Study uncovers simple way of predicting severe pain following breast cancer surgery
Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other… read more.
Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other… read more.
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified reliable predictors of pain by surveying patients throughout their hospital stays about the severity of their pain and their… read more.
The routine use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) among patients with ankylosing spondylitis can slow the progression of bone changes in the spine, two groups of European researchers… read more.
When people have similar injuries, why do some end up with chronic pain while others recover and are pain free? The first longitudinal brain imaging study to track… read more.
The combination also appears to be cost effective. A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, double-dummy, parallel-group study to determine the safety and efficacy of oxycodone/naloxone prolonged-release tablets in patients with… read more.
Pain caused by 2 different mechanisms Apply the ointment, light on, light off – that’s how easy it is to cure various forms of non-melanoma skin cancer. However,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Normal weight persons with weight concentrated in their belly run a higher death risk of CVD-related death than obese-only individuals, researchers reported at ESC.
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers from the PROTECT(Patient Related OuTcomes with Endeavor versus Cypher Stenting Rates) study reported at ESC that rates of stent thrombosis at three years… read more.
by Zara Qadir – On March 11, 2011, Japan was shocked by the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan. The earthquake and tsunami caused 15,861… read more.
by Zara Qadir – Patients who resume smoking after a stroke increase their risk of death by three-fold, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Professor… read more.
by Zara Qadir – BMI still offers a simple numeric measure of a person’s “thickness” or “thinness”. However, normal weight individuals who carry weight concentrated in their belly… read more.
by Zara Qadir – ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences. The recipient of the ‘ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences’ went to Rory Collins (pictured), who… read more.
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