http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. U.S. soldiers in combat often suffer constricted blood vessels and increased pressure in the brain—significant complications of traumatic brain injuries, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-traumatic-brain-injury-complications-common.html Cardiology Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:04:16 EST news279378243 Wounded soldiers who sustained chest injuries in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) had higher mortality rates than soldiers in Korea and Vietnam, according to a military trauma study presented at the 2012 American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress. However, better battlefield triage and transport may have meant that severely wounded soldiers whom would have been considered killed in action in previous conflicts are more likely to get sent to trauma centers in the United States sooner in their course of care, study authors explained. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-battlefield-triage-severely-wounded-soldiers.html Surgery Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:20:01 EST news268571165 (AP) -- After 15 years of wearing a mask and living as a recluse, a 37-year-old Virginia man disfigured in a gun accident got a new face, nose, teeth and jaw in what University of Maryland physicians say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-virginia-gun-accident.html Surgery Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:55:05 EST news252071698