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For patients with contained cervical disc herniation

PCN, PRF Both Relieve Pain in Cervical Disc Herniation

No significant difference in pain relief for percutaneous nucleoplasty, pulsed radio frequency
For 83-year-old patients with hip fracture

Orthogeriatric Model of Care Cost-Effective in Elderly With Hip Fx

Orthogeriatric-led service most effective, cost-effective model of care for men, women aged 83
Empathetic listening can help physicians navigate difficult situations and forge deeper connections with patients

AMA: Practicing Empathy May Lead to More Joy in Medicine

Doctors should take advantage of first few minutes of clinical encounter, give full attention to patients
Pregabalin is beneficial for neuropathic pain

Pregabalin Benefits Not Linked to Prior Gabapentin Use

Same relief for those who had/had not received gabapentin
For buprenorphine prescribers

Physicians Treating Few Patients With Buprenorphine

22 percent of prescribers had monthly census of one to three patients; 9 percent had >75 patients
A non-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-targeted biologic is more effective than a second anti-TNF drug for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with insufficient response to a first anti-TNF drug

Non-TNF Biologic Beats Second Anti-TNF in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Findings in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with insufficient response to first anti-TNF drug
Abuse of opioids costs the U.S. economy $78.5 billion a year

Economic Burden of U.S. Opioid Epidemic $78.5 Billion Annually

Costs includes health care, lost productivity, treatment programs
An intervention based on art therapy and clown visits can reduce children's anxiety at preoperative separation from parents

Art Therapy, Clown Visits Cut Children’s Preoperative Anxiety

Intervention based on art therapy and clown visits can reduce pre-op anxiety at separation from parents
Hospitals are increasingly switching to an employment relationship with physicians

Hospitals Increasingly Employing Doctors, Effects on Care Uncertain

Switch to employment model not linked to improvement in any of four composite quality metrics
Staff members at nearly one in 10 major U.S. cancer centers -- all of which provide palliative care services -- weren't certain such symptom-management and supportive care was actually available there

Some Cancer Center Staff Uncertain of Services Offered

'Mystery shopper' study shows one in 10 facilities provided misinformation on palliative care services