Dr. Paul Christo, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, joined “NewsNation Prime” to discuss the emerging threat of the animal tranquilizer xylazine, and how it is interacting with the fentanyl crisis....
For many patients, the first 72 hours following surgery can be the most painful due to inflammation at the surgical site.1 Inflammation is a significant component of postoperative pain as it peaks around 24 hours after surgery and remains high through the first 72...
Originally posted on Medscape Robert Glatter, MD: Welcome. I’m Dr Robert Glatter, medical advisor for Medscape Emergency Medicine. Today we have Dr Paul Christo, a pain specialist in the Division of Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in...
For many patients, surgery can be painful, especially in the first 72 hours after surgery. 1 Healthcare providers have options available to them to treat postoperative pain, but those options don’t always provide patients with adequate pain relief. In fact, most local...
Originally published on Fox News A record 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses and poisonings last year, driven by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl Every day across the United States, news detailing horrific fentanyl-related deaths makes headlines as the nation...
Gastric or stomach cancer is one of the most malignant human cancers, ranking 3rd as the most common cause of cancer death globally. If detected at an early stage, treatments can control and even cure the disease. In our final show, Dr. Sam Klempner, oncologist and...