18+ hour, 57+ min ago  (702+ words) | Newswise'Newswise New Research Shows Risks of Combining Cannabis Edibles and Alcohol Behind the Wheel Johns Hopkins researchers emphasize the importance of considering the heightened risks associated with combining cannabis and alcohol in public health messaging, policy and regulatory decisions. Newswise…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (191+ words) A large, two-year study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and consisting of more than 1, 400 adults living with chronic pain across the United States found that people who struggle to identify and describe their emotions experience greater disruption to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (240+ words) The study analyzed deidentified data from more than 25, 000 patients across 80 U. S. healthcare organizations using the Tri Net X database, spanning January 2013 through December 2023. Researchers found that following the publication of the CPG in April 2021, opioid prescribing in the postoperative period dropped…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (236+ words) The study analyzed deidentified data from more than 25, 000 patients across 80 U. S. healthcare organizations using the Tri Net X database, spanning January 2013 through December 2023. Researchers found that following the publication of the CPG in April 2021, opioid prescribing in the postoperative period dropped…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (633+ words) Newswise " People getting their teeth pulled or drilled by dentists in the United States are still much more likely to get powerful opioid medications than dental patients in other developed countries or even the U. S. territory of Puerto Rico, a new…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (633+ words) Newswise " People getting their teeth pulled or drilled by dentists in the United States are still much more likely to get powerful opioid medications than dental patients in other developed countries or even the U. S. territory of Puerto Rico, a new…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (293+ words) A sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial (SMART) found that people with chronic low back pain experienced slight improvement in daily function when starting treatment with physical therapy compared with cognitive behavioral therapy. Physical Therapy Provides Modest Improvements for Chronic Low…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (393+ words) The American College of Physicians (ACP) supports meaningful, evidence-based performance measures for internal medicine that improve patient care but does not recommend a core measure for migraine treatment at this time, citing inadequacies in the existing measure. ACP Finds Performance…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (253+ words) CHICAGO " Combining cannabis with an opioid did not improve acute pain for people with knee arthritis, according to results of a study published in the May issue of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)....

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (284+ words) The report highlights a growing disconnect between clinical metrics and patient experience. While standard 0-to-10 scales and paper questionnaires are often used to justify treatments to insurance companies, patients like Catherine Hicks and Erin Adams describe them as "confusing," "frustrating,…...