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What can traditional plant therapy do in the face of Covid-19? Examples from traditional Chinese medicine
Conclusion: TCM can obtain obvious curative effect in symptomatic treatment, has strong anti-inflammatory effect, and can effectively reduce symptoms and patients ' pain.Keywords: COVID-19; traditional plant therapy; Qingfei Paidu decoction.
Source: African Health Sciences - July 13, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Dandan Song, Qian Deng, Hualiang Chen Source Type: research

What are the benefits and harms of different treatments for jellyfish stings?
The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group produced more than 300 reviews across a very wide range of topics. These include a review of the treatment of jelly fish stings, which was updated in June 2023. We asked lead author, Richard McGee from the Department of Paediatrics in Gosford Hospital in Australia to tell us more and he used an AI voice from elevenlabs.io to make the recording.
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - July 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts

Surgical treatment of high-grade acute intramuscular hamstring tendon injuries in athletes leads to predictable return to sports and no re-injuries
ConclusionsSurgical repair of high-grade intramuscular tendon injuries of the biceps femoris hamstring muscle in athletes resulted in high levels of return to pre-injury sporting levels and no re-injuries. The intra-muscular tendon should be scrutinized when assessing hamstring injuries in elite sport and offer surgery in high-grade cases.Level of evidenceIV.
Source: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy - July 10, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research

Imaging for Back and Joint Pain: Overuse Is an International Problem
(MedPage Today) -- Records in an Australian database indicated that primary care physicians very often order diagnostic imaging for patients with musculoskeletal pain shortly after first seeing them, despite evidence and guidelines that say these...
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 7, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Clinical outcomes and health care costs of transferring rural Western Australians for invasive coronary angiography, and a cost-effective alternative care model: a retrospective cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: Many rural and remote Western Australians transferred for ICA in Perth have non-obstructive CAD and are medically managed. Providing CTCA as a first line investigation in rural centres could avert half of these transfers and be a cost-effective strategy for risk stratification of people with suspected CAD.PMID:37403443 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52018
Source: Rural Remote Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Mikhail Alexander Nick S R Lan Michael J Dallo Tom G Briffa Frank M Sanfilippo Andrew Hooper Helen Bartholomew Loletta Hii Graham S Hillis Brendan M McQuillan Girish Dwivedi James M Rankin Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid Source Type: research

Defining research priorities and needs in cancer symptoms for adults diagnosed with cancer: an Australian/New Zealand modified Delphi study
ConclusionsConsumers and HCPs prioritise differently; however, the symptoms and interventions that reached consensus provide a basis for future research. Fatigue should be considered a high priority given its prevalence and its influence on other symptoms. The lack of consumer consensus indicates the uniqueness of their experience and the need for a patient-centred approach. Understanding individual consumer experience is important when planning research into better symptom management.
Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - July 3, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

The effect of palliative care team intervention and symptom improvement using patient-reported outcomes: a multicenter prospective observational study
ConclusionThis multicenter study showed that HPCTs effectively improved symptoms in several severe conditions, as assessed by PROs. This study also demonstrated the difficulty of relieving symptoms in patients in palliative care and the need for improved care.
Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - July 3, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Cardiac Rapid Access Service —A New Gold Coast Health Initiative
Chest pain is a leading cause of emergency department presentation throughout Australia [1]. In 2022, across Gold Coast University Hospital and Robina Hospital, there were 16,720 presentations to ED for chest pain —equating to 45 per day. On average, 10 of these patients were admitted to the ward daily. Patients admitted for evaluation of possible acute coronary syndrome require lengthy and expensive admissions [1].
Source: Heart, Lung and Circulation - July 1, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: J. Millhouse, M. He, M. Mori, K. Oldfield, S. Martin, I. Agahari Source Type: research

Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic: Insights From a 10-Year Experience at an Australian Centre
Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC) has been a successful model of care worldwide. Our study assessed the performance, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of Austin Health ’s RACPC, a metropolitan health service in Australia.
Source: Heart, Lung and Circulation - July 1, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: M. Shawki, Y. Lin, K. Sanders, R. Azzopardi, Z. Liu, H. Al-Fiadh, C. Naismith, O. Farouque, A. Al-Fiadh Source Type: research

The Great Opioid Lie: Addictive painkillers do NOT reduce lower back or neck pain
Prescription opioids that have hooked millions of Americans over the past two decades have been shown to be no more effective at reducing pain than a placebo, according to research in Australia.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sex differences in lifetime prevalence of low back pain: A multinational study of opposite ‐sex twin pairs
ConclusionsWe found no evidence of the association between sex and LBP in our merged sample. Between-population differences (i.e. cultural background or health system characteristics) are likely to be major factors leading to variation in the sex association with LBP when familial factors are accounted for.SignificanceOur study of adult opposite-sex twin pairs found no evidence of an association between female sex and lifetime prevalence of low back pain after controlling for familial factors in the merged sample from Australia, Spain and USA, contrary to findings from previous studies of unrelated individuals. Our finding...
Source: European Journal of Pain - June 26, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Lucas Calais ‐Ferreira, Daniel Pozzobon, Marina B. Pinheiro, Fiona M. Blyth, Juan R. Ordoñana, Glen E. Duncan, John L. Hopper, Paulo H. Ferreira, Manuela L. Ferreira Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research