Stanford University School of Medicine physicians have studied data captured by their electronic medical records to make a real-time clinical decision, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Scottsdale-based Arizona Pain Specialists have been selected to participate in an FDA-cleared adult stem cell study on advanced treatment for chronic low back pain, according to a practice news release.
Here are eight points on opioid and solutions for avoiding adverse events now.
A large study presented at the North American Spine Society annual meeting has found a correlation between lower back pain and height and weight of patients, according to a NASS news release.
A group of spine surgeons and researchers have found that ablation of the basivertebral nerve could provide patients with lower back pain relief without undergoing major spine surgery, according to a news release from the North American Spine Society.
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Deaths resulting from an overdose of opioid pain relievers — including hydrocodone, methadone, oxycodone and oxymorphone — now exceed overdose deaths from heroin and cocaine combined, according to a report from the Center for Disease Control.
Oregon had the nation's second highest rate of nonmedical use of prescription painkillers in a recent CDC report and linked the high usage to increased prescriptions, according to an Oregon Live report.
New Hanover Regional Medical Center and Cape Fear Hospital, both in North Carolina, have stopped prescribing or refilling opioids for chronic pain, sedatives or stimulants in the emergency room and instead are referring patients to primary care physicians, according to…
While heroin overdoses are more common among blacks, prescription painkillers overdoses are more common among middle-aged, white females, according to findings reported at the American Public Health Association meeting, according to a MedPage Today report.
Fifty-four percent of physicians said electronic health records are safer than paper medical records, according to a Practice Fusion news release.