Advanced monitoring tools may aid insertion timing in painless gastroscopy compared to traditional indicators
Timing the Scope: Why Seconds Matter in Painless Endoscopy
A narrative review examined advanced monitoring tools versus traditional indicators for determining insertion timing during painless gastros…
Getting the timing right on a sedated scope insertion may lower coughing, gagging, and risk — and smarter monitors can help.
Mechanism-oriented interventions show promising results for taxane-induced neuropathic pain in breast cancer survivors
New Hope for Breast Cancer Nerve Pain
This critical review evaluated mechanism-oriented interventions, including pharmacological treatments and neuromodulation, for taxane-induce…
Breast cancer survivors face long-term nerve pain from chemo, but new methods targeting the broken nerve machinery offer better relief witho…
Sleeve-fundoplication without gastric resection reduces GERD incidence versus sleeve gastrectomy in obese rat model
New stomach surgery stops acid burn while you lose weight
A preclinical randomized controlled trial in 24 obese rats found sleeve-fundoplication without gastric resection (SG-F) significantly reduce…
A new stomach surgery helps you lose weight without worsening acid reflux, offering a safer alternative to standard procedures that often ma…
Vonoprazan-based regimens show higher H. pylori eradication rates than rabeprazole dual therapy in Chinese cohort
A New Stomach Infection Treatment Works Where Old Ones Often Fail
A retrospective cohort study of 598 H. pylori-positive outpatients in Guizhou, China, found vonoprazan-based regimens achieved eradication r…
For millions struggling with a common and stubborn stomach bug, a new treatment approach just proved it can succeed where standard care freq…
Network meta-analysis compares 155 analgesic regimens for pain after knee and hip arthroplasty
Study Compares 155 Pain Relief Methods After Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery
A network meta-analysis of 211 RCTs involving 22,972 patients compared 155 analgesic regimens for postoperative pain after knee or hip arthr…
Patients recovering from knee or hip surgery can find which of 155 pain relief methods best controls pain and improves movement in the first…
PENG block with bupivacaine reduces early POCD incidence after hip arthroplasty in older patients
PENG block may lower confusion and pain after hip surgery in older adults
In a randomized, double-blind study of 84 older patients undergoing hip arthroplasty, ultrasound-guided PENG block with 0.25% bupivacaine re…
An ultrasound-guided PENG block lowers confusion and pain after hip surgery in older adults, helping them move earlier and use fewer painkil…
Pilot trial finds acute taVNS effects on blood pressure differ by stimulation site and hypertension status
Can a gentle ear stimulation lower blood pressure? Early results show it depends
A randomized crossover pilot trial in 14 hypertensive and 14 healthy participants assessed acute taVNS effects on blood pressure and heart r…
Gentle ear stimulation lowered blood pressure in healthy people but only worked on a different spot for those with high blood pressure.
Peer navigators provide direct, informational, and facilitation support for OUD during community re-entry
What kind of help do people need most when leaving jail with opioid addiction?
A Connecticut RCT sub-study of 108 criminal legal-involved adults with OUD characterized peer navigator support during community re-entry.
When leaving jail, opioid recovery hinges on practical help like rides to appointments and paperwork support, not just medical advice.
Suprascapular Nerve Block Added to Steroid Injection Shows Early Pain Benefit in Adhesive Capsulitis
Does adding a nerve block to steroid shots help frozen shoulder patients feel better faster?
A randomized trial in 96 patients with adhesive capsulitis compared intra-articular steroid (IAS) injection alone to IAS plus suprascapular …
Adding a nerve block to steroid shots gives frozen shoulder patients quick pain relief, but it doesn't improve long-term shoulder function c…
TTNS plus behavior therapy reduces urgency and nocturia in older women with OAB
Small study finds nerve stimulation plus therapy may help older women with overactive bladder
A small RCT in 38 older women with OAB compared behavior therapy (BT) alone to BT plus transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS).
Adding gentle ankle nerve stimulation to standard bladder training helped older women reduce urgent leakage and nighttime urination more tha…
Intramuscular quadratus lumborum block improves post-cesarean analgesia compared to anterior approach
Does a different injection spot help new moms recover faster after a C-section?
This randomized controlled trial enrolled 128 parturients undergoing cesarean delivery to compare intramuscular quadratus lumborum block (QL…
A different injection spot for C-section pain relief helped new moms need fewer pain pills and feel less leg numbness in the first day.
Intraoperative ESP block yields higher postoperative recovery scores than preoperative block in lumbar disk hernioplasty
When should you get a nerve block for back surgery? Timing might affect how you feel afterward
A single-blind RCT of 100 adults undergoing lumbar disk hernioplasty compared preoperative versus intraoperative erector spinae plane block …
Getting a back surgery nerve block after anesthesia instead of before may slightly improve emotional recovery scores, though the physical pa…