Aug 09, 2021

“Discrimination negatively influences health and well-being in the general population, but its impact on people with pain is unclear,” explains Ruth A. Hackett, PhD. “Therefore, it is important ...

Aug 08, 2021

“Migraine, which affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, is one of the leading causes of disability in people younger than 50,” says Keisuke Suzuki, MD, PhD. “In addition to moderate-to-se...

Aug 08, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Loneliness is a powerful predictor of use of medications used to treat physical and psychological symptoms among older, community-dwelling adults, according to...

Aug 08, 2021

FRIDAY, Aug. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All 2.2 million health care workers and long-term care workers in California will now have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 30, the California ...

Aug 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, decompression alone is noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion durin...

Aug 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, decompression alone is noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion durin...

Aug 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 22.1 percent of U.S. adults with chronic pain reported using a prescription opioid in the previous three months, according to a study published onli...

Aug 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Aug. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 22.1 percent of U.S. adults with chronic pain reported using a prescription opioid in the previous three months, according to a study published onli...

Aug 05, 2021

Men with Peyronie’s disease (PD) typically present with complaints of penile deformity, but some patients also report suffering from pain and erectile dysfunction (ED). “There is a common misconc...

Aug 04, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Within individual health systems, Black and White patients receive markedly different opioid doses, according to a study published in the July 22 issue of t...

Aug 04, 2021

Gradual dose reductions, careful monitoring encouraged for long-term users Long-term, high-dose opioid therapy was linked to a statistically significant number of overdose and mental health crisis ev...

Jul 31, 2021

Despite a need for more robust evidence, many patients with chronic pain are being treated with medical cannabis and cannabinoids. In the Journal of Cannabis Research, the Global Task Force on Dosing ...

Jul 30, 2021

FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many of the drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval pathway have not been confirmed as clinically effective, despite the requireme...

Jul 30, 2021

FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The mean amount of medical debt is greater among individuals who live in the South and in ZIP codes in the lowest income deciles, according to a study publish...

Jul 29, 2021

THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 58.9 percent of adults reported any pain in the previous three months, with 39.0, 36.5, and 30.7 percent experiencing back, lower-limb, and upper-l...

Jul 26, 2021

MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, dozens of major U.S. medical groups said in a joint statement released Monday."D...

Jul 26, 2021

’Arbitrary’ dose/quantity thresholds harm patients, drive illicit drug use The American Medical Association wants a major overhaul to the CDC’s 2016 opioid prescription guidelines, ...

Jul 23, 2021

THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A proposed $26 billion settlement on opioid-related lawsuits has been reached with four large drug companies, a group of state attorneys general announced W...

Jul 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From 2019 to 2020, there was a 1.5-year decline in life expectancy at birth in the United States, according to a July Vital Statistics Rapid Release report...

Jul 20, 2021

A study has found that opioid prescriptions, including receipt of prescriptions for long durations, appear to be common among people living with HIV who are in primary care. Efforts are needed to prev...