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...
Read MorePain 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...
Read MoreInjection 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...
Read MoreProfessor 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...
Read MoreDiscovery 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...
Read MoreOutcomes 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...
Read MoreRCoA 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...
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