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Giving nurse practitioners the authority to prescribe buprenorphine has brought that gold standard treatment for opioid addiction to people who might not have had access to it before, according to a new study led by Tracy Klein, PhD, associate professor at the Washington State University College of Nursing in Vancouver.
Read moreAnalysis of Oregon data shows nurse practitioners accounted for one in five buprenorphine prescriptions in rural areas; one in three in frontier areas
Read moreYouth opioid overdose deaths increasingly involve cocaine
Read moreVenom immobilizes prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal’s nerve cells
Read moreAlthough pediatric CT use has decreased for the evaluation of abdominal pain, CT use has continued to increase among adults with abdominal pain in U.S. emergency department visits
Read moreA new study of Canadians aged 45-85, released this week in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry , found that
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While prostate cancer originates within the prostate, metastasis, or the spread of a tumor from the site of origin to other organs, remains a leading cause of death among people with the disease. Prostate tumors can metastasize to a number of different organs, including the liver, lymph nodes and bone.
Read moreOAK BROOK, Ill. – Racket sports like tennis and racquetball appear to accelerate knee joint degeneration in overweight people with
Read moreOAK BROOK, Ill. – A novel outpatient procedure offers lasting pain relief for patients suffering from moderate to severe arthritis
Read moreNew Rochelle, NY, November 10, 2020–A significant number of women would consider using cannabis to treat gynecological conditions, primarily gynecological
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Researchers from the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research uncovered additional complexities behind mechanical allodynia – the sensation of pain from innocuous stimuli, such as light touch.
Read moreChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles surgeon, Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD, forms team of health care providers and community advocates to establish recommendations for safe opioid use
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