Treatment Of Pain Is A Challenge In Alzheimer’s Disease
The treatment and management of pain in people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be a challenge due to problems in…
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PainNoFilter : Charity Marks World Arthritis Day
18 million people in the UK have arthritis or a related condition Half (57%) experience pain every day; eight in…
Alternative ways to manage long-term pain
When managing long-term pain in the pain clinic, we rely on all our skills as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and…
Empathy makes you a better doctor
It’s just common sense that doctors who have empathy make better doctors. However, until now, the benefit to patients has…
The evolution of pain medication
Thousands of years after humans discovered the pain-relieving effects of resin from opium poppies, clinicians still rely on opioids, which…
New ways to kill pain
Thousands of years after humans discovered the pain-relieving effects of resin from opium poppies, clinicians still rely in opioids to…
Alleviating pain and suffering
My job is to help reduce the pain that comes when the body starts to wear out, both as a…
Pain can haunt you
Never underestimate the impact of emotional and psychological factors on human wellbeing. We know that the mind and the body…
Fight pain with food
Certain foods are thought to have natural pain relieving properties. And foods don’t have the unpleasant side effects that many…
Pills for pain
Chronic pain is one of the major health concerns in the UK. According to the National Pain Audit, published in…
Why I chose pilates
Many years ago, I had a herniated lumber disc in my back which was excruciating painful. I was a school…
Dying Well?
In an age where medicine can do more than ever before to delay dying, is death sometimes now seen as…