Can sleep loss in hospital patients lead to an uptick in medical malpractice lawsuits? A new study from researchers at Rice University and Baylor University suggests that is indeed the case.
Mar 27, 2019
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Many surgery patients head home from the hospital with opioid pain medicine prescriptions, and most will have pills left over after they finish recovering from their procedure.
Mar 27, 2019
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Thousands of military service members lost their lives or were severely injured while serving our country during America's longest war, known as the Global War on Terrorism. A researcher at The University of Texas at San ...
Mar 27, 2019
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(HealthDay)—The introduction of minimally invasive robotic surgery (MIRS) is associated with a significantly lower risk for severe complications among patients with early-stage endometrial cancer, according to a study published ...
Mar 18, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Black patients have higher rates of 30-day complications and resource use than white patients after bariatric surgery, according to a study published online March 6 in JAMA Surgery.
Mar 7, 2019
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While walking a dog provides older Americans with a valuable outlet for regular, physical activity, a Penn Medicine study has shown that fractures related to these walks have more than doubled between 2004 and 2017 in patients ...
Mar 6, 2019
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Having a family member with persistent opioid use may be a risk factor for young adults continuing prescriptions long after their own surgeries, a new Michigan Medicine study suggests.
Feb 27, 2019
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Apart from the health benefits that weight-loss surgery can bring, a new study shows it could boost a patient's sex life.
Feb 20, 2019
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(HealthDay)—From 2003 to 2016, liver graft loss and mortality improved among recipients of liver grafts from older donors, according to a study published online Feb. 13 in JAMA Surgery.
Feb 14, 2019
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(HealthDay)—How fast emergency medical help arrives at the scene of a car crash plays a significant role in patient survival, a new study finds.
Feb 6, 2019
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