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19 May 2013 EWMA Pressure Ulcer symposium report: discussing how soft silicone multilayered dressings can prevent pressure ulcers. The EWMA delegates who attended the Mölnlycke Health Care seminar on pressure ulcers were given a better understanding on the protective mechanisms of... Read more...

19 May 2013 EWMA symposium report: Examining how pain and trauma impacts patient quality of life and treatment costs Several hundred EWMA delegates attended the Mölnlycke Health Care symposium, to better understand the clinicians view on NPWT related pain and trauma,... Read more...

30 April 2013 Upcoming symposia at EWMA 2013 EWMA 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is set to become the best-attended wound care conference ever held in Europe. Two things are attracting the approxim... Read more...

12 November 2012 Pressure ulcer prevention week This Friday is the Stop pressure ulcers day. To support this we invite you to take part of our Web cast. In the Web cast you can listen to the the lat... Read more...

23 August 2012 Ask The Experts! Two expert sessions you should not miss! At the WUWHS congress in Yokohama, Japan the speakers at our symposia will answer questions asked by less-pain.com members. The sessions will be filme... Read more...

14 June 2012 First video answer - Ask the experts Ask the experts - Professor Michael Clark on pressure ulcer prevention guidelines. Are there any guidelines relating to the use of dressings for the p... Read more...

15 May 2012 Ask the Experts about about the role of dressings in pressure ulcer prevention Some of the world’s leading experts will take part in an outstanding symposium on pressure ulcer prevention during this year’s European Wound Manageme... Read more...

22 November 2011 Physiological impact of pain in patients with wounds Substantial evidence linking pain, stress, and wound healing! Gain direct access to a sample chapter of this cutting edge new book on the Psychologica... Read more...

17 August 2011 New evidence - Modern dressings can reduce the severity of radiation-induced erythema Data from a randomised trial to investigate the clinical effect of Mepilex Lite dressings clearly demonstrates that Mepilex Lite significantly reduces... Read more...

21 January 2011 Antiseptic or antimicrobial agents in wound management This Best Practice Statement on topical antiseptic/antimicrobial agents is seen as a basis for further discussion and development of practice. Discove... Read more...

16 December 2010 Download the latest Seminar Podcast: A paradigm shift in pressure ulcer aetiology by Associate Professor Cees Oomens (President EPUAP) Click here to learn more Read more...

25 September 2010 First knowledge assessment tool The less-pain academy is delighted to announce the launch of the first knowledge assessment tool. Visit the Knowledge Zone to undertake a Knowledge Ch... Read more...

29 July 2010 Latest Live Webcast Event The web cast covers the details of an open, multi-center randomized control study in which 100 patients at 10 sites in the United States received the ... Read more...

22 July 2010 Download the latest Seminar Podcast: Relationship between pain, stress and wound healing by Dr Kevin Woo. Learn more Read more...

21 July 2010 Published evidence: Link between Pain, Stress & Delayed Wound Healing! Increasing published evidence is now suggesting a strong link between pain, leading to psychological stress, and delays in wound healing. Learn more a... Read more...

26 May 2010 Skin & Wound Education Update e-learning Tool Click here to learn more Read more...

22 February 2010 Download the latest Seminar Podcast and tips from the third Live Seminar by Wendy White Click here to learn more Read more...

11 February 2010 Measuring Success Tool Simplified installation process. Click here to download Read more...

11 February 2010 Unique Pain Assessment Report! 45% of Health Care Practitioners do not assess pain during wound care on a regular basis!... Read a report from the Molnlycke Health Care Symposium at... Read more...

07 January 2010 Anticipation of such pain also generates stress for your patients? Research suggests that acute and chronic stress can impede wound healing. - Learn more about the impact of wound dressing pain – wound pain continues ... Read more...

10 December 2009 2 new e learning modules have been added to less-pain.com Visit the wound knowledge zone to learn more about skin tears and diabetic foot ulcers!… Click here to learn more Read more...

13 November 2009 Wound infection reported to increase patient’s pain levels and reduce healing… - Learn how infected wounds are more painful than non infected ones - Understand how wound infection can delay healing - Read about how pain related s... Read more...

10 August 2009 Real life experience of living with a chronic wound In this article, a nurse describes her experience of living with a chronic wound, and its effect on her life over a 10-month period. She provides valu... Read more...

10 August 2009 Tips and hints to managing changing practice The first Live Seminar is now available online or to download as a pod cast. Click here to learn more Read more...

05 June 2009 less-pain™ Academy Mölnlycke Health Care announce the launch of the web based less-pain™ Academy during the 19th Conference of the European Wound Management Association ... Read more...

05 June 2009 First live seminar of the less-pain™ Academy. Mölnlycke Health Care announce the details of the first live seminar of the less-pain™ Academy. As healthcare professionals we all aim to provide our ... Read more...

05 June 2009 Correlations between Wound Healing, Pain and Stress Leading Researchers put Spotlight on Correlations between Wound Healing, Pain and Stress at the 19th EWMA Conference. At the recent 19th EWMA conferen... Read more...