4 July 2018

Consciousness is partly preserved during general anaesthesia

Finnish researchers have gained new information on brain activity during general anaesthesia by recording changes in the electrical activity of...

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20 June 2018

Innovation grant looks at overcoming problems in access to treatments

The first of its kind, the inaugural Brain, Mind and Pain Patient-Centred Innovation Grant will announce its winners today at 13:00 at...

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13 June 2018

How can patients be protected from post-surgery opioid addiction?

Greater co-ordination is needed between surgeons and physicians about the prescription of pain-relieving opioid drugs following surgery to help identify...

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5 June 2018

Pain expectation is pain reality for children

If a child thinks the needle is going to hurt, that expectation ensures it's going to hurt. That's the finding of...

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31 May 2018

Injection may block chemotherapy pain for several weeks

It might be possible to relieve the persistent pain that can follow chemotherapy with a natural protein that blocks the...

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29 May 2018

Professor Ravi Mahajan elected next President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Professor Ravi Mahajan from Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust has been elected President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in succession...

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24 May 2018

Discovery will impact design of drug delivery systems at the molecular level

Researchers at Houston Methodist and Rice University have made a discovery that will impact the design of not only drug...

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22 May 2018

Outcomes of first ever analysis of UK anaesthetic research grant activity

Recent data [1] published in the journal Anaesthesia, comprising the first systematic analysis of UK anaesthetic research grant activity by the National Institute...

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