jueves, 29 de junio de 2023

Join Us for an NIH HEAL Initiative Workshop on Whole Joint Health Director’s Page Helene M. Langevin, M.D. June 29, 2023

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/about/offices/od/director/past-messages/join-us-for-an-nih-heal-initiative-workshop-on-whole-joint-health?nav=govd When people have pain in their joints, it’s often assumed that the cartilage in the joint is to blame, and that damage to cartilage is a progressive and irreversible process that can only be managed until the joint needs to be replaced. But the situation is both more complex and more hopeful. Joints are integrated organs that consist of a variety of different tissues—not just cartilage, but also bone, tendons, ligaments, muscle, synovium, myofascial tissues, the joint capsule, and others. Each can play a role in joint pain. Understanding the interactions between these tissues is key to knowing how joint pain can be resolved, joint function restored, and further deterioration prevented. workshop on understanding and restoring whole joint health in pain management on July 25 and 26, 2023.

Nausea and Vomiting Related to Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/side-effects/nausea/nausea-hp-pdq?cid=eb_govdel#

VR for PTSD from ICU By Ivanhoe Broadcast News on June 19, 2023

https://www.ivanhoe.com/?p=30510&preview=1&_ppp=5e97948794 More than five million people will be admitted into intensive care units across the country this year. Although the nurses and doctors do everything they can to save people, they can’t do anything about the feelings and trauma their patients experience after leaving a life-threatening situation. Now, researchers are working to help people overcome their fears of the ICU

Board of Directors

https://www.eurordis.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/ New Board Members Last month, four new members were elected to the EURORDIS Board of Directors. We are pleased to welcome Daniel de Vicente of FEDER, Spain, Anna Spinou of the Hellenic Cystic Fibrosis Association, Greece, Tomasz Grybek of the Foundation of Borys the Hero, Poland, and Graham Slater of EAT – Esophageal Atresia Global support groups, UK.