Since 1999, the use of anesthetics have been recommended by most major medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, for pain relief during infant circumcision.
More than nine in 10 doctors who are taught circumcision techniques are also now taught to take pain into consideration before circumcising a baby boy; compared with only seven in […]
BACKGROUND: Epidural analgesia offers greater pain relief compared to systemic opioid-based medications, but its effect on morbidity and mortality is unclear. OBJECTIVES: To assess the benefits and harms of postoperative epidural analgesia in comparison with postoperative systemic opioid-based pain relief for adult patients who underwent elective abdominal aortic surgery. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane […]
Anyone who has ever suffered a migraine headache will tell you that it’s no pleasant experience. At times the pain can be so excruciating that some liken it to a hatchet splitting the head open. The causes for a migraine are many with the most common attributable to hormonal fluctuations. For many who seek natural […]
Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems (NIMS) said Friday its has been cleared by FDA to export its AT-101 motion platform.
The AT-101 system is used for the temporary relief of musculoskeletal pains associated with osteoarthritis of the hip.
“Many countries require these certificates prior to allowing importation of U.S. manufactured medical products,” said NIMS’s Gary Macleod. He said FDA’s […]
In 1996, California legalized cannabis as a treatment for “any… condition for which marijuana brings relief.” Although the law does not constrain physicians from approving the use of cannabis by children and adolescents, the state medical board has investigated physicians for doing so, exerting a profoundly inhibiting effect.
Even doctors associated with […]
Cigarette use among America’s high school students was unchanged from 2003 to 2005, suggesting that the national decline in youth smoking observed in the six years prior might have stalled, according to U.S. figures released Thursday.
In its weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 23 percent of […]
It has taken me a while to respond to the article on a lawsuit against Hospice Ministries (”Hospice defends wrongful death suit,” June 15).
I visit the Hospice Ministries for my church and for friends who might be there. I have never heard a complaint. Most say they receive better care than they received in the […]
Anyone who has ever suffered a migraine headache will tell you that it’s no pleasant experience. At times the pain can be so excruciating that some liken it to a hatchet splitting the head open. The causes for a migraine are many with the most common attributable to hormonal fluctuations. For many who seek natural […]