By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) around the time of conception significantly increases the risk of miscarriage in the first eight weeks of pregnancy, a study suggests. Researchers compared newly pregnant women who used NSAIDs around the time of conception or early in their pregnancy to those who used acetaminophen […]
Read MoreBy Rachael Rettner Life Science June 2018 Marijuana use may affect how much pain people feel and the dose of painkillers they need following a traumatic injury, such as an injury from a car accident, a new study suggests. The study found that, after experiencing a traumatic injury, marijuana users reported higher levels of pain, and needed […]
Read MoreOral vitamin E supplementation consisting of 400 mg/day mixed tocotrienols for 1 year may not result in improved neuropathic pain symptoms in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), according to a randomized trial published in JAMA Neurology. In this double-blind placebo-controlled trial, investigators randomly assigned patients with DPN (mean age, 57.6±8.9 years; mean duration of diabetes, […]
Read MoreAuthor at Forbes Bruce Japsen As insurance companies shift more reimbursement away from fee-for-service medicine, doctors and their practices are seeing more of their bonuses and pay hikes based on “value-based metrics such as patient satisfaction and outcome measures,” new reports on physician compensation indicate. Physician staffing firm MerrittHawkins said 43% of its clients offering physicians […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Afreen, Lubana K., BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2018 – Volume 127 – Issue 2 – p 420–423 BACKGROUND: Known complications of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) include pancreatitis, bleeding, duodenal perforation, and venous air embolism (VAE). The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of VAE during ERCP and be able to […]
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