Jun 30, 2022

THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Under-prescription of pain medications occurs during night shifts, according to a study published online June 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Jun 29, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Only six of 20 actionable standards for hospital accreditation published by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (The Joint Co...

Jun 29, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid tapering is associated with increased rates of overdose, withdrawal, and mental health crisis extending up to two years after taper initiation, acco...

Jun 25, 2022

THURSDAY, June 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An eight-week true acupuncture (TA) treatment is effective for chronic tension-type headache (CTTH), according to a study published online June 22 in Neurol...

Jun 25, 2022

FRIDAY, June 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in 10 potential new pain medications make it fully through the drug development process, according to a study published in the June issue of Anesthes...

Jun 22, 2022

Physicians should have discussions with their patients with CML who are considering discontinuing a TKI and those who experience pain after stopping a TKI. “Past clinical trials have shown th...

Jun 21, 2022

MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Medicare could have saved up to $3.6 billion in 2020 by purchasing drugs at Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) online pharmacy prices, according to a ...

Jun 15, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Atogepant appears to be effective and well tolerated for the preventive treatment of migraine, according to a study published online June 8 in JAMA Network...

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Interns spend only a small proportion of time with hospitalized patients, according to a study published online June 8 in JAMA Network Open.Michael A. Rosen, ...

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Severe pain is common after hip fracture surgery, and spinal anesthesia is associated with greater pain in the first 24 hours after surgery, according to a st...

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Severe pain is common after hip fracture surgery, and spinal anesthesia is associated with greater pain in the first 24 hours after surgery, according to a st...

Jun 14, 2022

MONDAY, June 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2020, there was an increase in medical cannabis licensure, reaching more than 2.9 million patients in 2020, according to a study published online...

Jun 11, 2022

FRIDAY, June 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Few hospitals are fully compliant with price transparency rules, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American M...

Jun 10, 2022

THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Launch prices for new drugs increased exponentially by 20 percent per year from 2008 to 2021, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of...

Jun 09, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- While actions against physician licenses related to substance use have declined, they remain markedly higher than actions related to physical health, accord...

Jun 07, 2022

MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Oral synthetic cannabinoid products with high tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-to-cannabidiol (CBD) ratios are associated with moderate short-term improvement in chr...

Jun 07, 2022

MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2019, there was a decline in the percentage of patients receiving concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, according to a research lett...

Jun 06, 2022

FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Recommendations have been issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) and Pain Medicine for interventional pain procedures during the current ...

Jun 03, 2022

THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A self-reported migraine history is associated with a higher risk for some adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a research letter published online April ...

Jun 02, 2022

WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic and Black physicians are underrepresented in the United States, according to a research letter published online June 1 in JAMA Network Open.Hector ...