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AMA: Nine in 10 Americans Want Their Health Info Kept Private

Aug 02, 2022

TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- More than nine in 10 Americans believe that medical privacy is a right and their health data should not be for sale, a new survey from the American Medical ...

Limited English Proficiency Tied to Worse Access to Health Care

Aug 01, 2022

MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In adults, limited English proficiency (LEP) is associated with worse access to care, according to a study published online July 26 in the Journal of General I...

Vitamin D Supplement Does Not Reduce Fracture Risk in Older Adults

Jul 28, 2022

THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among generally healthy midlife and older adults, fracture risk is not reduced in those who take supplemental vitamin D3 compared with placebo, according to...

Texas Court Case Could Threaten Americans' Health Care Nationwide

Jul 28, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A federal lawsuit out of Texas could end access to free lifesaving preventive health care services for nearly 168 million people in the United States with ...

Parental Leave Does Not Impact Residents' Subsequent Board Scores

Jul 28, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Taking extended leave during residency for parental or medical leave does not appear to impact subsequent board scores, according to a study published in t...

Parental Leave Does Not Impact Residents' Subsequent Board Scores

Jul 28, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Taking extended leave during residency for parental or medical leave does not appear to impact subsequent board scores, according to a study published in t...

FDA to Take a Hard Look at Its Food, Tobacco Programs

Jul 22, 2022

THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will begin a comprehensive review of its food and tobacco programs amid a high-profile infant formula shortage and rec...

Early-Career Practice Patterns of Sports Medicine Trainees Studied

Jul 22, 2022

THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For early-career sports medicine candidates, about 40 percent of the procedures they perform may be outside of the sports medicine subspecialty, according t...

NAMS Updates Position Statement on Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Jul 21, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone therapy remains the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and genitourinary syndrome of menopause, according to a position statemen...

Psychological Resilience Linked to Improved Walking After Hip Fracture

Jul 21, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For older adults with hip fracture, higher levels of psychological resilience are associated with greater walking speed and distance 16 weeks later, accord...

Benefit of Viscosupplementation for Knee OA Questioned

Jul 15, 2022

THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Viscosupplementation yields a small reduction in pain for knee osteoarthritis compared with placebo, which is less than the minimal clinically important bet...

Low Rate of Serious Adverse Events Linked to Shoulder Surgery

Jul 15, 2022

THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for serious adverse events associated with common shoulder arthroscopy procedures is low, according to a study published online July 6 in The BMJ.J...

Elective Amputation Beneficial for Some With Brachial Plexus Injury

Jul 15, 2022

FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Select patients with traumatic brachial plexus injury (BPI) who undergo elective amputation after unsuccessful surgical reconstruction report reduced pain and...

AI Applied to Imaging May Help Clinicians Diagnose Fractures

Jul 13, 2022

TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For fracture detection, artificial intelligence (AI) and clinicians have comparable diagnostic performance, according to a review published in the July issue...

Corticosteroid Injections Plus Exercise Ease Achilles Tendinopathy

Jul 13, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The combination of corticosteroid injections and exercise therapy helps reduce symptoms of long-standing Achilles tendinopathy, according to a study publis...

Model Can Predict Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Jul 12, 2022

MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Four easily obtainable factors can reliably predict chronic postsurgical pain, according to a study published online June 19 in the British Journal of Anaesth...

PT Noninferior to Arthroscopic Surgery for Meniscal Tear

Jul 09, 2022

FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise-based physical therapy is noninferior to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for patient-reported knee function at five years among patients with a dege...

Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure Tied to Multimorbidity Clusters

Jul 07, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Higher cumulative exposure to air pollution is associated with increased risks for multimorbidity patterns in older adults, according to a study published o...

Impact of Affiliation Mixed for Rural U.S. Hospitals

Jul 07, 2022

WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Affiliation may protect some financially distressed rural hospitals from closure, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Health Forum.H. Joann...

Framework Issued for Developing Living Practice Guidelines

Jul 06, 2022

TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- In an article published online July 5 in Annals of Internal Medicine, a framework is presented for the development of living practice guidelines in health car...

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