About 20 Percent of U.S. Adults Experienced Chronic Pain in 2021
Higher prevalence seen for non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native adults, bisexual adults, those who are divorced or separated
Biden to Expand Access to Health Care for Immigrants Brought Illegally to U.S. as...
DACA participants have not had the opportunity to obtain health insurance as they do not meet the definition of having 'lawful presence' in the United States
Suicide Deaths Positively Linked to Measures of Opioid Prescribing
Significant associations seen for suicide deaths with opioid prescriptions per capita, having any, high-dose, long-term opioid prescription
Biden Signs Bill to End National COVID-19 Emergency
President Joe Biden signed a Republican-backed bill that ends the national COVID-19 emergency a month earlier than planned
Guidance Issued for Optimal Timing of Knee, Hip Total Joint Arthroplasty
Conditional recommendations include not delaying surgery to pursue additional nonoperative treatments
Pulsed Radiofrequency + Steroids Best for Sciatica From Herniated Disc
Outcomes better with pulsed radiofrequency + transforaminal epidural steroid injection than injection alone in terms of leg pain severity, disability over one year after treatment
Postpartum Opioid Fills Increased With Onset of Pandemic
Observed increases were larger for patients who delivered by C-section than for those with vaginal delivery
Recreational Cannabis Tied to Unintended Harms, Benefits
Car crash fatalities up in these states, but opioid overdose deaths down
Cluster Headache, Migraine Highly Circadian
Circadian pattern of attacks identified, and circadian associations seen at systems and cellular levels
United States Exceeds Western Europe for Excess Deaths
While COVID-19 drove this excess in 2021, nearly half of excess deaths were from other causes
