RCoA undertakes largest ever study of anaphylaxis in anaesthesia and surgery
Published in the 6th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (NAP6) is the largest ever prospective study of anaphylaxis1 related to...
Read MoreNew approach for treating neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain is the chronic, pathological pain that continues even when the cause of pain is removed. Causes include damage...
Read MoreChildren exposed to general anaesthestic have poorer development, literacy and numeracy scores
The new finding published in April in Pediatric Anesthesia, is based on a data-linkage study of over 210,000 children in New South Wales,...
Read MoreManaging chronic pain with light
Scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Rome have now identified a special population of nerve cells in the...
Read MoreNo evidence that anaesthesia in young children lowers intelligence
A Mayo Clinic study finds no evidence that children given anaesthesia before their third birthdays have lower IQs than those...
Read MorePost-surgical opioids can, paradoxically, lead to chronic pain
Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialised immune...
Read MoreScientist turns off chemo pain
In a recent paper published in the journal Pain, Saint Louis University researchers describe their success in an animal model in...
Read MoreCancer patients’ pain eased by simple bedside chart
Patients with cancer could benefit from a simple bedside chart system to manage their pain, a study suggests. The new...
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