You Can Safely Avoid Addictive Long-Acting Opioids After Knee Replacement
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- It ' s well known that long-acting opioid meds raise the odds for addiction in users -- including folks dealing with pain after an orthopedic surgery.Now, new research suggests that patients fare just as well if doctors... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Young Survivors Of Gun Violence- What It Means For Public Health
Child survivors of gun violence experience substance use disorders and pain disorders at more than double the rates of those that do not experience gun violence. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Omer Awan, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news

Kill me, I'm lonely: Mother, 60, applies to be EUTHANIZED in Canada after becoming isolated from friends and family due to condition that causes achy bones
Jacquie Holyoak, 60, does not have a terminal condition - but instead wants to end her life because she lives in 'pain and poverty' and 'would like to find a way out'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Linked to Bladder Pain/Interstitial Cystitis
THURSDAY, March 7, 2024 -- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) seems to be associated with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) in women, according to a study published online Dec. 26 in Sleep and Breathing. İbrahim Güven... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 7, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Three-Drug Combo Wins for Opioid-Sparing Pain Relief After Hip Replacement
(MedPage Today) -- Pain control during the first 24 hours after total hip arthroplasty was maximized in a randomized trial with a combination of acetaminophen (A), ibuprofen (I), and dexamethasone (D), as opposed to various combinations of two... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 7, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

What does the budget really mean for you?
by Anna Birley from UNISON’s policy unit While goings on in Westminster can feel a long way from normal day-to-day life, the decisions made at the budget by the chancellor have a huge impact on everybody’s work, household finances and the public services we all rely on. This week’s budget was no different, so let’s break down what the budget means for you and the services you rely on, along with some helpful myth-busting on the way. What’s happening with my taxes? The biggest headline, which was trailed days before the formal announcement, was the 2p cut in National Insurance. At first glance, this se...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - March 7, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Martin Cullen Tags: Article News budget General election 2024 national insurance Tax Source Type: news

2023's Top SpA Studies Address IBD, Residual Pain, and More 2023's Top SpA Studies Address IBD, Residual Pain, and More
Dr Eric Ruderman discussed IBD screening and treatment, managing residual pain, spondyloarthritis incidence by sex, withdrawing and extending biologics, and prospects for future treatments.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: news

The designer who turned her pain into a colorful crochet brand (spotted on Kendrick Lamar)
Krysta Grasso's vibrant crochet brand, Unlikely Fox, is dedicated to her late mother, who taught her how to crochet when she was 5. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kailyn Brown Source Type: news

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Set New Studio LP ‘Wild God’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds will unleash Wild God later this year, the alternative rock outfit’s 18th studio album. Led by the title track, Wild God is the followup to Ghosteen, the critically-lauded two-disc longplay from 2019, which explored Cave’s exposure to grief and pain, following the sudden…#nickcavebadseeds #ghosteen #australianmusicprize #ivornovelloawards #kennygates #badseeds #thomaswydler #martyncasey #jimsclavunos #georgevjestica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fed Chair Powell says there ’s no rush to cut interest rates
The Federal Reserve is in no rush to cut interest rates, according to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s written testimony submitted to congressional lawmakers, released Wednesday. That means more pain for Americans, who have already faced almost two years of elevated borrowing costs on everything from car…#federalreserve #jeromepowell #capitolhill #josétorres #interactivebrokers #atlantafed #raphaelbostic #richmondfed #thomasbarkin #chicagofed (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Inflation Is Cooling Without Employment Pain
The inflation situation has “eased notably” over the past year, without any significant spikes in unemployment, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday. The total personal consumption expenditures price index rose 2.4% over the 12 months ending in January. Excluding the more volatile food and…#jeromepowell #pce #importantly (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Seniors, Doctors at Odds on Opioid Risks and 'Deprescribing'
(MedPage Today) -- Older people with chronic pain expressed views about opioid use that often sharply differed from those of primary care doctors, an interview-based study indicated. When asked about the risks associated with long-term opioid... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 6, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

CAC score may predict heart attack, stroke risk
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring with CT could determine whether patients with heart disease symptoms are at low risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a study published March 5 in Radiology. The study results could help patients with stable chest pain avoid invasive coronary angiography (ICA), said senior author Marc Dewey, MD, of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany in a statement released by the RSNA. "[Our] findings suggest that patients with stable chest pain and a coronary artery calcium score of zero may not require invasive coronary angiography using cardiac catheterization because the r...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties CT Cardiovascular Radiology Source Type: news

Dengue is raging in Brazil. A promising local vaccine is at least a year away
When dengue started to circulate in his small town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Fabio Vilella’s first thought was that he should get his 13-year-old son vaccinated. Children are especially vulnerable, and his son had dengue before, which increases the risk of severe disease. But Vilella, an environmental biologist, soon made a startling discovery: Not a single private clinic or pharmacy in the country had any vaccine left. “I’m really worried,” he says. Brazil is seeing an unprecedented surge in dengue, a viral disease that can cause excruciating pains and is sometimes fatal. An unusually hot ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 5, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

First DCB Approved; DAPT Bleeds With Low LDL-C; Pre-CABG Cardiac Rehab
(MedPage Today) -- FDA approved the Agent drug-coated balloon (DCB) for coronary in-stent restenosis, making this the first DCB to make it to the U.S. market, manufacturer Boston Scientific announced. In people with stable chest pain, a coronary... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news