Doctors May Under-Prescribe Pain Meds During Night Shifts
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Under-prescription of pain medications occurs during night shifts, according to a study published online June 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Shoham Choshen-Hillel, Ph.D., from the …
Learn MoreE-Noses Promising for Diagnosing Cancer from Exhaled Breath
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Electronic noses (e-noses) appear to have a relatively high diagnostic accuracy in the detection of cancer from exhaled breath, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published online June 29 in …
Learn MoreTwo Doses of BNT162b2 Moderately Effective for 5- to 11-Year-Olds
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For children aged 5 to 11 years, two doses of BNT162b2 provide moderate protection against documented severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and symptomatic COVID-19, accordin…
Learn MoreFeatures of Migraine Identified on Functional MRI
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the amygdala and hippocampus can differentiate patients with migraine from healthy controls (HCs) and patients with tension-type headache (TTH), according …
Learn MoreNHS Privatization Tied to Increase in Treatable Mortality
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Outsourcing spending for health care services to the private for-profit sector in the United Kingdom is associated with increased mortality from causes that should be treatable by medical intervention, accor…
Learn MorePrevalence of CRC Screening Remains Low in Those Aged 50 to 54
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2000 to 2018, there was an increase in the prevalence of colorectal cancer screening, but it remained low for adults aged 50 to 54 years, according to a study published online June 23 in Cancer Epidemio…
Learn MoreStudy Explores Employment, Economic Consequences of mTBI
THURSDAY, June 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has employment and economic consequences for patients, according to a study published online June 29 in JAMA Network Open.Étienne Gaudette, Ph.D., from the Dalla Lana Schoo…
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