By Kelly Young Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Acupuncture may help ease pain in patients with cancer, according to a meta-analysis in JAMA Oncology. Researchers analyzed 14 randomized trials comparing acupuncture or acupressure with control therapies (placebo, sham acupuncture, analgesics, usual care) in over 900 cancer patients. Compared with sham acupuncture, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Alice Emery Romper No one plans on vomiting during labor. No, most of us like to picture ourselves with our hair in a messy but becoming top knot, waterproof mascara applied, with perhaps a slight sweaty sheen (i.e glow) to our cheeks. But the truth? Some of us may hurl. And getting an epidural if you’re vomiting honestly […]
Read MoreBy Erika Edwards NBC Health Women, minorities and the poor are most vulnerable. Almost half of U.S. adults will be considered obese by 2030 — with women, African Americans and people in low-income households most vulnerable, according to new projections published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers said those groups in particular are […]
Read MoreAuthors: Chhatriwalla AK et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019 Dec 17 Resor CD. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019 Dec 17 A registry analysis demonstrated an improvement in procedure success after an interventionalist’s first 50 cases. Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) with MitraClip was FDA-approved in 2013. To assess the association between operator experience and procedural outcomes, investigators […]
Read MoreThe number of teens taking and overdosing from benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed anxiety medications, has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to a national study coauthored by Rutgers researchers. The study, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology, found a 54 percent increase in cases involving children ages 12 to 18 that were reported to U.S. Poison Control […]
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