Jul 20, 2021

MONDAY, July 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Neck symptoms are a relatively common manifestation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), according to a brief report published online Jun...

Jul 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of medication use for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) increased from 2014 through 2018 among U.S. Medicaid enrollees in 11 states, ac...

Jul 15, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- President Joe Biden plans to nominate Rahul Gupta, M.D., as the head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.Gupta led the Biden transiti...

Jul 11, 2021

FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- No strong, high-quality evidence shows that many commonly performed elective orthopedic procedures are more effective than nonoperative alternatives, according...

Jul 09, 2021

THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A portable, disposable, and home self-applied transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device is effective for reducing pain among patients with mi...

Jul 09, 2021

THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Among privately insured families with in-network deliveries in 2019, almost one in five potentially received surprise bills for maternal and/or newborn care,...

Jul 09, 2021

THURSDAY, July 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Considerable uncertainty exists about the clinical efficacy and safety of muscle relaxants for the treatment of low back pain, according to the results of a ...

Jul 08, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) with uncomplicated vaso-occlusive crises, outcomes are significantly better with treatment at an infusion center (...

Jul 08, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patient engagement strategies appear to yield few return visits upon reopening during COVID-19 for patients who cancelled in-person care during the earlier ...

Jul 06, 2021

TUESDAY, July 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Fifty-five percent of children, adolescents, and young adults with hematologic malignancies experience high-intensity end-of-life care (HI-EOLC), with an incr...

Jul 03, 2021

FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In a rare show of bipartisanship on health care, the Biden Administration is advancing Trump-era consumer protections aimed at curbing sometimes devastating su...

Jul 02, 2021

WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Physicians' working hours and full-time status declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online June 23 in JAMA N...

Jul 02, 2021

THURSDAY, July 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Interventions that increase dietary intake of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), with or without a decrease in linoleic acid, alter ...

Jul 02, 2021

FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People with two or more physical health conditions are at greater risk of developing depression and anxiety later in life, according to a study published onlin...

Jun 30, 2021

TUESDAY, June 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Components of nonpharmacologic interventions may be effective for treating pediatric migraine, according to a review recently published in Pediatrics.Helen K...

Jun 30, 2021

TUESDAY, June 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 33.0 million (10.2 percent) persons of all ages were uninsured, according to a study published online June 29 in the National Health Statistics Rep...

Jun 29, 2021

MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Post-COVID-19 conditions are common among patients diagnosed with COVID-19, and occur in 19 percent of asymptomatic patients, according to a white paper issue...

Jun 29, 2021

MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Total opioid prescriptions have decreased in patients under 25 years of age, but opioids remain commonly dispensed, according to a study published online June...

Jun 28, 2021

FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A smartphone virtual reality (VR) game is effective in reducing pediatric patient self-reported pain during burn dressing changes, according to a study publis...

Jun 24, 2021

THURSDAY, June 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The decrease in life expectancy seen between 2018 and 2020 was larger in the United States than in other high-income countries, according to a study publish...