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By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter When parents abuse prescription painkillers, their teenagers may follow their example, a new study finds. The study of thousands of U.S. teenagers found that kids were 30 percent more likely to abuse prescription opioids if one of their parents had. The results mirror what’s been seen in past studies of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Melissa Casey and Donald Campbell Harvard Business ReviewHealth care practitioners have traditionally relied on clinical heuristics to select, encode and process information from the patient. When a patient is presenting with multiple and complex issues, these heuristics reduce the patient’s difficult question of “what’s wrong with me” to easier ones, such as “is this […]
Read MoreOregon Health & Science University Summary: To help promote the highest standards of care, and improve […]
Read MoreAuthors: T. Perl et al Anaesthesia 2019; The use of fluid‐warming systems is recommended for infusion rates > 500 ml.h−1 to avoid peri‐operative hypothermia. Some fluid‐warming devices use disposable aluminium‐heated plates for heat transfer, but there is no protective coating to separate the fluid from the heated aluminium surface. It is unknown if this could promote […]
Read MoreBy Chiara Townley Medical News Today The American Society of Plastic Surgeons have published new statistics that reveal recent trends in body-shaping procedures. A new report shows which cosmetic procedures were most popular in 2018. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 18 million people underwent surgical and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures in the […]
Read MoreHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL Overlapping surgeries safe overall, study finds, but researchers urge extra caution in cardiac procedures, high-risk patients A surgeon sometimes moves from one surgery to the next before the first one is completed, leaving junior surgeons, residents and physician assistants to complete the noncritical portions of the procedure. The practice happens tens of […]
Read MoreBy Ana Sandoiu Medical News Today New research finds an accurate way of diagnosing fibromyalgia and differentiating it from other related conditions. Using blood samples and innovative techniques, scientists have detected a “molecular fingerprint” that is unique to the condition. Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that affects 2–8 percent of the worldwide population and approximately 4 million adults in the United […]
Read MoreAuthor: Les Masterson Heathcare Dive Dive Brief: Hospitals acquired 8,000 medical practices and 14,000 physicians left private practice and entered into employment arrangements with hospitals between July 2016 and January 2018, according to a new report by Avalere Health and the Physicians Advisory Institute (PAI). The number of hospital-acquired physician practices grew from 35,700 in 2012 to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Linda Carroll Reuters Health Just because the flagship hospital gets good marks for patient care doesn’t mean results will be equally good in affiliated hospitals in the same network, a new study finds. Researchers found variable surgical outcomes across networks associated with hospitals that received the highest rankings from U.S. News & World Report, […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Vashishta, Rishi, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 2 – p 248–255 BACKGROUND: Patients on antidepressant or antianxiety medications often have complex perioperative courses due to difficult pain management, altered coping mechanisms, or medication-related issues. This study examined the relationship between preoperative antidepressants and antianxiety medications on postoperative […]
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