31 January 2019

Psychologists find that adults take girls’ pain less seriously

Gender stereotypes can hurt children - quite literally. When asked to assess how much pain a child is experiencing based...

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29 January 2019

Protocol reduces opioid use in spinal surgery patients

A novel "Enhanced Recovery After Surgery" (ERAS) protocol developed by Penn Medicine for patients undergoing spinal and peripheral nerve surgery...

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24 January 2019

Acacia Pharma announces supportive cardiac safety data BARHEMSYS™

Company news Acacia Pharma Group plc have announced results from its latest study of BARHEMSYS (intravenous amisulpride), its anti-emetic currently under...

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22 January 2019

Disposable Bronchoscope now available from CMS

Promotional feature Central Medical Supplies (CMS) has been chosen by medical device company Axess Vision Technology as the sole UK...

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17 January 2019

Men and women remember pain differently

Scientists increasingly believe that one of the driving forces in chronic pain – the number one health problem in both...

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15 January 2019

Pharmacology, side effects and interactions – focus on perioperative implications

Introduction Citalopram is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) used in the treatment of depression. This drug has some implications...

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10 January 2019

Rerouting nerves during amputation reduces phantom limb pain before it starts

Doctors at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are pioneering the use of primary targeted...

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8 January 2019

Brain activity predicts fear of pain

Researchers applied a machine learning technique that could potentially translate patterns of activity in fear-processing brain regions into scores on...

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