Nerve Stimulation May Benefit Women with Fibromyalgia
A treatment involving electrical nerve stimulation helped women with fibromyalgia in a recent clinical trial. The findings are published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
Ketamine may not be an actual antidepressant but it may simply decrease the burden of symptoms
A new study indicates that the antidepressant effects of ketamine may not be such, according to a paper published in Psychotherapy and psychosomatics. The study investigates the hypothesis that depressed individual receiving ketamine infusions, associate feelings of lightness and floating which are a typical occurrence…
Using ‘do not resuscitate’ orders earlier in intensive care patients makes them far less likely to have a poor quality of death
New research presented at this year’s ESICM LIVES conference shows that where ‘do not resuscitate orders’ (DNR) are used at the end of life, putting them in place before the patient enters intensive care (ICU) or in the first 2 days of their ICU stay…
Brain cooling after traumatic head injury does not improve outcomes
Controversy has existed for many years about the perceived benefits of brain cooling following traumatic brain injury (TBI). New research presented at the ESICM LIVES conference (the annual meeting of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine) shows that patients who undergo brain cooling have…
New study recommends alternative pain relief for knee replacement patients
A new study led by researchers at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust and the University of Warwick has recommended an alternative method of pain relief for patients undergoing knee replacement surgery.