UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE New Penn Medicine study found music to be similarly effective as the intravenous form of the sedative medication midazolam in lowering anxiety before anesthetic procedure Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study published […]
Read MoreBy Baylor College of Medicine In the surgical setting, the concept “to err is human” could potentially be a matter of life and death. In an effort to identify surgical errors that could be prevented, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine conducted a comprehensive analysis of surgeries that resulted in adverse events over a six-month […]
Read MoreBy Tauren Dyson Emergency departments with in-house intensive care units have higher survival rates and better overall care, a new study shows. The findings, published this week in JAMA Open Network, come from research out of the Massey Family Foundation Emergency Critical Care Center, an intensive care unit housed in the emergency department at Michigan Medicine. Patient […]
Read MoreHealthDay News Pot use and pregnancy hardly go hand-in-hand for health reasons, but more American women are using marijuana just before and right after they become pregnant, new research warns. “These findings should alert women’s health clinicians to be aware of potential increases in daily and weekly cannabis use among their patients,” said lead study […]
Read Moreby Joanne Finnegan Fierce Healthcare | The number of deaths from drug overdoses in the U.S. dropped for the first time in decades. A decline in prescriptions for opioids is a major factor for the drop in drug overdose deaths—the first time the number of deaths has dropped in the U.S. since 1990. Drug overdose deaths […]
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