AHRQ Data Show Impact of Opioid Crisis at County Level Rockville, Md., March 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released an online statistical resource today that for the first time provides county-level...

Breast Reconstruction Surgeries After Mastectomies Increased More Than 60 Percent from 2009 to 2014 Rockville, M.D., Oct. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The portion of women who elected to have breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy increased 65 percent between 2009 and 2014, with the...

New AHRQ Report Shows Sharp Rise Among Women for Opioid-Related Hospital Stays Rockville, Md., June 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hospitalizations involving opioid pain relievers and heroin increased 75 percent for women between 2005 and 2014, a jump that significantly outpaced...

AHRQ Research Reveals Massage, Sensory Interventions Improve Autism Behaviors Rockville, MD, May 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sensory-focused interventions – such as massage, swinging and trampoline exercises and exposure to different textures – reduced sensory and motor...

Study Shows 54 Percent Drop in Infections Among Nursing Home Patients Rockville, MD, May 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) dropped by 54 percent across more than 400 long-term care facilities that participated...