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How does exercise affect nerve pain?

Exercise helps to alleviate pain related to nerve damage (neuropathic pain) by reducing levels of certain inflammation-promoting factors, suggests an experimental study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.The results support exercise as

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NICE opens consultation on draft guidance for depth of anaesthesia monitors

Draft guidance from NICE’s Diagnostics Assessment Programme issued for consultation recommends the use of the Bispectral Index (BIS) depth of anaesthesia monitor as an option for reducing adverse outcomes from

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JAP Correction

We want to draw your attention to a few mistakes.Article: “Hydrochemistry of Water and the Medically Infused Fluids: Focus on Biochemical Mischief” Page 98, column No.1In the section of molecular

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Midwives and nurse anaesthetists will be trained to perform obstetric surgery and provide critical care for newborn infants in Africa

In an innovative move to counteract the health worker brain drain, urbanisation and loss of doctors through recent armed conflict (in Liberia), the Ministries of Health in two sub-Saharan African

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Magnets may help prevent rare complication of spinal anaesthesia

A simple technique using local anaesthetic mixed with magnetised “ferrofluids” may provide a new approach to preventing a rare but serious complication of spinal anaesthesia, reports Anesthesia & Analgesia.With further

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NHS productivity challenge would be ‘undoable’ says expert

Asking the NHS to find nearly £50 billion in efficiency savings would be “frankly undoable”, says John Appleby, Chief Economist at the King’s Fund, in an article published on www.bmj.com.The

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Quick, simple test to identify patients who will not respond to the painkiller tramadol

French researchers have found a way to quickly identify the 5-10% of patients in whom the commonly used painkiller, tramadol, does not work effectively. A simple blood test can produce

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The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) extends their membership offering

Following a decision by the Founding Council, membership has now been extended so non-medical full members of UK medical royal colleges and faculties can now join FMLM. The numbers now

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Regional anaesthesia reduces complications and death for hip fracture patients

In a study of more than 18,000 patients having surgery for hip fracture, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that the use of

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FDA appeals ruling preventing importing of drugs for lethal injections into US

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is appealing a recent court ruling, preventing drugs facilitating the administration of the lethal injection to be imported into US prisons. In US