Could the way doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals measure a patient’s pain be contributing to the epidemic of opioid addiction? Indeed it could, says an article in this week’s New ...

Methods: The development sample consisted of 1079 HMO members aged 18 to 56 years with persistent asthma. The scale used medication cut-points as predictors for next-year emergency hospital ...

The Central Weather Bureau has announced a modified intensity scale to better reflect the effect earthquakes have on people, structures and the environment, thereby facilitating disaster response ...