Author: Lisa Rapaport The only liver disease becoming more widespread in the U.S. is one driven by obesity and diabetes, even as other types of liver disorders linked to drinking or hepatitis are becoming less common, researchers say. For the study, researchers examined nationwide health survey data collected in five cycles between 1988 and 2016. […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Most women attending breast screening or evaluation don’t know that alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer, a BMJ Open study finds. Roughly 200 U.K. women attending screening mammography or breast symptom evaluation, as well as 30 health professionals at these sites, were asked to list risk factors for breast cancer. Only […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Splinter W et al Paediatric Anaesthesia May 2019 BACKGROUND Recent publications from the United States, India and Korea report that children undergoing hypospadias repair with caudal regional anesthesia/analgesia could have increased postoperative surgical complications. AIM The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to assess the impact between caudal regional anesthesia, other regional anesthesia […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tepper SJ et al. Neurology 2019 Apr 17 Erenumab shows promise in a subgroup analysis of patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse in a phase 2 trial. Chronic migraine (CM) — defined as 15 or more headache days per month — can be difficult to treat. It is often accompanied by medication overuse (MO), […]
Read MoreBy Shamane Mills Wisconsin Public Radio Mental Decline Determined To Be Small In Patients Who Had Major Surgery General anesthesia allows those having surgery not to feel pain or remember what occurred on the operating table. Both functions are controlled by the brain so no matter what part of the body is being operated on, […]
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