 17, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Most older adults using cannabis report initiating use after the age of 60 years primarily to treat pain, according to a study published online Oct. 7 in the ...

Oct 15, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. veterans with unhealthy alcohol use, reducing drinking may improve or resolve various conditions including pain interference symptoms and substance...

Oct 15, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For all specialties, modest increases in patient visits per day would recover the costs of implementing medical scribes, according to a study published onli...

Oct 15, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- New cannabinoid use is associated with elevated rates of adverse outcomes among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to...

Oct 15, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to maternal epidural analgesia during vaginal delivery may increase the later risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) for children, according to ...

Oct 14, 2020

TUESDAY, Oct. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Evidence-based guidelines successfully reduce postoperative opioid prescribing without increased refill rates, but pain control may not be optimal for some p...

Oct 12, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Disease course, fatigue, self-efficacy, and diet and exercise are major determinants of unemployment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a ...

Oct 12, 2020

FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. adults with problem substance use who use nonmedical opioids, the odds of opioid use are increased on days when cannabis is used, according to a study...

Oct 09, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The lifetime prevalence of suicide ideation (SI) is 17.4 percent among physicians, while lifetime prevalence of suicide attempt (SA) is 1.8 percent, accordin...

Oct 09, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Four distinct physical activity profiles are detectable using activity monitoring among adults with arthritis, according to a study published online Oct. 6 i...

Oct 09, 2020

THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with prior cannabis use may need higher doses of intraoperative inhaled anesthetic and postoperative opioids, according to a study presented at ANES...

Oct 09, 2020

The 124th American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting and OTO Experience The annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery is b...

Oct 08, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with acute back pain with sciatica, those receiving early physical therapy (EPT) have improvements in the Oswestry Disability Index (OSW) score...

Oct 07, 2020

TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- From 2006 to 2017, the frequency of preoperative stress testing declined annually among patients undergoing elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty, acc...

Oct 07, 2020

TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Hydroxychloroquine administered for eight weeks as preexposure prophylaxis has no clinical benefit in hospital-based health care workers (HCWs) exposed to pat...

Oct 06, 2020

MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Opioids prescribed by dentists may pose a threat for interactions with medications for depression or anxiety in older adults, which may increase the risk for ...

Oct 06, 2020

MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Prescription pain medication (PPM) abuse decreased significantly from 2007 to 2018, according to a study presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY, the annual meeting of the...

Oct 01, 2020

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for September 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as we...

Sep 30, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Non-COVID-19 hospital admissions decreased considerably with the onset of COVID-19, with declines generally similar across patient demographic subgroups f...