Emergency Care Vs. Urgent Care: What’s the Difference?
SUNDAY, Jan. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’re sick or have been injured, you might not know whether the emergency room or urgent care is the right place to be treated.The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) offers some general advice,…
Learn MorePostoperative Restrictive Opioid Rx Protocol Feasible for Most Patients
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Implementation of a restrictive opioid prescription protocol (ROPP) — prescribing an opioid supply of three or fewer days — to surgical patients after hospital discharge is feasible for most patients, accordi…
Learn MorePlastic Surgery Not Seeing Increase in Resident Applications
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The number of applicants to plastic surgery and other surgical residencies have changed only minimally, despite the increase in residency positions, according to a study published in the January issue of Plast…
Learn MoreCVS, Walgreens Say They Will Offer Abortion Pills in Some States
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two major pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens, plan to offer abortion pills in states that do not have restrictions that would prevent dispensing the medications. This likely will not increase access in states t…
Learn MoreUn programa de 3 semanas es una ayuda efectiva para aliviar el TEPT vinculado con el combate
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un método breve pero intensivo de “psicoterapia” puede ayudar a muchos veteranos de combate a vencer el trastorno por estrés postraumático (TEPT), encontró un nuevo ensayo clínico.El estudio evaluó unos f…
Learn MoreUn tejido peniano artificial restaura la función en un estudio con cerdos
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un nuevo estudio con cerdos se muestra promisorio para reparar las lesiones penianas en los humanos.Unos científicos de China desarrollaron un tejido sintético que, según informan, repara las lesiones y r…
Learn MoreCómo un ‘enero abstemio’ podría ayudar a su salud
JUEVES, 5 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Tener un “enero abstemio”, es decir, renunciar al alcohol durante el primer mes del año, es tendencia.Y no es mala idea, según un consejero de rehabilitación de las drogas y el alcohol de la Clínica Cleve…
Learn MoreRecommendations Developed Relating to Cannabis Use Before Surgery
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In consensus guidelines issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and published online Jan. 5 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, recommendations are presented for the perioper…
Learn MoreNew Hope Against ‘Incurable’ Liver Disease That Kills Children
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with an incurable, genetic liver disease have new hope after an animal study showed that a single drug could reverse its effects.Alagille syndrome is caused by a mutation that prevents the formation an…
Learn MoreMIS-C Seems More Common, Severe Than Previously Thought
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) seems to be more common and more severe than previously thought, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in JAMA Network Open.William Encinosa, Ph.D., …
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