GPs need training to tackle chronic opioid use
GPs must be better-equipped to support patients to manage the psychological challenge of reducing their opioid use - according to...
Read MoreMultiple brain regions moderate and link depressive mood and pain
Depression is linked to diminished activity in parts of the brain believed to regulate mood, which previous research suggests may...
Read MoreNew opioid speeds up recovery without increasing pain sensitivity or risk of chronic pain
Morphine and other opioid-based painkillers are very effective at treating pain initially, but studies have shown that the drugs can...
Read MoreFirst Golden Jubilee patients for UK ‘chronic pain’ trial
Researchers at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital have recruited the first patients for a new trial which aims to reduce...
Read MoreLaughing gas helps to unravel rapid function of antidepressant mechanisms
Ketamine is commonly used in emergency medicine as an anaesthetic drug. Later it was discovered to have rapid-acting antidepressant effects,...
Read MoreAir Ambulance appoints anaesthesia expert to its Board
An international expert in intensive care and the battle to reduce deaths from Sepsis has joined the Board of Trustees...
Read MoreGeneral anaesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out
The discovery of general anaesthesia 170 years ago was a medical miracle, enabling millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving...
Read MoreAnaesthesia sends neurones down the wrong path in unborn rat babies
While there has long been discussion whether exposure to anaesthesia affects brain development, new Rush University Medical Center research published...
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