Pharmacists can now prescribe hormonal birth control in 20 states
Pharmacists are taking a more active role in prescribing hormonal contraceptives — a trend applauded by women who welcome easier ...
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Physicians with beliefs about long-term harms of benzodiazepine are less likely to prescribe it
Despite the continuing growth of benzodiazepine (BZD)-related overdoses, BZD prescription rates have held constant. Much is unknown about how a ...
Eye doctors who get even small payments from drug companies more likely to prescribe name-brand eyedrops
In a lookback study of prescribing patterns among thousands of American ophthalmologists and optometrists, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concluded that ...
New study finds doctors prescribe fewer painkillers during nightshifts than during the day
Pain management is one of the biggest challenges of the modern healthcare system. Almost 60% of US adults report having ...
Management researchers prescribe possible remedy in opioid misuse
A decision-support framework developed by management science researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas could help clinicians objectively identify ...
Hospital-affiliated doctors prescribe fewer antibiotics through telehealth than third-party physicians
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for telemedicine boomed – increasing 63-fold among Medicare users alone from approximately 840,000 telehealth visits in ...
‘Prescribe ivermectin for COVID-19 only in large-scale randomized trials’
Ivermectin is a drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat parasites in animals and ...
Researchers urge: ‘Prescribe aspirin based on benefit-to-risk not age’
Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to patients under 70, and more recent ...
Prescribe fewer antidepressants, and for shorter periods, doctors advised
Doctors should prescribe fewer antidepressants and for shorter periods of time, because of the ongoing uncertainties about their effectiveness and ...