3 strategies to break down barriers to breastfeeding and lower women ’s risk of breast cancer
Key takeawaysEven though the Affordable Care Act requires coverage of “comprehensive lactation support” families are often unclear about what their insurance offers.Parental leave should be longer and paid for both parents, study participants said.Workplace owners, managers and employees should be better informed about family leave rights.When it comes to encouraging women in California to breastfeed, health care providers, insurance companies and employers need to be doing more, according to recommendations in anew report from theUCLA Center for Health Policy Research.Breastfeeding has been shown in studies tolower th...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 31, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
NIH analysis reveals a significant rise in use of complementary health approaches, especially for pain management
Researchers examined the use of modalities such as yoga, meditation, massage over 20 years. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - January 31, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
How I Manage My Chronic Migraine in the Moment
Migraine relief isn't always easy to come by. A woman with chronic migraine describes the pain management and self-care techniques that help her. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pain management in victims of disasters - Mitchell J, Forget P.
Pain is widely studied and is considered a major clinical, social, and economic problem worldwide, although it remains poorly understood. For disaster victims, the complex picture, biologically, psychologically, and socially, only makes the situation even ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
How To Remove Wound Care Products When Changing Dressings
Successfully removing dressings can be beneficial for wound care. It is one thing to apply wound care products that are necessary to heal an injury, but it’s equally important to properly remove applied products when changing the dressing. Part of this process may include efficiently cleaning the damaged tissue to avoid a wound infection and appropriately unraveling a covering or layer of ... Read more
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Source: Advanced Tissue - January 25, 2024 Category: Dermatology Authors: Lawson Dalton Tags: Health Dressing Techniques Healing Tips infection prevention Pain Management Wound Care Source Type: news
Scared of Sharps? This MAP Shows the Way to Delivering Painless Vaccines
A micro-needle patch (MAP) is an innovative method to deliver drugs and vaccines. Credit: QuadMedicineBy Busani BafanaSEOUL, Jan 22 2024 (IPS) If the fear of sharps makes a visit to the doctor dreadful, you need not dread it anymore.
A South Korean company’s invention of an innovative micro-needle patch could make you look forward to your next doctor’s visit.
The micro-needle patch (MAP) is a painless, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly way to administer vaccines and drugs in place of solid injections, its developers say.
The MAP system has the combined advantages of conventional patches and syringes. It ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Headlines Health Population TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report South Korea Source Type: news
Kids of color get worse health care across the board in the U.S.
The strongest disparity evidence was found in pain management. (Source: PsycPORT.com)
Source: PsycPORT.com - January 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
What to Know About Complementary Treatments for Lupus
Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can be a distressing and disorienting experience. Surveys of people who have chronic diseases have found that many experience a sense of powerlessness, and that they tend to view their condition as more than a threat to their health; it’s also seen as a threat to their psychological well-being, as well as their social and personal identities.
All of these experiences may be heightened among people with lupus, a complex autoimmune condition that tends to arise unexpectedly and in relatively young patients. The unpredictable and highly variable course of the disease can contrib...
Source: TIME: Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Perspectives of healthcare workers on the integration of overdose detection technologies in acute care settings - Rioux W, Kilby K, Jones S, Joshi P, VandenBerg S, Ghosh SM.
BACKGROUND: People who use drugs (PWUD) face disproportionately high rates of hospitalizations and patient-initiated discharge (leaving against medical advice), explained by a combination of stigma, withdrawal, judgment, blame, and improper pain management... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
FDA Greenlights Genetic Test to Gauge Opioid Addiction Risk FDA Greenlights Genetic Test to Gauge Opioid Addiction Risk
The test will help healthcare providers to assess an individual ' s risk of developing opioid use disorder, offering a new approach to pain management.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
ProleevaMax Unleashes Innovative Organic Supplement Targeting Arthritic Pain: A Holistic Approach to Pain Management
ProleevaMax launches holistic, organic supplements for arthritic pain, redefining pain management with innovation and natural relief. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ProleevaMax, a trailblazer in organic health solutions, proudly announces the launch of its... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news
Ozone Pharmaceuticals eyes Rs 1,000 crore topline in next 3 years
According to the statement, Ozone launched its Molecule initiative with a vision to become the world's foremost pain management company. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Diagnostic errors tied to patient harm
Diagnostic errors, including those from radiology among hospitalized adults who died or were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU), are common, according to a study published January 8 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Researchers led by Andrew Auerbach, MD, from the University of California, San Francisco found that a missed or delayed diagnosis took place in 23% of patients in their study, with 17% of these errors causing temporary or permanent harm to patients. Such errors included delayed ordering of a CT angiogram (CTA) and incorrect management of abdominal CT findings.
“Problems with choosing and interpreting tes...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 10, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Vanguard Predicts Bonds To Make Strong Comeback:'Short-Term Pain Can Lead To Long-Term Gain '
After two years of negative returns, the bond market is experiencing a revival, and the credit goes to the Federal Reserve, as per Vanguard‘s analysis. What Happened: In their Wednesday note, Vanguard, the investment management company, has attributed the recent positive turn in the bond market to…#federalreserve #vanguards #vanguard #federalreserves #treasurys #meme #jordanbelfort (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What ’s In Store For Consumer Healthcare In 2024? Experts Weigh In
Healthcare investors and leaders share their predictions for 2024, from hormonal health and pain management to a broadening focus on women and older consumers, and more. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 29, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Deb Gordon, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
