People With Cerebral Palsy Could Be in the Crosshairs of the Opioid Crisis
TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People with cerebral palsy are more likely to be prescribed opioids to manage pain, making them vulnerable to the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States, according to a new study.While pain is common amo…
Learn MoreWhat Is Gonococcal Arthritis?
TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Heard of gonorrhea? Most likely. What about gonococcal arthritis? Maybe not.Most folks are familiar with what is gonorrhea, but few may know about gonococcal arthritis, a rare side effect of this sexually tr…
Learn MoreTeething Symptoms and How to Help Your Baby Get Relief
TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When babies start teething, the pain and discomfort can be hard on them. In this short guide, we’ll explain what teething is, when you can expect it to occur and its most common symptoms.Plus, you’ll discove…
Learn MoreRacial Disparities in Stroke Mortality Increased During Pandemic
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The difference in age-adjusted stroke death rates (AASDRs) between Black and White adults was higher during the pandemic than during the prepandemic period, according to research published in the April 21 is…
Learn MoreInvestments Needed to Meet Demand for Home Care Workforce
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The home care workforce increased from 2008 to 2013, but growth slowed to 2019, while the number of Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) participants increased continuously from 2008 to 2020, acc…
Learn MoreHypotension, Hypertension Avoidance Strategies Explored in Noncardiac Surgery
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Hypotension-avoidance and hypertension-avoidance strategies result in similar incidence of major vascular complications among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, according to a study published online Apri…
Learn MoreStudy Looks at Access to Kidney Care for Undocumented Immigrants
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Twenty states and the District of Columbia (DC) provide coverage for outpatient hemodialysis for undocumented immigrants, five of which also provide coverage for kidney transplantation, according to a researc…
Learn MorePrognosis of Multiple Myeloma Has Improved Since 2000
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with multiple myeloma (MM), there has been an improvement in prognosis since 2000, but mortality still remains elevated, according to a study published online April 6 in BMC Cancer.Christine Eisf…
Learn MoreComedian, Actor Richard Lewis Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Comedian Richard Lewis is the latest celebrity to reveal that he has been diagnosed with the central nervous system disorder Parkinson’s disease.Lewis, 75, said in a video shared on Twitter Sunday that he’d h…
Learn MoreLas mujeres negras mueren más jóvenes de cáncer de mama. ¿Deberían recibir las pruebas antes?
VIERNES, 21 de abril de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los expertos recomiendan que las mujeres al menos piensen en iniciar las pruebas de detección del cáncer de mama cuando cumplen 40 años. Ahora, un nuevo estudio sugiere que esto es particularmente esenc…
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