Why chronic pain risk may run in families supriya kashyap kashyap8 July 2016 9:52 AM ISTNew York : Genetics, effects on early development and social learning are some factors that can increase the risk of chronic pain transmitting from...
High success, less complications with Awake Intubation : Study Geeta Sharma Sharma6 July 2016 11:28 AM ISTAwake intubation is the standard of care for management of the anticipated difficult airway. The performance of awake intubation may be perceived as...
American Pain Society Offers Guidance on Medical Marijuana for Pain supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jun 2016 2:43 PM ISTMarijuana often is used to self-treat chronic pain and, with 24 states legalizing medical use of the herb, the American Pain Society published...
Anesthesia Is Safe in the Young: PANDA study supriya kashyap kashyap23 Jun 2016 1:47 PM ISTNew York : A single exposure to general anesthesia poses no cognitive risk to healthy children under age 3, a critical time in brain development,...
Nearly half of British population living with chronic pain supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 2:59 PM ISTLondon : A large section of the population in Britain 43 per cent is living with chronic pain, a major cause of disability and distress, says a new...
Long Term Opioids May Not Be Best Pain Management Option for All Sickle Cell Patients supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 2:57 PM ISTIn a small study looking at pain assessments in adults with sickle cell disease, researchers at Johns Hopkins says overall, those treated long-term...
Painkillers may extend duration of chronic pain savita thakur thakur1 Jun 2016 4:11 PM ISTShort-term decision to take painkillers can have devastating consequences of making pain worse and longer lastingThe short-term decision to take...
Using opiate-free anaesthesia may cut need for pain-killers: Study savita thakur thakur31 May 2016 3:52 PM ISTLONDON: Patients undergoing breast cancer surgery need less pain-killing medication post-surgery if they have anaesthesia that is free of opioid...
Ketamine effective post-surgical painkiller,major cost saver- European Society of Anaesthesiology Geeta Sharma Sharma30 May 2016 4:13 PM ISTA new meta-analysis showing the effectiveness of ketamine for dealing with persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP) is to be presented at Euroanaesthesia...
Novel measure for better anaesthesia management supriya kashyap kashyap15 May 2016 7:25 PM ISTChicago : A novel measure for assessing the body’s response to surgery may allow for better anesthesia management in the O.R., less pain when...
Street Drug, 10,000 times more potent than MORPHINE finding its way to the markets Meghna Singhania6 May 2016 4:22 PM ISTReports have been flashing of a powerful drug, called W-18 is slowly finding its way to the streets of various parts of the world. The key feature of...
