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  Pain management and opioid use in the community

  Written by Christine Clark | 16 Aug 2022

  Better education about opioids and careful patient monitoring could be the keys to reducing opioid-dependence and effective pain management, according to Professor Roger Knaggs (Specialist Pharmacist in pain… read more.

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  Breakthrough in search for tinnitus cure

  Written by Charlie King | 14 Aug 2022

  After 20 years searching for a cure for tinnitus, researchers at the University of Auckland are excited by ‘encouraging results’ from a clinical trial of a mobile-phone-based therapy…. read more.

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  Pharmacology

  Potential long-term treatment for asthma found

  Written by Charlie King | 12 Aug 2022

  A possible way to tackle one of the underlying causes of asthma has been developed by researchers from Aston University and Imperial College London. In tests in mice,… read more.

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  Palliative Care

  Simulation in medical school helps prepare doctors to care for dying patients

  Written by Charlie King | 11 Aug 2022

  Simulated experience of caring for a dying patient and their family can improve the confidence and preparedness of medical students to provide such care, according to a new… read more.

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  Pain

  Early physical therapy associated with less health care resource use for patients with acute lower back pain

  Written by Charlie King | 8 Aug 2022

  Early initiation of physical therapy (PT) for U.S. patients with acute lower back pain (LBP) was associated with less health care resource use in the first month and… read more.

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  Gastroenterology

  A new low-calorie sweetener could also improve gut health, study shows

  Written by Charlie King | 6 Aug 2022

  From the wide variety of sodas, candies and baked goods that are sold worldwide, it’s clear that people love their sweet treats. But consuming too much white table… read more.