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By Liz Szabo DECEMBER 25, 2018 This story also ran on The Washington Post. Danette Lake thought surgery would relieve the pain in her knees. The arthritis pain began as a dull ache in her early 40s, brought on largely by the pressure of unwanted weight. Lake managed to lose 200 pounds through dieting and exercise, but […]
Read MoreShortages associated with modest increases in price, ranging from 6 to 14 percent HealthDay News The lowest-priced generic drugs are more likely to experience shortages, according to a study published in the November issue of Value in Health. Chintan V. Dave, Pharm.D., Ph.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues analyzed 1.3 billion outpatient […]
Read MoreReuters Health The quality of care received by patients with head and neck cancers in the U.S. varies widely and is unaffected by the size of the hospital or the volume of patients treated in a year, a study shows. Researchers studying the records of patients treated at 770 hospitals found wide variations in quality […]
Read MoreBy STAT STAFF It has been a tumultuous year for science and medicine, and also for the business and politics of both. And with CRISPR babies still in the headlines, Donald Trump still in the White House, and the Dow down again, 2019 is shaping up to be just as turbulent. We asked a whole host […]
Read Moreby Rose Meltzer | “America’s Health Rankings” is an annual, national checkup. The nation’s health worsened this year, but a healthy future could be on the horizon, according to the latest edition of “America’s Health Rankings” from the United Health Foundation (UHF). Nearly one in three (31.3%) American adults now qualify as obese, a 5% increase from […]
Read MoreBy Julie Appleby and Barbara Feder Ostrov Kaiser Health News As of Jan. 1, in the name of transparency, the Trump administration required that all hospitals post their list prices online. But what is popping up on medical center websites is a dog’s breakfast of medical codes, abbreviations and dollar signs — in little discernible […]
Read MoreRates of opioid overdose hospitalizations increased between 2003 and 2014 in the United States, primarily for Caucasians in the South; factors associated with a higher mortality from opioid overdose also include younger age and male gender, according to a study to be presented at the 2018 World Congress on Pain in Boston, Massachusetts. Considering the prevalence of opioid […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kara Manke In a proposed device, two of the new chips would be embedded in a chassis located outside the head. Each chip could monitor electrical activity from 64 electrodes located in the brain while simultaneously delivering electrical stimulation to prevent unwanted seizures or tremors. (UC Berkeley image by Rikky Muller) A new neurostimulator […]
Read MoreMass. General/Penn Medicine study suggests that 1.7 million female health care workers and their children live in poverty MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL A study carried out by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania finds that low wages and poor benefits leave many female health care workers living […]
Read MoreA commonly used painkiller might be too risky for people to keep taking, suggests a new study published this week in the BMJ. It found that people who use diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), are more likely to come down with cardiovascular disease than people who take other NSAIDs or acetaminophen. Diclofenac is sold under […]
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