A study by UA researchers revealed that rats with neuropathic pain that were bathed in green LED showed more tolerance for thermal and tactile stimulus. A clinical trial involving people suffering from fibromyalgia is underway. It wasn't ...
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New research may help explain why drug treatments for addiction and depression don’t work for some patients. The conditions are linked to reward and aversion responses in the brain. Working in mice, researchers at Washington ...
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A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of ...
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GE Healthcare division Vital Signs is warning anesthesiologists that its Multi Absorber Original anesthesia systems could have problems with air leakage. Launching a voluntary field corrective action for the device, the company notes that ...
MEDNAX, Inc., (NYSE: MD) today announced the acquisition of Summit Anesthesia Associates, P.A., a physician group practice primarily based in Summit, New Jersey. The practice will become part of MEDNAX's American Anesthesiology division and ...
Slightly less than 1 percent of U.S. anesthesiology residents who began their training between 1975 and 2009 had a substance abuse disorder during their residency, a new study reveals. Researchers examined data gathered from nearly 45,000 ...
The elimination of extensive routine preoperative tests and consultations represents an area of potentially large health care savings across many disciplines, particularly for low-risk patients being evaluated for cataract surgery. It is ...
Nearly 1-in-100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder during training, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David Warner of Mayo Clinic's Department of Anesthesiology and the American ...
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Nearly 1-in-100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder during training, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David Warner of Mayo Clinic's Department of Anesthesiology and the American ...
CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced the signing of a definitive agreement for CareFusion to acquire the Vital Signs division of GE Healthcare for $500m. With annual revenue of approximately $250m, Vital Signs is ...
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Wireless micro-LED devices are allowing researchers to use optogenetics to uncover information about molecular and cellular events in the brain that underlie stress, addiction and depression. To better understand and one day provide ...
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Depomed, a US-based pharmaceutical firm, has launched Lazanda (fentanyl) nasal spray along with a new, dedicated team of regional sales specialists and the signature support program for patients with breakthrough cancer pain. Lazanda is ...
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US-based Samsung Electronics America has announced the launch of its Samsung UGEO PT60A, a tablet-based ultrasound system designed to satisfy all applications in the point-of-care market. The Samsung UGEO PT60A includes a full 10.1 inch ...
Pacira Pharmaceuticals has announced the findings from two new studies supporting the use of Exparel infiltrated into the transversus abdominis plane for postsurgical pain management Presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the ...
Covidien will introduce its Nellcor Bedside SpO2 Patient Monitoring system at the European Society of Anesthesiology Congress held between 9-12 June 2012 in Paris, France. The Nellcor system utilizes OxiMax technology for monitoring ...
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