Use of Medication Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder Increased 2010 to 2019
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Despite some progress in expanding access to medications to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD), a substantial gap between OUD prevalence and treatment receipt still exists, according to a study published onli…
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening is associated with a decreased risk for prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) among both Black and White men, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in JA…
Learn MoreTPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment — If You Can Get It
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — What if a rare viral illness with the potential to cause excruciating pain was in fact treatable, but the only drug for that use was nearly impossible to get, despite being in plentiful supply?That is preci…
Learn MoreGuideline Addresses Anorectal Abscess; Anal, Rectovaginal Fistulas
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In clinical practice guidelines issued by the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and published in the August issue of Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, updated recommendations are presented for t…
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Megan Buchholz groggily read the notification from her smartwatch. Its vibration had roused her out of a deep sleep.At 3 a.m. on a Monday this past March, she read an alert that said the de…
Learn MorePeripheral Endovascular Intervention Incidence Increased Among Blacks
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black adults have higher population-level incidence of peripheral endovascular intervention (PVI) and are more likely to experience adverse events after PVI, according to a study published in the July 19 is…
Learn MoreRadiomics-Based AI Models Can Detect PDAC From Prediagnostic CT
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Radiomics-based machine learning (ML) models can detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) from prediagnostic computed tomography (CT) images, according to a study published online June 30 in Gastroe…
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Learn MoreFDA Stretches Monkeypox Vaccine Supply by Authorizing Smaller Doses
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay) — As at-risk Americans stand in long lines across the country, trying to get the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials on Tuesday announced they will modify dosing instructions for the shot to help stretch the…
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