Study: 20% of patients are prescribed opioids after cardiac device implantation surgery 10/21/2019 Medications, One in five patients is prescribed opioids after having a pacemaker or similar device implanted,...
Expanding Medicaid means chronic health problems get found and health improves, study finds 10/01/2019 Health News, Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program discovered they...
Study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle 09/30/2019 Health News, UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access...
New study questions value of fluoride varnish 09/20/2019 Health News, Fluoride varnish has become a popular anti-cavity treatment for children, and it isn't hard to...
NIH study suggests higher air pollution exposure during second pregnancy may increase preterm birth risk 09/13/2019 Health News, Pregnant women who are exposed to higher air pollution levels during their second pregnancy, compared...
Study reveals worrying decline in medication use after heart surgery 09/03/2019 Medications, Use of preventive medications is high early after heart surgery but decreases significantly over time,...
High fat diet during pregnancy slows learning in offspring, rat study suggests 08/27/2019 Health News, In a bid to further explore how a mother-to-be's diet might affect her offspring's brain...
Americans are spending even more time sitting, study shows 07/26/2019 Health News, (HealthDay)—The United States has grown a bumper crop of couch potatoes in recent years, a...
Intranasal sufentanil as good as IV morphine for emergency pain relief, study finds 07/16/2019 Health News, In patients presenting to an emergency department with severe traumatic pain, intranasal sufentanil was as...
Study examines association between care management and outcomes in Medicare ACOs 07/12/2019 Health News, A new study from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, published this...