Higher Buprenorphine Dose Increases Likelihood of Staying in Treatment
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients initiating buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder who are prescribed a 24-mg dose are more likely to remain in treatment longer than those prescribed 16 mg, according to a study published …
Learn MorePremenstrual Disorders Tied to Earlier Natural Menopause
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Premenstrual disorders (PMDs) are associated with a higher risk for early menopause, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in JAMA Network Open.Yihui Yang, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockho…
Learn MoreAI Software to Detect Large Vessel Occlusion Cuts Workflow Time
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence (AI)-detected large vessel occlusion (LVO) ischemic stroke coupled with secure mobile phone application-based communication improves in-hospital acute ischemic stroke workflows, acco…
Learn MoreWomen Less Likely to Get CPR for Cardiac Arrest in Public Place Than Men
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women are significantly less likely to receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BCPR) than men when experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in a public location, according to a study pres…
Learn MoreMore Than 10 Million U.S. Adults Live in Counties Without Psychiatrists, Broadband
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than 10 million people lived in U.S. counties without psychiatrists and broadband coverage in 2020, according to a research letter published online Sept. 14 in JAMA Network Open.Tarun Ramesh, from Har…
Learn MoreMost Patients Seen in Emergency Department for Pain Consume Few Opioids After Discharge
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Opioid prescriptions following emergency department discharge should be adapted to specific acute pain conditions, according to a study presented at the annual European Emergency Medicine Congress, held fro…
Learn More2006 to 2020 Saw Decrease in Death Following First Heart Attack
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Death rates following a first heart attack decreased for those without diabetes or with type 2 diabetes (T2D), but not for those with type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a study scheduled to be presented …
Learn MoreFDA Must Crack Down on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens: Report
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco.Among the report’s findings were that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration nee…
Learn MoreU.S. Resumes Free COVID Test Program
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans will once again be able to get free at-home COVID tests.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday that it will spend $600 million to buy and offer the tests, produ…
Learn MoreSuppressing Negative Thoughts Can Sometimes Be Healthy, Study Contends
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A longstanding core belief of mental health maintains that people must confront their fears to ease the anxiety and depression stemming from those negative thoughts.Now a new study argues that, for some peo…
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