Patient care could be enhanced and the health care system could see significant cost savings if health care professionals followed published clinical guidelines to manage and treat back pain, according to researchers at Beth ...
Jul 29, 2013
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A cluster of eight people in North Seattle, described as heterosexuals, drug users, and recently homeless, has been diagnosed with HIV infections since February, and health officials are worried that their cases could represent ...
Sep 3, 2018
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The NHS would spend billions of pounds more on drugs if it had to pay US prices following a US/UK trade deal. According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Harvard Medical School, and ...
Sep 11, 2020
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More than half of patients who report "weekend-only" drug use end up expanding their drug use to weekdays, too—suggesting that primary care clinicians should monitor patients who acknowledge "recreational" drug use, says ...
May 13, 2015
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Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found, for the first time, that spirometry was underutilized for asthma diagnosis and management in U.S. adults from 2001 to 2011, despite it's accuracy, ...
May 4, 2015
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Lymph node (LN) metastasis is a sign that things are going from bad to worse in cancer patients, and prompt treatment is vital.
Sep 14, 2022
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(HealthDay) -- Many primary care doctors don't know the long-term side effects of the chemotherapy treatments that cancer survivors under their care may have been given, a new survey found.
May 17, 2012
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Blindly following recommendations for drug prescriptions in national clinical guidelines for conditions including diabetes, depression and heart failure will often result in potentially serious drug interactions, according ...
Mar 18, 2015
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The misuse of both prescription and illicit drugs is so prevalent in Tijuana and East Los Angeles that community clinics in those areas should routinely, though discreetly, screen for it, according to new UCLA research.
Dec 21, 2016
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Primary care physicians are faced with treating a large proportion of chronic pain patients, but many do not often have specific training in the assessment and management of chronic pain, including the use of opioid medications ...
Mar 16, 2012
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