Synthetic Opioids Used in Surgery May Worsen Postoperative Pain Experience, suggests research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 April 2025 9:00 PM ISTResearch published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine suggests that using potent synthetic opioids like sufentanil and remifentanil during...
Medical Bulletin 27/ February/ 2025 Dr. Bhumika Maikhuri27 Feb 2025 3:00 PM ISTHere are the top medical news for the day:Predicting Future Health: Organ Age Biomarkers Foretell Disease Risk Decades EarlyOur organs age at...
Study Links Synthetic Opioids in Surgery to Worsened Pain Experiences Dr. Bhumika Maikhuri27 Feb 2025 8:45 AM ISTThe use of powerful synthetic opioids, such as sufentanil and remifentanil, during surgery is linked to a subsequent poor 'pain experience'-a...
Cancer drugs linked to severe chronic peripheral nerve pain for 4 in every 10 patients in new research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 Jan 2025 6:00 AM ISTWorldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around 4 in every 10 patients treated with these...
Abdominal fat linked to widespread chronic pain, especially in women, reveals research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 Sept 2024 5:00 AM ISTExcess abdominal fat is associated with widespread chronic pain, particularly in women, finds the first study of its kind, published in the open...
A song that can reduce Anxiety by 60% Isra Zaman30 Sept 2023 9:15 AM ISTMusic is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to an anesthesia procedure, according to a Penn Medicine study...
Ketamine nasal spray may prove safe and effective treatment for refractory migraine Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 May 2023 9:30 AM ISTKetamine taken in the form of a nasal spray may prove a safe and effective treatment for refractory chronic migraine, suggests a single centre study,...
Ultrasound-guided pudendal nerve block as good as penile nerve block for analgesia during pediatric circumcision Medha Baranwal23 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTCanada: A study comparing ultrasound-guided pudendal nerve block and penile nerve block under general analgesia for pediatric circumcision found that...
Lidocaine infusions help relieve pain in unresponsive chronic migraine Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 Jun 2022 7:30 PM ISTInfusions of the local anesthetic lidocaine may provide some pain relief to people with chronic migraine that does not respond to other treatments,...
Recent cannabis use linked to extremes of nightly sleep duration Hina Zahid5 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTRecent cannabis use is linked to extremes of nightly sleep duration--less than 6 hours or more than 9 hours--reveals a study of a large representative...
Widespread pain tied to increased risk of dementia and stroke: Study Hina Zahid17 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTThe findings provide convincing evidence that [widespread pain] may be a risk factor for all-cause dementia, [Alzheimer's disease], and stroke.USA:...
