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EHA 2016: Managing multiple myeloma in elderly/frail patients. Professor Antonio Palumbo (University of Torino, Italy) discusses the impact of age on outcomes (abstract E1295) and Professor Roman Hajek (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic) talks about preferred therapeutic strategies for elderly MM patients.

Written by | 20 Jul 2016

Managing multiple myeloma in elderly/frail patients   Although multiple myeloma is a disease of old age, elderly patients vary a great deal in terms of fitness and ability… read more.

Ketamine cuts suicidal thinking in depression

Written by | 8 Jul 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Ketamine reduced suicidal thoughts in a small group of patients with treatment-resistant depression, researchers reported on May 10, 2016 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

ILTS 2016: Professor John O’Grady (Kings College Hospital, London) and Professor Sung-Gyu Lee (Ulsan University Medical School, Seoul, Korea) discuss their key messages in LDLT for the UK transplant community. Also included associated article entitled ‘Done correctly, living donation success is possible’

Written by | 10 Jun 2016

Done correctly, living donation success is possible by Thomas R. Collins Life expectancy and quality of life measures tend to be quite high among live liver donors, generally… read more.

ILTS 2016: Professor John O’Grady (Kings College Hospital, London) and Professor Sung-Gyu Lee (Ulsan University Medical School, Seoul, Korea) discuss their key messages in LDLT for the UK transplant community. Also included associated article entitled 'Done correctly, living donation success is possible'

Written by | 10 Jun 2016

Done correctly, living donation success is possible by Thomas R. Collins Life expectancy and quality of life measures tend to be quite high among live liver donors, generally… read more.

World Health Matters: Denmark – Postpartum psychiatric disorders increase suicide risk

Written by | 24 May 2016

by Gary Finnegan: A new study shows that while suicide in new mothers is rare, the link with postpartum psychiatric disorders is strong.

ECCO 2016: Professor Séverine Vermeire (Leuven, Belgium) discusses new patient guidelines for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis which were released at this year’s 11th Congress of ECCO in Amsterdam, and Helen Terry (CCUK) discusses how they might be rolled out to patients in the UK.

Written by | 5 May 2016

ECCO-EFCCA Patient Guidelines – by Maria Dalby Marco Greco, Milan, Italy; Séverine Vermeire, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium; Salvatore Leone, Palermo, Italy; Paolo Gionchetti, University of Bologna, Italy; Martin Kojinov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Axel… read more.

Smoking cessation drugs do not increase serious psychiatric side effects

Written by | 29 Apr 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Smoking cessation treatment with varenicline and bupropion does increase serious neuropsychiatric side effects, researchers reported in The Lancet on April 22, 2016.

Blocking stress protein relieves chronic pain

Written by | 8 Apr 2016

A group of drugs being developed to treat mood disorders could also relieve chronic pain, finds new UCL (University College London) research funded by the Medical Research Council.

Tailored acupuncture lessens pain intensity fibromyalgia

Written by | 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.

Increased risk of diabetes appears in women with sleep problems

Written by | 2 Feb 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Women who have problems sleeping are at an increased risks of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers reported on January 28, 2016 in Diabetologia.

World Health Matters: Medications linked to falls in older men

Written by | 22 Oct 2015

by Gary Finnegan: Ireland: Medicines routinely prescribed for older patients may be contributing to elevated rates of falls in elderly men, according to a study published in the… read more.

USA pain by the numbers

Written by | 6 Oct 2015

In one of the largest population studies on pain to date, researchers with the National Institutes of Health estimate that nearly 40 million Americans experience severe pain and… read more.

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