No Meaningful Increase Seen in New Opioid Use Disorder Diagnoses With Routine Screening
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Implementation of opioid use disorder (OUD) screening in primary care does not increase the percentage of patients with a new OUD diagnosis in a clinically meaningful way, according to a research letter publis…
Learn MoreRite Aid Pharmacy Chain Files for Bankruptcy
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The drugstore chain Rite Aid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due largely to competition and thousands of lawsuits for its role in allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.The company filed a notice…
Learn MoreBiden Administration Moves to Boost Health Care to the Homeless
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new rule allows health care providers to be reimbursed for treating homeless people wherever they are, rather than just in hospitals or clinics. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began allowi…
Learn MoreSurgical Site Infections: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments
A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that happens where you had surgery. SSIs happen in 2% to 4% of people who have surgery while in the hospital, says the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Even though most infections can be treat…
Learn MoreUn mono al que se le dio un riñón de cerdo editado genéticamente todavía está vivo dos años después
LUNES, 16 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Dos años después de que un riñón de cerdo editado genéticamente fuera trasplantado a un mono, los investigadores informan que el mono todavía está vivo.”Somos el único grupo en el campo que aborda de ma…
Learn MoreLa inteligencia artificial tiene una tasa de éxito del 100% en la detección de melanomas
LUNES, 16 de octubre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — La capacidad de detectar el cáncer de piel utilizando software de inteligencia artificial (IA) ha mejorado rápidamente.Una nueva investigación presentada el miércoles en una conferencia médica en Berlín…
Learn MoreDonor’s Immune Cells Could Help Transplant Recipients Avoid Organ Rejection
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A liver transplant can give people a new lease on life, but at the cost of lifelong immune-suppressing medication and its risks. Now an innovative approach to reduce, or possibly eliminate, certain patients’ r…
Learn MoreNon-White Patients Assigned Less Severe Triage Scores
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Mistriage of non-White patients in the emergency department appears to be common, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in JAMA Network Open.Joshua W. Joseph, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in…
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