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(Reuters) - Many U.S. cancer doctors say they are good at managing their patients' pain, but most failed to choose the right treatment options in a test and say that figuring out the level of pain patients have is still a major ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In new survey of cancer doctors in the U.S., many oncologists said they were good at managing their patients' pain -- but most failed to choose the right treatment option in a test, and said that figuring ...
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A 49-year-old male nurse sexually assaulted two patients at the same Florida hospital emergency room where a teenager allegedly obtained an employee badge and treated patients recently, police said on Thursday.The nurse, Shean Galvin, was arrested Wednesday at ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients prescribed higher doses of powerful painkillers are more likely to die of an accidental overdose on those drugs, according to a new study.The finding is the latest addition to the debate in the medical community over ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A look at Canadian children's hospitals finds that doctors aren't documenting pain relief for the majority of painful or uncomfortable procedures kids experience in the hospital.For seven out of every 10 procedures - things like blood sampling ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A type of pain medicine long believed to be relatively safe for older adults appears to come with more risks than other, supposedly riskier, painkillers, new study findings report.The authors found that people on opioids, a class ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a small study, people who had chronic pain as a result of damage to the nervous system reported feeling less pain, as well as less depression and anxiety, when they smoked marijuana compared to when they ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamaica's Asafa Powell has pulled out of Friday's 100 metres showdown with triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt and American Tyson Gay in Stockholm because of injuries, his management company said on Wednesday."This morning, Asafa tested himself with starts ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people with arthritis-related back pain might be prevented from getting long-lasting pain relief under the current management guidelines, US researchers said Friday.Their findings add to an ongoing controversy about how best to manage this kind of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even a routine heel-stick test can be painful enough for some newborns to trigger an increase in potentially harmful free radicals in the blood, a new study suggests.The findings, published in the journal Pain, do not mean ...
