Long-term opioid use related to erectile dysfunction
by Bruce Sylvester – Long-term use of opioids is linked to an increased higher risk of erectile dysfunction (ED), researchers reported on May 15, 2013 in the journal… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Long-term use of opioids is linked to an increased higher risk of erectile dysfunction (ED), researchers reported on May 15, 2013 in the journal… read more.
More than 80 per cent of youth who die by suicide had some form of contact with the health care system in the year before their death, according… read more.
Low doses of the opioid antagonist naltrexone may relieve pain associated with fibromyalgia compared with placebo by targeting the immune pathway of pain, researchers said.
Patients with low back pain who don’t respond robustly to intra-articular steroid injections may still be candidates for treatment with radiofrequency ablation (RFA), researchers said here.
Gabapentin treatment helped more than half of patients achieve relief from postherpetic neuralgia pain (PHN) in a “real-world clinical practice,” researchers said here.
In fibromyalgia patients undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery, low-dose, intraoperative ketamine appeared to reduce the need for post-surgical opioid therapy, researchers said.
The pain-relieving efficacy of the buprenorphine transdermal medication system didn’t seem to be altered by a patient’s body mass, researchers said.
Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research.
Positive findings differ from previous studies on hysterectomy, heart disease risk. Having a hysterectomy with or without ovary removal in mid-life does not increase a woman’s risk of… read more.
New research at The University of Nottingham is calling for changes to a government scheme which engages community nurses in the prevention of child abuse and neglect in… read more.
Fibromyalgia, now recognized as a true health syndrome with origins in the central nervous system, has seen many recent evolutions regarding its diagnosis and management which should instil… read more.
Dietary nicotine may hold protective key. New research reveals that Solanaceae—a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine—may provide a protective… read more.
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