Are you interested in #research? Would like to get more involved, or know what research is going on around you?

Study summary
The Human Pain Research group based at Salford Royal is trying to develop new technologies that can measure and treat changes in the brain that might contribute to chronic pain.

The research team are exploring a new approach aimed at reducing the unpleasantness of pain for people living with fibromyalgia and/or osteoarthritis using sound stimulation.… Read More Are you interested in #research? Would like to get more involved, or know what research is going on around you?

Tune in: How Listening to Music Improves Fibromyalgia | Katarina Zulak ~ Skillfully Well & Painfully Aware |  4 August 2017

Another important finding was that listening to music made participants feel less disabled by their condition and more in control of their pain. It did not appear to matter whether individuals listened to their favourite music or relaxing music selected by the researchers.… Read More Tune in: How Listening to Music Improves Fibromyalgia | Katarina Zulak ~ Skillfully Well & Painfully Aware |  4 August 2017

Ronald W. Davis, PhD, Presents An Overview of the Recently Funded NIH Project Open Medicine Foundation – OMF | Published on 5 Jul 2018

OMF are pleased to share a new research update by OMF’s Scientific Advisory Board Director, Ronald W. Davis, PhD, produced by Ashley Haugen.… Read More Ronald W. Davis, PhD, Presents An Overview of the Recently Funded NIH Project Open Medicine Foundation – OMF | Published on 5 Jul 2018

Barriers to Patient-Centered Research Aired at Harvard Symposium | EMR & HIPAA |  Andy Oram  |  2 July 2018

‘Involving patients in patient care is a surprisingly recent concern. There was a time when doctors made all the decisions, delivering them as if they had come directly from the entrails of an oracular temple. Visitors were severely limited at hospitals, because family members just got in the way of the professional staff. And although the attitude toward engaging patients and their families has softened somewhat in health care, rigid boundaries still exist in research.’ … Read More Barriers to Patient-Centered Research Aired at Harvard Symposium | EMR & HIPAA |  Andy Oram  |  2 July 2018

ARMA has a new #knowledgehub

The Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) is the umbrella body for the arthritis and musculoskeletal community in the UK, and our mission is to transform the quality of life of people with musculoskeletal conditions. … Read More ARMA has a new #knowledgehub

Study: rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (#RMD) | shared via Simon Stones

Do you have a rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (#RMD)?

If so, you’re invited to take part in a global survey looking at what people with RMDs think about using  #socialmedia  for health-related purposes.… Read More Study: rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (#RMD) | shared via Simon Stones

NIHR INVOLVE | NIHR patients and the public | July 2018

July 2018 edition of the NIHR patients and the public newsletter

… Read More NIHR INVOLVE | NIHR patients and the public | July 2018

ARMA Newletter | Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Alliance  | July 2018

Visit the ARMA MSK hub via this link  >>>

mskhub.org.uk/… Read More ARMA Newletter | Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Alliance  | July 2018

What might IMPACT look like? | Derek Stewart  | Make A Difference | 08 July 2018

#IMPACT #PPI #rdsummit2018 @UHCW_RandD @nhsuhcw What might IMPACT look like? | Derek Stewart  | Make A Difference | 08 July 2018 ‘What might IMPACT look like for Public Involvement?’ is the question that Derek Stewart posed at a workshop at Coventry & Warwickshire University Hospitals Research & Development Summit 2018. Link to Derek’s post >>> What… Read More What might IMPACT look like? | Derek Stewart  | Make A Difference | 08 July 2018

My Disability Matters News & Opinion Digest |  See the latest headlines  | 05 July  2018

Office for Disability Issues taking no action to halt closure of DPOs| NEWS | 05 July 2018   >>>

#Australia #UK #Europe #Canada #NewZealand #RestofWorld #DisabilityMatters
… Read More My Disability Matters News & Opinion Digest |  See the latest headlines  | 05 July  2018