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Primary care physicians dealing with chronic pain

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 7 Apr 2016

New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital finds benefits in careful monitoring of chronic pain patients and need for pain management within primary care.

Tailored acupuncture lessens pain intensity fibromyalgia

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 6 Apr 2016

Nine weekly sessions of individually tailored acupuncture lessen perceived pain intensity, and improve functional capacity and quality of life, in people with the chronic pain condition, fibromyalgia, finds… read more.

BTS 2016: Best practice immunosuppression – no more Mr Nice Guy. Interview with Lorna Marson, Lisa Burnapp and Professor Derek Manas from the BTS executive discuss the potential impact on patients if the appeal fails and Professor Nigel Heaton and Dr Varuna Aluvihare (Kings College Hospital) give a surgeon and hepatologist’s view on how NICE renal guidance might affect liver transplantation.

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 15 Mar 2016

Best practice immunosuppression – no more Mr Nice Guy. Nicholas Torpey, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. Overview by Maria Dalby The updated recommendations from the National Institute for Health… read more.

BTS 2016: Best practice immunosuppression – no more Mr Nice Guy. Interview with Lorna Marson, Lisa Burnapp and Professor Derek Manas from the BTS executive discuss the potential impact on patients if the appeal fails and Professor Nigel Heaton and Dr Varuna Aluvihare (Kings College Hospital) give a surgeon and hepatologist's view on how NICE renal guidance might affect liver transplantation.

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 15 Mar 2016

Exercise helps prevent low back pain

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 3 Feb 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Results from a meta-analysis of relevant studies suggest that exercise, alone or in combination with education, reduces the risk of low back pain. The findings… read more.

X-ray appears unreliable for spotting hip osteoarthritis

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 11 Jan 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that in most cases hip x-rays are unreliable for diagnosing hip osteoarthritis (OA). The findings appeared on Dec. 8, 2015 in the British Medical… read more.

Endovascular intervention shows better outcomes than standard stroke treatment

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 8 Jan 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Results from a meta-analysis of randomized trials for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke suggest that, compared to standard clot dissolving treatment, endovascular intervention, such… read more.

Nicotinamide reduces risk of skin cancers

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 5 Jan 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, significantly lowers the risk of common, non-melanoma skin cancer in high-risk patients, researchers reported on Oct. 21,… read more.

ESOT 2015: Tailor-made immunosuppression and post-transplant follow-up

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 19 Nov 2015

by Maria Dalby: Advances in diagnostic techniques, genetic testing and immunosuppressive protocols allow clinicians to tailor interventions to the individual patient’s needs to a greater extent than in… read more.

IMV 2015: Newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, elderly patients: Professor Gareth Morgan, (Little Rock, USA) and Professor Paul Richardson, (Boston, USA) discuss managing older patients with MM

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 18 Nov 2015

The majority of patients presenting with MM are elderly and pose a considerable clinical challenge in terms of disease burden and comorbidities compared with their younger counterparts. A… read more.

Benefits for COPD patients using digital health application

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 8 Oct 2015

Early intervention facilitated by a digital health application for reporting symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) provides key benefits for patients, according to the results of a… read more.

Steroid therapy could improve pneumonia outcomes

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 22 Sep 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Corticosteroid therapy appears to improve community-acquired pneumonia outcomes, researchers reported on August 11, 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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