Further evidence does not support hydroxychloroquine for patients with COVID-19
The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine does not significantly reduce admission to intensive care or death in patients hospitalised with pneumonia due...
Read MoreSex bias in pain research
It is increasingly clear that male and female humans and rodents process pain in different ways. And that there are...
Read MoreNovel electric impulses relieve the pain
Chronic pain can be reduced by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrodes. In a microanatomic study, the...
Read MoreAnaesthesia’s effect on consciousness solved
Surgery would be inconceivable without general anaesthesia, so it may come as a surprise that despite its 175-year history of...
Read MoreSpider venom key to pain relief without side-effects
Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief....
Read MoreAnaesthetists on the front lines of treating COVID-19 patients
A recent study examined the knowledge and attitudes of anaesthetists regarding the strategies used to treat suspected or confirmed COVID-19...
Read MoreScientists unveil how general anaesthesia works
Hailed as one of the most important medical advances, the discovery of general anaesthetics helped transform dangerous and traumatic operations...
Read MoreRapid coronavirus test speeds up access to urgent care and will free up beds ahead of winter
The first analysis of a new point-of-care “nucleic acid test” for SARS-CoV-2 in a UK hospital setting shows these machines...
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