Art Intervention May Be Beneficial for Cancer Patients
Brief bedside session associated with improved positive mood, pain scores and decreased anxiety
Saturday Is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Unused medications can be dropped off at local collection sites between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
People With Opioid Use Disorder Have High Suicide Rate
Based on data from multiple sources, many opioid-overdose deaths seem to be suicides
Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online
Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records
American College of Physicians, April 19-21
The American College of Physicians: Internal Medicine Meeting The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held from April 19...
Celecoxib Lowers Opioid Use Post Head & Neck Cancer Surgery
Decreased opioid use seen after head and neck cancer surgery with free tissue reconstruction
Patients Prefer Doctors Who Engage in Face-to-Face Visits
Patients perceive F2F physicians as more compassionate and better communicators
Eight Factors Predict Pain After Spine Surgery
Post-op pain strongly linked to number of classes of non-opioid analgesics used, remifentanil use
Study Finds 31 Percent Use No Opioids After Surgery
At discharge, 92.2 percent of patients received an opioid prescription; nearly 63 percent unused
Less Pain Post TKA With Addition of Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Lower numeric rating scale pain scores on ambulation on postoperative days zero, one, and two
