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Michael Wong, JD, Executive Director at the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety, posits a combination of quantitative and qualitative assessments of the patient as key measures for tackling sepsis.

Over the past year, the Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care has offered a series of articles in Open Access Government about issues surrounding the opioid crisis, with a focus on events and practices in Canada, but what else is there to know? This series highlighted several...

Lance R. McMahon, Ph.D., is the Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center He has a tenured appointment as Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, and Professor of Medical Education in the School of Medicine. He is...

Open Access Government encourages you to read our latest North America Analysis after Easter, which provides fascinating insights from leading experts and researchers on crucial policy topics.

Nanotextures on nanoparticles and implants to kill cancer cells in a more targeted manner may just be the key to tackling resistance to traditional cancer drugs.

Giorgio Pietramaggiori, MD, PhD and Saja Scherer, MD, from the Global Medical Institute, help us to understand occipital neuralgia in this detailed patient guide.

Christoph was trained in Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Neuropharmacology at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany, State University of New York, Brooklyn, University of Washington, Seattle, University of California, Los Angeles, and Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry Martinsried, Germany. He has extensive background in basic, translational and clinical research, and in treatment of...

Happy New Year from Open Access Government! We invite you to celebrate by reading North America Analysis’s January 2024 volume, which offers compelling observations from distinguished subject matter experts and researchers.

The opioid crisis in Canada has been an issue for nearly a quarter of a century. Here, Norm Buckley and Jason Busse from the Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care, and the National Pain Centre discuss the issue, its effects both general and on specific communities, and what can be done about it.

With ten million people in the UK alone suffering from osteoarthritis, Dr Deborah Lee explains the prevalence of the condition, the common risk factors, and preventative measures.

Dr Freddie Sloth-Lisbjerg, President of the Council of European Dentists, examines the prevalence and impact of oral health inequalities and service disparities in Europe, exploring barriers to dental care access, the significance of workforce planning, policy recommendations and the transformative potential of digital healthcare in dentistry.

Isabelle J. Dionne, PhD, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke, walks us through physical activity practice and how it impacts research on healthy aging.

The UK is making strides in health analysis by earmarking £13 million to fund groundbreaking healthcare AI technology. These initiatives use the potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionise diagnostics and medical procedures.

Severe pressures are being experienced by UK hospitals. Looking at ways to free up hospital beds, could digital health apps be the answer?

The position here is that public policies should, ultimately speaking, be for the promotion of social welfare. What is social welfare? This is the welfare of people in the relevant society (discussing the issue of animal welfare later).

CorTec’s Brain Interchange™ system offers closed-loop neuromodulation, revolutionizing brain therapy by precisely adapting treatment based on individual needs.

Here Tryp Therapeutics examine the viability of using psychedelic therapies for Binge Eating Disorder and the potential results that using psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy could have on different eating disorders.

Monica Racoviță, Senior Researcher at The Health Policy Partnership, argues that opioid dependence is a pressing issue, yet treatment for it is still out of reach for many.

CorTec's mission is "communicating with the brain - for the cure of disease". By using their Brain Interchange System, they hope to develop stroke rehabilitation.

Marie Loizides, Associate Director of Performance Analytics at Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, explains how the digital transformation of MSK referrals helped GPs & hospitals work smarter to cut patient waiting times.