5 September 2016

Case Report: ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a patient with a normal coronary angiogram

CASE REPORT A 48-year old Caucasian male presented to our hospital following a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation...

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2 September 2016

Five-year study reveals patients operated on at night twice as likely to die as patients who have daytime operations

New research presented at this year's World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong (28 Aug - 2 Sept) shows...

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1 September 2016

26–30 September 2016, 16th World Congress on Pain; Japan

The World Congress on Pain is the premier conference devoted to pain research and treatment. In 2016, the world’s top...

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26 August 2016

Vertebroplasty helps reduce acute pain among patients with spinal fractures

Vertebroplasty is a safe and effective procedure to reduce acute pain and disability in patients who have experienced spinal fractures...

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17 August 2016

Six weeks in South Sudan

Birsen Gaskell is a doctor who been practising anaesthesia and intensive care in the UK since 2008. When she was...

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15 August 2016

Pain often improves in older veterans

Older military veterans frequently show improvements in pain intensity over time. However, opioids, some mental health conditions and certain pain...

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12 August 2016

‘Pain paradox’ discovery provides route to new pain control drugs

A natural substance known to activate pain in the central nervous system has been found to have the opposite effect in...

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10 August 2016

Chronic low back pain linked to higher rates of illicit drug use

People living with chronic low back pain (cLBP) are more likely to use illicit drugs —including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and...

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