7 November 2019

Perioperative charity receive funding to support digital transformation of patient safety tool

The UK’s leading membership organisation for operating theatre practitioners has received significant funding for a new digital transformation project focused...

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5 November 2019

Anaesthesia for breast cancer surgery has no influence on risk of tumour recurrence

Study does not demonstrate long-term advantages of regional anaesthesia for breast cancer surgery and dispels misgivings about the influence of...

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31 October 2019

Virtual reality used to help manage pain at London hospice

A hospice in west London is using virtual reality (VR) technology to help its patients manage anxiety and pain. Meadow...

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29 October 2019

Laughing gas helpful for labour pain, but epidural still top choice

Women report being very satisfied with nitrous oxide to manage labour pain, experiencing no adverse side effects to the baby,...

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24 October 2019

A more accurate way to gauge pain in mice, yielding potential to help chronic pain patients

For decades, biomedical researchers have used mouse behaviour to study pain, but some researchers have questioned the accuracy of the...

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22 October 2019

Vygon Group acquires Pilot, specialist in ECG central venous catheter tip location and navigation devices

Company news Vygon Group, a specialist single-use medical devices group, recently announced its acquisition of Italian firm Pilot, which specialises in...

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17 October 2019

Codeine misuse in Australia reduced by prescription-only changes

The move to prescription-only codeine in Australia has seen a 50 per cent reduction in the monthly rate of codeine-related...

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15 October 2019

Urinary catheters not needed for joint replacement surgery

Patients undergoing joint replacement under epidural anaesthesia have no increased risk for postoperative adverse genitourinary (GU) complications by skipping preoperative...

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