Opioid stewardship: Its role in patient/medication safety and pain management
Common examples of opioids include morphine, hydromorphone, and fentanyl, etc. When taken as instructed for pain, opioids are deemed safe....
Month: September 2023
Clinical trial to test immune modulation strategy for hospitalized covid-19 patients begins
News ReleaseFriday, September 22, 2023 Part of NIH’s STRIVE consortium, the therapeutic may prevent overactive immune systems from causing severe...
Journalist Assesses Federal Push to Remove Medical Debt From Credit Reports
Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and...
A Call for Matching Donors for the LEV Foundation “Robust Mouse Rejuvenation 2” Fundraiser – Fight Aging!
The Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation was founded by Aubrey de Grey to address an important missing aspect of...
6 Anxiety-Inducing Behaviors To Avoid
Anxiety is a very normal but a very unwelcome feeling. Most of us would choose not to experience it if...
Exasperation Station.
Some days I really love my medical devices. Can we talk about how terrifyingly Riddler-like that face is? Today is...
Oral Surgeon Pleads Guilty to Letting Prison Guard Extract Tooth From Inmate
iStock Oral surgeon Dr. Louis Bourget changes his plea to guilty for an assault charge regarding allowing a prison guard...
If I’d been given palliative care when I had an eating disorder, I would not be here today | Dorothy Dunn
The leaking of NHS documents last week describing how patients with longstanding eating disorders could be offered palliative care under...
Selling Crap to Kids, Part 1
Let’s go back a little over 10 years to when, for Ad Age, Maureen Morrison reviewed (what were then) the...
A potential blood test for Parkinson’s disease
At a Glance A blood test that measures damage to cells’ mitochondria was able to distinguish people with Parkinson’s disease...
Over One-Third of Adults in 22 States Have Obesity, CDC Says
Nearly half of U.S. states had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35% in 2022, according to CDC data....
