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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, […]
Read MoreThis is for us to share with our grandmothers. By Amy Orciari Herman Walking at least 4400 steps daily might help improve survival in older women, a JAMA Internal Medicine study suggests — welcome news for people who don’t hit the much-promoted goal of 10,000 steps daily. Nearly 17,000 older women wore a hip accelerometer for 7 […]
Read Moreby British Medical Journal False teeth need to be taken out before a general anaesthetic, doctors warn in the journal BMJ Case Reports after a 72 year old’s dentures got stuck in his throat during surgery to remove a harmless lump in his abdominal wall, and weren’t discovered for eight days. Aside from experiencing considerable pain, bleeding, and […]
Read MoreAuthors: M. Mohta et al Presented in part at the 37th Annual European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Congress, Dublin, Ireland, September 2018. Summary Phenylephrine is currently the vasopressor of choice during elective caesarean section, but it can cause reflex bradycardia. Noradrenaline, a potent α‐agonist and weak β‐agonist, may be associated with a lower incidence of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jun Xiong et al BMC Anesthesiology Volume 19, Article number: 63 (2019) Background The negative pressure pulmonary edema is rare clinical situation which caused mainly by upper airway obstruction. However except upper airway obstruction, there may be other pathophysiological disorders making patients more vulnerable to pulmonary edema. Based on these disorders, upper airway obstruction is the trigger to […]
Read MoreAuthor: JOHN COMMINS HealthLeader Population growth and gains in employer-sponsored coverage did not overcome drops in Medicaid, CHIP and ACA marketplace coverage. KEY TAKEAWAYS An additional 2.3 million people had employer-sponsored insurance in 2017, but 1.9 million fewer people had coverage through Medicaid, CHIP, or the ACA marketplaces. The uninsured rate in Medicaid expansion states held […]
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