Eye cancer treatment
Eye cancers are treated by a team of specialists and doctors. This is called a multidisciplinary team approach. The team
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Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP Syndrome)
Neuropathy, ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa, also known as NARP syndrome, is a rare genetic condition characterized by numerous signs and
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Expand the role of patients, the true experts, in neuromuscular disease research: Shared decision-making seen as an important instrument to obtain better research results and gain support and acceptance from the wider public, according to a new position paper published in the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases
The old-fashioned paternalistic relationship between doctors and patients has gradually evolved into a more collaborative one in the era of
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Cannabis pain relief without the ‘high’: Mechanism of cannabidiol for safe pain relief without side effects
In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
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Parent educational tools on pain relief help reduce babies’ vaccination distress
Information provided to new parents in hospital about how to alleviate pain for their babies during vaccination resulted in more
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PIEZO2, a molecular target for treating clinical pain
If you’ve ever been sunburned, you’ve experienced the dreaded pain of putting on a shirt the next day. Fabric that
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Anticonvulsant drugs ineffective for low back pain and can cause harm, despite increased prescribing
Anticonvulsant drugs are increasingly being used to treat low back pain, but a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association
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