Understanding the causes of nausea is the first step toward effective symptom management.

In this video, I break down the sources that can activate the vomiting centre in the brain so we can better understand the causes of nausea.

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✨Exciting News!✨

We have now confirmed all our speakers for our annual Oxford Advanced Course in Pain & Symptom Management!

Gain 12 CPD hours, connect with peers who are passionate like you!

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We’re excited that the 2026 Oxford Advanced Pain and Symptom Management Course is back! 🎉

Led by @drmarymiller.bsky.social & earn 12 CPD hours and gain practical, up-to-date insights in palliative care.

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Perception of AI Symptom Models in Oncology Nursing: Mixed Methods Evaluation Study Background: Patients undergoing cancer treatment experience significant symptom burden. The standard process of symptom management includes patient reporting and clinical response following symptom escalation. Emerging predictive symptom models utilize AI components of machine learning and deep learning to identify the risk of symptom deterioration, facilitating earlier intervention to prevent downstream effects. However, integrating predictive symptom models into clinical practice will require oncology #nurses to adopt innovative approaches. Objective: The object of our evaluation was to explore oncology #nurses' perceptions of the use of predictive symptom models in cancer care and the factors influencing the adoption of this symptom care innovation. Methods: The evaluation was guided by Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation Theory, which describes the process of how individuals adopt new technologies. The investigators developed an interview guide that asked oncology #nurses to rate their perceptions of AI symptom models on a Likert scale. Participants were also asked to provide qualitative comments to support their ratings for each question, in order to better understand the key factors that would influence AI predictive model adoption. Investigators analyzed demographic data and Likert ratings with descriptive statistics. Qualitative analysis of participant comments included content analysis and inductive coding to identify themes. #nurses’ perception of factors that would influence the adoption of AI symptom models, based on Rogers’ theory, included relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. Results: Responses of 15 oncology #nurses with greater than one year of experience in oncology were analyzed. There was high agreement among #nurse participants that an AI model could improve symptom management for oncology patients (n = 10, 67%) and increase early intervention to prevent the escalation of symptoms (n = 12, 86%). All participants (n= 15, 100%) agreed that receiving symptom information would be helpful. Nearly three-quarters of participants (n = 11, 73%) endorsed that the information would save time. Most (n = 12, 80%) recommended that clinicians receive information about predicted symptom deterioration of their patients. Among open-ended responses, key themes were consistent with factors identified in the Diffusion of Innovation theory including: 1) perceptions related to the AI model (compatibility/ complexity), 2) #nurses’ perception of patients benefit, (observability) 3) improved clinical processes, (relative advantage/ observability) 4) apprehension over model accuracy and impact, (compatibility/ trialability/observability) and 5) implementation/ adoption (trialability/ complexity/observability). Conclusions: Oncology #nurses agree that predictive symptom models could help improve symptom management for patients undergoing cancer treatment. However, #nurses noted that transparency in the factors included in the AI model was essential, that #nurses should be involved in the development and testing of models, and that the observability of the benefit in symptom care would need to be evident for ultimate adoption.

New in JMIR Nursing: Perception of AI Symptom Models in Oncology Nursing: Mixed Methods Evaluation Study #OncologyNursing #AIMedicine #SymptomManagement #CancerCare #PredictiveModels

The | PICTS | Medication

- Excerpt from “The Last Shaman”, published under Fair Dealing/Use for reporting, review and critique.

#medicine
#medication
#pills
#westernsociety
#symptommanagement
#naturalmedicine
#healing
#Glasgow
#Scotland
#PICTScotland

The Dysautonomia Workbook: A Guide to Empowered Living is now available!!! Get practical tools and strategies for living with dysautonomia. See details and order info:https://dysautonomiasupport.pulse.ly/35bcqluith

#dysautonomia #chronicillnesssupport #potssyndrome #longcovid #symptommanagement

Sedentary time so far today: 2 hours 52 minutes. Light movement: 2 hours 20 minutes. Moderate movement 59 minutes.

...confirms what I suspected:

I've already reached today's Hour of 'Moderate' movement, so I'll be RESTING for the remainder of the day 🙏

I don't want #PostExertionalMalaise for Christmas!

#LongCovid #Pacing #SymptomManagement

Discs just be slippin' and shit 😩
#squishy #symptommanagement

A cranberry Visions glass pot of jasmine rice and curry, with carrots green beans tofu chia seeds and sadness.

A ridiculously pitiful brown long hair Ki'i props herself on the edge of my blanket against my bed mat, just barely shy of touching the pillow pile

Whee, #FODMAP #curry ;-;
--And, apparently, this is her resolution when I ask her to keep her prissy poopy beans OFF OF MY PILLOWS, thankyouverymuch.

I stacked them and she is pouting.
*sigh*
#dietaryrestrictions #symptommanagement

#highmaintenance

#diva #catsofbluesky
#kamehouse

Implementing the "Penn Cancer Cavalry" to deliver rapid #symptommanagement at home for pts w/ #cancer. Interviews revealed overwhelmingly positive feedback, showing the intervention was safe & effective.

Led by PC3I's Lindsey Zinck.
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My #goal isn't #recovery anymore. There's no #treatment, no #cure, and only a ~5% recovery rate.
If I do have #ME, 'recovery' is simply out of my control.
#MECFS #myalgicencephalomyelitis #symptommanagement #NHS #UK #MEawareness

All 3 apps are FREE on your mobile phone and they certainly help me to check-in with my #LongCovid body before I get up and ready for the day ahead.

#SymptomManagement and #Pacing to avoid #PostExertionalMalaise and #OverExertion

Out of Balance. Plan a quieter day today

How I use my HRV-based apps each morning:

First I use the #VisibleHealth app to measure my 'Morning Stability' 👇

Today, it's identified that my heartrate is 10 b.p.m. higher than usual and my HRV* is down.

*HRV = Heartrate Variability

#LongCovid #PEM #SymptomManagement

Visible health heartrate graph

It really doesn't take much to feel wonderful again 🙏

I mean, it's a tiny fraction of my daily #Visible_health PacePoints.

Taking everything easy - and lying on the floor regularly.

#Pacing #LongCovid #SymptomManagement

Day 2 — Let’s Go! 🚀

Happy friday!

Kicking off Day 2 of the advanced course is our lovely speakers for today: Mary Miller, Sarah B., Dr Jessica Lee, Dr Victoria Hedges, Victoria Bradley 🎤

#nhs #oxford #advancedcourse #pain #symptommanagement

Its been a fantastic first day! Thank you to our amazing speakers today for Day 1! The atmosphere is so lively and positive!

Thank you @drkathrynmannix

Looking forward for tomorrow! 😁

#OAC #PalliativeCare #pain #symptommanagement

Red light therapy - The ME Association Red Light Therapy, which is also known as low level/power […]

3/3 Dr Charles Shepherd (MEA Hon. Medical Adviser) wrote a medical matters on Red Light Therapy which can be found here:

meassociation.org.uk/medical-matt...

#pwME #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelits #SymptomManagement

Budget Meal Plans That Help Manage MS Symptoms Budget meal plans to manage MS symptoms. Discover affordable, nutritious diets for multiple sclerosis. Learn tips for saving money and eating well with MS.

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Eating well with MS doesn’t have to break the bank! Discover budget-friendly meal plans that help manage symptoms & boost health. 🍎💪

#MSDiet #BudgetFriendly #HealthyEating #MultipleSclerosis #NutritionTips #SymptomManagement

Effective management of nausea and vomiting is essential to delivering compassionate, evidence-based nursing care: ow.ly/AFs650VzQoU

Learn more 👇

#NursingCare #ClinicalSkills #PatientCare #BJN #SymptomManagement #NauseaAndVomiting #NursingPractice

"This study aimed to characterize the symptoms managed by #MultipleSclerosis #CarePartners, recognize relationships between #SymptomManagement difficulty & other aspects of the caregiving role, and identify supplemental sources of care-giving #support used by care partners."

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3 hours lying on sofa with legs elevated - pretty much a typical evening now.

Living 'normally' for a few hours a day helps me to feel 'normal' again.

Watched a film on TV with my partner, then washed up: 0.5 of my remaining 1.3 remaining PacePoints!

#Pacing #SymptomManagement

Just arriving at today's concert venue.

Under 2 #VisibleHealth PacePoints so far today - I'm pretty good at pacing these days 😊 [I have to be 😒]

#LongCovid #PEM #SymptomManagement

Such a rewarding day 🙏

All of those rest-and-resets 😄

And I've used less than half of my PacePoints budget 💪

#LongCovid #Pacing for #PEM #SymptomManagement

Always resourceful...

Reclining at the top of the stairwell backstage, marking A-level assessments.

Living. The. Dream. 😄

#Resting for #LongCovid #PEM #SymptomManagement

50 minutes in total - of Moderate walking - the last 5 minutes of which were uphill -@KiActiv data.

All for less than 2 @visible_health Pace Points: just 7 percent of my daily budget 🙏

#LongCovid #PEM #SymptomManagement

I've got that Friday feeling and remain symptom-free!

#KubiosHRV heartrate variability is so good that it thinks I'm #21Again 😄

Reality check: I'm missing 3 full #fieldwork days this week; let's see how I cope when that restarts in 2 weeks' time 🙏

#Pacing for #LongCovid #PEM #SymptomManagement

Walking along the riverbank; #Dart #Totnes.

4 miles (6.5 km) slowly walked, with sit-down rests repeatedly.

Heartrate didn't exceed 100bpm, so none of these 8000 steps count as 'Exertion' on the #VisibleHealth app.

Great to be back!

#LongCovid #Pacing for #PEM #SymptomManagement

Home!

This #VisibleHealth tagging is so useful in assessing the impact of different activities on my health.

Have used fewer than half of my daily #PacePoints so far today and I'll be resting for the remainder of the evening 🙏

#LongCovid #PEM #Pacing #SymptomManagement

#usability and Usefulness of a Symptom Management Coaching System for Patients With #Cancer Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Comparative Mixed Methods Study Background: The prognosis for patients with several types of #Cancer has substantially improved following the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a novel type of immunotherapy. However, patients may experience symptoms both from the #Cancer…

JMIR Formative Res: #usability and Usefulness of a Symptom Management Coaching System for Patients With #Cancer Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Comparative Mixed Methods Study #Cancer #Immunotherapy #SymptomManagement #Usability #eHealth