Problematic opioid use has been linked to specific single risk factors such as patient characteristics, extended duration of use and increased doses, bu the simultaneous effects of these individual factors has not been specifically examined. Australian researchers...
The American College of Physicians (ACP) and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) have developed a guideline providing recommendations on non-pharmacologic and medication management of acute pain from non–low back, musculoskeletal injuries in outpatient...
Delirium is a common, unpleasant and dangerous complication see amongst older people during hospital stays. A recent prospective cohort analysis has sought to assess the possible relationship between delirium and vitamin D deficiency. Adults aged 60 and older by the...
A recent double-blind trial has investigated the association between empagliflozin (a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 [SGLT-2] inhibitor) and risk for hospitalisation in patients with heart failure. 3,730 patients with class II, III or IV heart failure and an ejection...
The stated purposes of the World Anti-Doping Code are to protect the athletes’ right to participate in doping-free sport (promoting health, fairness and equality for athletes worldwide, to ensure harmonized & effective anti-doping programs for prevention of...
A team of researchers from Canada have conducted a population based cohort study to asses whether sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors increase the risk for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) for patients with type 2 diabetes, compared with dipeptidyl...