Children exposed to general anaesthestic have poorer development, literacy and numeracy scores
The new finding published in April in Pediatric Anesthesia, is based on a data-linkage study of over 210,000 children in New South Wales,...
Read MoreManaging chronic pain with light
Scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Rome have now identified a special population of nerve cells in the...
Read MoreNo evidence that anaesthesia in young children lowers intelligence
A Mayo Clinic study finds no evidence that children given anaesthesia before their third birthdays have lower IQs than those...
Read MorePost-surgical opioids can, paradoxically, lead to chronic pain
Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialised immune...
Read MoreFUJIFILM SonoSite unveils full suite of iViz point-of-care transducers
FUJIFILM SonoSite, specialists in developing cutting-edge, point-of-care ultrasound solutions, recently announced the launch of two new transducers for the SonoSite iViz...
Read MoreScientist turns off chemo pain
In a recent paper published in the journal Pain, Saint Louis University researchers describe their success in an animal model in...
Read MoreCancer patients’ pain eased by simple bedside chart
Patients with cancer could benefit from a simple bedside chart system to manage their pain, a study suggests. The new...
Read MoreBeing hungry shuts off perception of chronic pain
According to research by University of Pennsylvania neuroscientists, the brain has a way to suppress chronic pain when an animal...
Read More