Opioids have been a mainstay of pain control for patients who undergo major operations, but they can become addictive for
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Electronic medical records show promise in reducing unnecessary testing
Upon implementing electronic medical record-based interventions, Boston Medical Center reduced unnecessary diagnostic testing and increased the use of postoperative order
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Facial plastic surgeons call for reduction of opioid prescriptions after rhinoplasty
A team of surgeons at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that, of 173 patients undergoing rhinoplasty, a common procedure performed
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Racial disparities in prescribing opioids for chronic pain
Yale researchers have identified racial disparities in the treatment of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain. Black patients
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Challenges around childbearing owe to dissatisfaction among surgical residents: Refined mentorship programs, further education and understanding are cited as necessary to improve work-life balance
Despite constituting half of United States medical school graduates, women continue to be underrepresented in the field of surgery, accounting
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Kissing up to the boss can increase employees’ bad behavior in the workplace, study shows
Kissing up to the boss at work may help boost employees’ careers but it also depletes the employees’ self-control resources,
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The effectiveness of chlorhexidine is limited in preventing infections in oral procedures
The human oral cavity is colonised by a huge variety of bacteria. When surgical procedures such as a tooth extraction
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Majority of older adults with probable dementia are likely unaware they have it, study suggests: Less education and unaccompanied medical visits linked to lack of formal diagnosis or awareness of diagnosis
A Johns Hopkins Medicine analysis of information gathered for an ongoing and federally sponsored study of aging and disability adds
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Whole genome sequencing reveals cluster of resistant bacteria in returning travelers: OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 found in 13 patients previously hospitalized in Gran Canaria
Thirteen patients with OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 have been reported by Sweden and Norway between January and April 2018 —
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Pay less, take more: Success in getting patients to take their medicine: Basing patients’ medication costs on the health benefits they’ll get from a drug, rather than its price, means they’re more likely to take it
Taking a medicine every day in the hopes that it will prevent some long-range potential health catastrophe — like a
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