First ever Europe-wide study reveals that even when undergraduate medical students take a compulsory course on pain, they still only receive on average 12 hours’ training
17th ECCO – 38th ESMO – 32nd ESTRO – European Cancer Congress, Amsterdam RAI, 27 Sept – 1 Oct 2013. Eribulin represents a novel class of antineoplastic agents… read more.
A major new publication from the European Respiratory Society (ERS) ahead of its annual congress, shows that lung conditions are responsible for 1 in 10 of all deaths… read more.
The first ever trial to compare e-cigarettes with nicotine patches has found that both methods result in comparable success in quitting, with roughly similar proportions of smokers who… read more.
European asthma project sheds light on the characteristics of a poorly understood condition. People with severe asthma, who are often described as ‘steroid-dependent’, are actually less likely to… read more.
A doctor from the UK has shown how an innovative music video can help increase awareness of how to treat asthma. Dr Tapas Mukherjee, from Glenfield Hospital in… read more.
Sleep apnoea severity has been associated with increased cancer mortality in a new study.
Asthma is still a serious public health issue affecting approximately 30 million people in Western Europe at a cost of around 17.7 billion Euro. There are efficacious treatments… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Investigators suggest caution in prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to high-risk patients such as pneumonia survivors, after their research shows a twofold risk for repeat infection.
Abnormalities in brain axons predispose people to chronic back pain after injury. Abnormalities in the structure of the brain predispose people to develop chronic pain after a lower… read more.
Physicians and nursing staff show relatively high support for euthanasia when asked abstractly whether they would wish it for themselves if they had a lethal illness.However, only a… read more.
Research suggests that a patient’s chronic pain affects a spouse’s emotional well-being and marital satisfaction. In a novel study of behavioral health outcomes published in the journal PAIN®, researchers… read more.
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