_ Medical Procedures Opioid-Free Anesthesia Decreases Post-Surgery Nausea By Jane Farrell article The use of opioid alternatives in general anesthesia is safe, effective and substantially decreases post-operative nausea, according to research presented … Read More→
_ Medical Care ΓÇ£Choosing WiselyΓÇ¥ Campaign: Off to a Good start, but Change Needed for Continued Success By Sondra Forsyth article In 2012, a group of medical organizations did something they’d never done before: give doctors a list of things they … Read More→
_ Falls Senior Health A Big Risk Factor for Indoor Falls By Jane Farrell article Although the common perception may be that older people fall most frequently during the icy winter, a preliminary study shows … Read More→
_ Health Headlines Insurance Approval Lagging on Costly New Cholesterol Drug By Jane Farrell article Less than half of patients received their insurerΓÇÖs approval for prescriptions of the type of cholesterol-lowering drug known as PCSK9 … Read More→
_ Medical Care Tracking a Common Hospital-Related Infection By Jane Farrell article Electronic health records (EHRs) in hospitals are helping researchers track down the source of a common infection often acquired in … Read More→
_ Sexual Health Making Love with Your Five Senses By Jane Farrell article One of the tough things about being in my 60s is that so much of what I used to consider … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Daydreaming During Meetings Probably Means You're Smart By Sondra Forsyth article A 2017 study from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta that was published in the journal Neuropsychologia suggests that … Read More→
_ Diabetes A New Treatment for A Diabetic Eye Disease? By Jane Farrell article Researchers have identified a compound that can help reduce diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease affecting one third of the estimated … Read More→
_ Prevention Where and How to Dispose of Unused Medicine By Jane Farrell article Editor’s note: The latest from the federal Food and Drug Administration on┬ágetting┬árid┬áof unnecessary and possibly dangerous medicines: Is your medicine … Read More→
_ Skin Health Leaving the Physical and Psychological Battle Scars of Acne Behind By Sondra Forsyth article Adolescence is a stressful time. Along with the excitement of having oneΓÇÖs bodyΓÇÖs transform and oneΓÇÖs experience broaden comes the … Read More→
_ Understanding the Microbiome New Asthma Biomarkers Identified From Lung Bacteria By Jane Farrell article Until now, research on the microbiome – the system of good and bad bacteria in the body ΓÇô has been … Read More→
_ Cardiac Procedures and Surgeries Heart Health Startling New Research Shows That Heart Stents for Chest Pain May Simply Have a Placebo Effect for Some Patients By Sondra Forsyth article Coronary artery stents are lifesaving for heart attack patients, but new research suggests that the placebo effect may be larger … Read More→
_ Pain Management Fewer Hip and Knee Replacement Patients Are Relying on Opioids Alone By Jane Farrell article Opioid use in patients recovering from hip and knee replacement decreased by one-third between 2006 and 2014, reflecting success in … Read More→
_ Diabetes Diabetes Patients at Higher Risk for Post-Operative Cognitive Disorder By Jane Farrell article Older patients with diabetes may be at a substantially higher risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) than those who … Read More→
_ Hip Health Perioperative Surgical Home Reduces ER Visits and Death in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients By Sondra Forsyth article Elderly patients who had emergency repair of a fractured hip were much less likely to die or make a return … Read More→
_ Insomnia Sleep Health Lack of Sleep at Midlife Is Bad for Your Health By Jane Farrell article Many of the women I talk to tell me that lack of sleep is one of the biggest side effects … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health 4 Ways Women Can Assure Work-Life Balance Support By Sondra Forsyth article WomenΓÇÖs roles in society have changed dramatically in the last 40 years. Once considered to be mainly ΓÇ£homemakers,ΓÇ¥ women are … Read More→
_ Glaucoma Vision Health Rare Y-Shaped Protein Discovered That Is Associated with Glaucoma By Sondra Forsyth article So unheard of was what researchers discovered in a protein associated with glaucoma that for over two years they ran … Read More→