100-year-old persons are affected by substantial numbers of illnesses, and the frequency of untreated pain in this cohort is alarming. This is the result reported by Daniela Jopp… read more.
New research presented at Euroanaesthesia 2016 (London 27-30 May) shows that patients undergoing breast cancer surgery need less painkilling medication post-surgery if they have anaesthesia that is free… read more.
Within the past 10 years, the prescription of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain has increased and the abuse of opioid medications leading to addiction has been… read more.
Genetic factors help to explain the commonly found association between low back pain and depression, suggests a large study of twins in the March issue of PAIN®.
by Bruce Sylvester: Patients who have undergone common surgeries are receiving opioid painkillers at an increasing rate, researchers reported on March 18, 2016 in JAMA/Journal of the American… read more.
Consolidation and maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma: is it the new standard? Professor Antonio Palumbo (University of Turin, Italy) and Professor Paul Richardson (Harvard Medical School, Boston,… read more.
Hans Erik Johnsen, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark. by Maria Dalby: The gene expression profiles of myeloma plasma cells in the normal bone marrow can be used for defining… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: A single exposure to general anesthesia does not lead to a cognitive risk in healthy children under age three, researchers reported On June 7, 2016… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Exposing migraine sufferers to a narrow band of green light significantly reduces light sensitivity and can reduce headache severity, according to a new study led… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: During three years following bariatric surgery, a majority of patients achieved improvement in pain, physical function, and walk time, researchers reported on April 5 2016… read more.
Treating patients with Hepatitis C infections who are on the liver transplant waiting list is not a given by Thomas R. Collins: What if patients are too sick… read more.
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