(Reuters Health) – About one in five kids are prescribed opioids after common pediatric surgeries, but a new study suggests they may do just as well with alternative pain relievers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen. From 1999 to 2016, opioid-related overdoses ro... More »
(Reuters Health) – Temporary hearing loss after a concert may be more likely in people who drink, use drugs and avoid earplugs, a small Dutch experiment suggests. Researchers studied 51 people at an outdoor music festival in Amsterdam, asking half of them to w... More »
(Reuters Health) – The proportion of boys and young men in the U.S. receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has more than tripled since 2011, new research shows. Among 9- to 26-year-old males, 27 percent had received at least one dose of the vaccine i... More »
(Reuters Health) – Most people prescribed antibiotics for sinus infections are on treatment courses of 10 days or longer even though infectious disease doctors recommend five to seven days for uncomplicated cases, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined da... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – – People with severe symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome have a molecular signature in their blood made up of 17 More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – A growing number of older U.S. adults are suffering facial fractures during recreational activities like biking, g More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Many people are exposed to dangerously loud sounds at work and at play, and most of them don’t wear ear plugs or t More »
By Madeline KennedyMore than 20,000 people living in U.S. nursing homes experienced serious injuries to the face last year, mainly from falling and h More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – In children with a common condition that causes them to periodically stop breathing during sleep, areas of the More »
(Reuters Health) – People with long-term exposure to loud noise at work or in leisure activities may be at increased risk of heart disease, a U.S. study finds. Researchers found the strongest link in working-age people with high-frequency hearing loss, which i... More »
