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Musculoskeletal Disorders and Chronic Pain Conference Feb 10-12 2011
The musculoskeletal disorders and chronic pain conference will take place in Los Angeles, California from February 10th - 12th 2011. Evidence-based approaches for clinincal care, disability prevention and claims management. Plenary session topics: Prevention of disability, musculoskeletal disorders and chronic pain,...
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Helping young people recover lives blighted by pain.
Many young people experience disabling pain that arises from an illness or disease. For some this ain continues after healing of an injury or disease, or simply emerges without a clear cause. This ‘chronic pain’ can be devastating to the...
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Lifestyle intervention support workers needed
Four to five “Lifestyle Coaches” are needed to help deliver a weight loss research study in the Bath /BANES Primary Care Trust area: 180 to 200 hours of part-time hourly-paid work is offered by the Peninsula Medical School, from Feb...
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MRC Clinical Trials Methodology Conference - Bristol 2011
The Medical Research Council's 'Clinical Trials Methodology Conference' will take place in Bristol on the 4th & 5th October 2011. This two day conference will provide a forum for discussion of innovation and issues in trials methodology research. For this...
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Retirement announcement : Henry McQuay DM FRCA FRCP(Edin)
Biography Henry McQuay is Nuffield Professor of Clinical Anaesthetics, University of Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow at Balliol College. His clinical expertise is in the management of chronic pain, both cancer and non-cancer. His research interests have included bench studies...
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Evidence based pain management: successes and challenges
'Evidence based pain management: successes and challenges' - Seminar presented by Professor Chris Eccleston (Director, Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath). Wednesday, 1st December 2010 Seminar at 13:15 in 5W2.4 University of Bath
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Issue 4 of RDS News
Issue 4 of RDS News has been published and can be accessed by clicking on this link: www.rds-sw.nihr.ac.uk/documents/04_IssueAutumn2010_A4.pdf
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Technology to help older people sleep
Dr Bruce Carey-Smith from the Bath Institute for Medical Engineering (BIME) described several devices developed by researchers to help older people sleep on ITV's Westcountry Tonight. http://www.bath.ac.uk/play/video/1288950840
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Mental Health Research in the South West - Research Day 2011
Mental Health Research in the South West Research Day - Wednesday, 9th March 2011 Location : Exeter Conference Centre, Exeter Abstract submission : Please complete the registration and abstract sections and return by Monday, 13th December 2010 Registration only : Please...
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NIHR Mental Health Research Network (West Hub) Hub Lead
Applications are invited for a Hub Lead to join the West Hub of the NIHR Mental Health Research Network. For an informal chat about the post or to register your interest please contact either Chantal Sunter, West Hub Manager, on...