Heart disease patients who were prescribed opioids at hospital discharge were less likely to follow up with their healthcare provider or to participate in heart rehabilitation than patients who were not prescribed the drugs, new research shows. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, comes as the nation’s opioid epidemic continues,… Continue reading Heart Patients Who Are Given Opioids Less Likely to Seek Follow-Up Care
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Doctors Fail to Flag Concussion Patients for Critical Followup
Although there is increasing evidence of the long-term effects of concussion, more than half the patients seen at top-level trauma centers may fall off the radar after diagnosis, putting at risk the treatments for these long-term effects. A nationwide study, led by scientists at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Southern… Continue reading Doctors Fail to Flag Concussion Patients for Critical Followup