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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Improves Pain, Fatigue in Women With Fibromyalgia

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) improves pain and fatigue, compared with no treatment, in women with fibromyalgia, according to a study presented here at the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ACR/ARHP). “Most women who received active TENS reported global improvement in their condition,” reported Leslie Crofford, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Novel Sedation Therapy Decreases Anxiety, Need for IV Medication During Cataract Surgery

A therapy that combines midazolam, ketamine, and ondansetron is more effective for sedation in cataract surgery than standard therapy, according to a study presented here at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). In addition, the combination therapy decreased patient anxiety and reduced the need intravenous medications, reported Maggie Jeffries, MD, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Public spaces should stock bleeding-control kits for mass casualties, experts say

As mass-casualty events and violent attacks in the U.S. continue to increase, military and emergency medicine experts are recommending that public venues install bleeding-control kits for at least 20 victims. These kits, equipped with nitrile gloves, a basic tourniquet, wound dressing to stop severe bleeding, rolled gauze and trauma scissors, could allow bystanders to help […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Mexican weight-loss surgery gave Americans deadly, drug-resistant infection, CDC warns

Author: JARED GILMOUR Nearly a dozen Americans who went to Tijuana recently for surgeries from cheaper Mexican hospitals came back with something else: deadly, drug-resistant infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns Americans to avoid a specific Mexican hospital and to take precautions so they don’t get infected by the antibiotic-resistant form of the Pseudomonas […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Differential diagnosis of late-type reactions to injected local anaesthetics: Inflammation at the injection site is the only indicator of allergic hypersensitivity

Authors: Trautmann A et al Contact Dermatitis (Oct 2018) BACKGROUND Anaphylaxis-like reactions developing within a few minutes are the most frequent complications of subcutaneous or submucosal injections of local anaesthetics (LAs), and topically applied LAs are potential contact allergens. In addition, injected LAs have been reported to induce delayed reactions, including local inflammation at the […]

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