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Novel multimodal analgesia protocol following total knee arthroplasty provides pain relief without opioids

A study led by Vinod Dasa, MD, Professor of Orthopaedics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, reports that a novel surgical pain management strategy following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), or total knee replacement, provided pain relief without opioids.

27 Feb 2023

New evidence of four distinct pain trajectories in nursing home residents

Despite awareness that pain is common in nursing home residents, there has been minimal attention focused on how this pain changes over time.

27 Feb 2023

Midwives provide safe primary care for pregnancies of all risk levels, study shows

New UBC research shows that midwives in British Columbia are providing safe primary care for pregnancies of all medical risk levels, contrary to a popular belief that midwives mostly manage low-risk pregnancies.

27 Feb 2023

Study: Half of adverse pregnancy outcomes occur in individuals without any heart disease risk factors

Many pregnancy complications are associated with future heart disease. Such complications include gestational diabetes, preterm birth, fetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and related disorders), and together they are referred to as adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs).

27 Feb 2023

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

The story of one patient’s ER experience does not at all capture the complexities of an emergency department serving the needs of a stochastic patient population.

27 Feb 2023

Study shows COVID-19 rates were likely forty-times higher than CDC estimates during BA.4/BA.5 dominant period in the U.S.

Researchers evaluate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and the incidence of long COVID during BA.4/BA.5 dominant period.

27 Feb 2023

Study findings contradict prevailing wisdom on obesity and mortality risk

Excess weight or obesity boosts risk of death by anywhere from 22% to 91% - significantly more than previously believed - while the mortality risk of being slightly underweight has likely been overestimated, according to new CU Boulder research.

27 Feb 2023

TTUHSC El Paso collaborates with Doctors of the World USA to launch the Border Health Program

The large influx of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the El Paso area has also resulted in a spike of medical emergencies.

25 Feb 2023

Simplifying the analysis of social contacts using novel computational method

How society organizes affects different phenomena, from the transmission of information to the spread of contagious diseases. The more links we establish with each other via social and transportation networks, the more spread is favored. To study the dynamics of complex systems, such as society, we can infer these networks – in which nodes, representing individuals, connect through lines – from real-world data. However, these networks are usually large, dense, and cumbersome to manipulate.

25 Feb 2023

Study investigates patients' perspectives on use of race-based algorithms in clinical decision-making

Algorithms that incorporate race as a modifying factor to guide clinical decision-making have recently been criticized for propagating racial bias in medicine.

24 Feb 2023

Oral fluid shows excellent potential for epidemiological surveillance of respiratory pathogens

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Oral fluid (OF) is a new safe, non-invasive, convenient, and efficient biological sample that can be used for virus nucleic acid and antibody detection.

24 Feb 2023

Common pregnancy complications may be linked to slower biological development in infants

Gestational diabetes and preeclampsia may be linked to slower biological development in infants, according to a new study led by USC.

24 Feb 2023

NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app worked well during the pandemic, research says

A team of experts at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford and Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick estimate the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around 1 million cases, 44,000 hospitalizations and 9,600 deaths during its first year.

24 Feb 2023

More frequent cannabis use associated with higher risk of coronary artery disease

People who used marijuana daily were found to be about one-third more likely to develop coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with people who have never used the drug, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

24 Feb 2023

Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to increased risk of heart disease

Long-term exposure to air pollution is tied to an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease - with the greatest harms impacting under-resourced communities, new Kaiser Permanente research shows.

24 Feb 2023

Exploring Mpox severity among advanced HIV patients

Researchers assessed the incidence of mpox in individuals with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

24 Feb 2023

New community-integrated intermediary care model to help older people in Thailand

Countries around the world are preparing health system responses to address the challenge of population ageing in the 21st century; this novel, cost-effective, scalable model can be applied to resource-limited regions to help deal with this.

24 Feb 2023

Roadmap outlines a framework for moving COVID-19 vaccines forward

Researchers presented the coronavirus vaccines research and development roadmap to promote the development of broadly protective COVID-19 vaccines.

24 Feb 2023

The impact of climate change on West Nile virus transmission

In a recent study published in One Health, researchers projected the West Nile virus (WNV) spread in the context of climate change.

24 Feb 2023

Montana seeks to insulate nursing homes from future financial crises

Wes Thompson, administrator of Valley View Home in the northeastern Montana town of Glasgow, believes the only reasons his skilled nursing facility has avoided the fate of the 11 nursing homes that closed in the state last year are local tax levies and luck.

24 Feb 2023

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Novel multimodal analgesia protocol following total knee arthroplasty provides pain relief without opioids

New evidence of four distinct pain trajectories in nursing home residents

Midwives provide safe primary care for pregnancies of all risk levels, study shows

Study: Half of adverse pregnancy outcomes occur in individuals without any heart disease risk factors

Readers and tweeters urgently plea for a proper ‘role’ call in the ER

Study shows COVID-19 rates were likely forty-times higher than CDC estimates during BA.4/BA.5 dominant period in the U.S.

Study findings contradict prevailing wisdom on obesity and mortality risk

TTUHSC El Paso collaborates with Doctors of the World USA to launch the Border Health Program

Simplifying the analysis of social contacts using novel computational method

Study investigates patients' perspectives on use of race-based algorithms in clinical decision-making

Oral fluid shows excellent potential for epidemiological surveillance of respiratory pathogens

Common pregnancy complications may be linked to slower biological development in infants

NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app worked well during the pandemic, research says

More frequent cannabis use associated with higher risk of coronary artery disease

Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to increased risk of heart disease

Exploring Mpox severity among advanced HIV patients

New community-integrated intermediary care model to help older people in Thailand

Roadmap outlines a framework for moving COVID-19 vaccines forward

The impact of climate change on West Nile virus transmission

Montana seeks to insulate nursing homes from future financial crises

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