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How Can Neuromodulation Help Opioid Addiction Patients?
The opioid crisis is one of the most alarming, increasingly widespread public health risks in our global society. It is most concentrated in the United States, where the percentage of the population abusing opioid drugs (6%) is highest [1]. Opioid analgesics (opioids) are medications c...
How Can We Tackle Emergency Department Crowding Once And For All? (Part 3 Of 3)
This article is the third in a three-part series which seeks to dissect the challenge of emergency department (ED) crowding; why it occurs, why it’s a problem and what we need to do to overcome it. The creation of this series is driven by the ever-pressing need to secure the sustainabil...
How Does Emergency Department Crowding Impact Care? (Part 2 Of 3)
This article is the second in a three-part series which seeks to dissect the challenge of emergency department (ED) crowding; why it occurs, why it’s a problem and what we need to do to overcome it. The creation of this series is driven by the ever-pressing need to secure the sustainabi...
What Causes Emergency Department Crowding? (Part 1 Of 3)
This article is the first in a three-part series which seeks to dissect the challenge of emergency department (ED) crowding; why it occurs, why it’s a problem and what we need to do to overcome it. The creation of this series is driven by the ever-pressing need to secure the sustainabil...
A Proactive Approach to Addressing Atrial Fibrillation In Primary Care
Atrial fibrillation (AF) poses challenges to primary care on a number of fronts. AF is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and heightens the risk of both developing and dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD). ...
COPD Management Empowerment
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic lung condition characterised by difficulty breathing, coughing and other respiratory symptoms. It is a progressive disease, meaning that these symptoms typically get worse over time. COPD is the sixth leading cause of death in th...
Spirometry and COPD
Spirometry is a commonly used diagnostic test that measures the amount of air a person can inhale and exhale and the speed at which they can do so [1]. It is often used to diagnose and monitor conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [1]. While spiromet...
Why Treatment for Dysmenorrhea is Not Good Enough
In 2003, a paper was published by the University of Maryland called ‘The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of Chronic Pain’, which found that while women experience “more frequent and greater pain” than men, they are likely to “be less well treated than men for ...
A New Therapeutic Paradigm For Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease which affects around 50 million people of all ages worldwide [1]. The disease is characterised by recurrent seizures caused as a result of excessive electrical discharges in a group of brain cells. Epilepsy is non-contagious, and although there...