Emergency medicine physicians at Temple University Hospital have found that an opioid prescribing guideline had an immediate and sustained impact on opioid prescribing rates for minor conditions and chronic noncancer pain ...
Dec 29, 2015
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Ambulances deployed at temporary locations that can be changed depending on the time of day and accident statistics can reduce response time and may save lives on the way to the hospital. Researchers at Sahlgrenska University ...
Nov 9, 2015
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The growing trend of parents' shunning vaccines has crept into another area that has physicians recommending caution—forgoing vitamin K shots in newborns.
Sep 10, 2015
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(HealthDay)—With the recent U.S. measles outbreak, the issue of vaccine refusal has received growing scrutiny. Now doctors are calling attention to a similar problem: Some parents are shunning the vitamin K shot routinely ...
Jul 6, 2015
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Vitamin K, which has been administered to newborns as an injection since it was first recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1961, is vital for blood to clot normally. Despite it being given as standard medical ...
Jun 22, 2015
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A pediatrics professor at the University of Alberta has found that children in emergency departments across Canada are likely being undertreated for pain.
Jan 6, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—A new study, recently published in the leading international peer reviewed journal, The Journal of Emergency Medicine, has shown how a simple, individualised 40- minute educational session dramatically ...
May 2, 2014
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Studying national records of suicide attempts by poisoning, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers found trends in the season, week and day of suicide attempts.
Feb 27, 2014
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A major new Irish study carried out by researchers at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin and recently published in the leading international peer reviewed journal, the Journal of Emergency Medicine ...
Nov 13, 2013
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Taser shots to the chest are no more dangerous than those delivered to other body locations, according to a new study by one of the country's leading experts on the devices.
Jun 28, 2012
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