Category Archives: Pulse Today

A ‘WIN WIN’ FIBROMYALGIA CONFERENCE

News from the world of fibromyalgia. Leading speakers at SE England fibromyalgia conference share their insights into the brains of fibromites, sleep patterns and their diets.

One in seven GPs may be told to retrain under revalidation plans

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy of PulseToday.com On July 2008 the PulseToday.com on line magazine for GPs carried a story concerning compulsory annual assessment for GPs. Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson then formally laid out controversial plans for the revalidation of doctors. Under the plans, revealed in the [...]

Minister calls for pain indicators in QOF (Quality

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy of PulseToday.com By Nigel Praities -21 Apr 09 A Government minister has invited applications for new pain management indicators for the QOF in a parliamentary debate held yesterday. Health minster Ann Keen said the inclusion of pain in the QOF was a ‘key issue’ [...]

Natural doesn’t mean safe. And CAM is neither.

From the FMS Global and UK News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy of Pulse, CMP Medica. All rights reserved. Professor Edzard Ernst Blog – 06 Apr 09 It is surprising how easily people fall for the argument that complementary or alternative therapies are safe, because they are natural. Yet on both counts, this argument is [...]

Prescriptions for opioids jump following co-proxamol ban

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy PulseToday.co.uk. By Lilian Anekwe – 17 March 2009 Opioid prescriptions have jumped during the withdrawal of co-proxamol, with GPs apparently struggling to find adequate means of pain control for some patients. Prescriptions for morphine have risen by more than 40% and those for tramadol by [...]

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