Pediatrics
Pediatrician suggests 14 ways to show your child love
On Valentine's Day, there are many ways we can show children how much we love them that go beyond candy and cards.
Feb 5, 2024
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News tagged with emergency
Psychology & Psychiatry
Thesis: Suicide and self-harm in university students and outcomes in persons with bipolar disorder and their offspring
Recent decades have seen an increasing proportion of the youth population engaging in university level education, and the university period usually coincides with other important life events such as moving away from home. ...
Feb 2, 2024
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Health
Three things every woman should know about stroke risk
Dr. Tracy Madsen has been studying the topic of women and stroke since beginning her residency in emergency medicine at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School in 2008. She originally focused on the disparities in the treatment ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Experiencing stroke-like symptoms may be more traumatic than an actual stroke
People with so-called stroke mimics may be even more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than those with a confirmed stroke, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Surgery
Whole blood transfusion improves survival during traumatic bleeding
Significant bleeding due to traumatic injury is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring within six hours. Emerging evidence suggests that the transfusion of whole blood ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Health
Pedestrian injuries from falls versus motor vehicle collisions: Are we lacking critical policy and interventions?
Using Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have compared the national burden of pedestrian injuries from motor vehicles to that of pedestrian falls occurring ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Medications
Experimental pain med could give patients new option to opioids
The first new kind of pain medication in over two decades could be on the horizon for patients, with promising results announced Tuesday from a company trial.
Jan 30, 2024
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Cardiology
Nearly two-thirds of low-risk pulmonary embolism patients are hospitalized after ED visit: Study
An analysis of more than 1.6 million emergency department (ED) visits for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) has found that nearly two-thirds of ED visits still resulted in hospitalization for low-risk patients. This trend remained ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zimbabwe starts cholera vaccination drive
Zimbabwe launched a vaccination campaign against cholera on Monday, to rein in a worsening outbreak of the disease that the government said has killed more than 400 people.
Jan 29, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study finds ER visits related to emergency contraception dropped significantly over 14-year period
Following federal approval for over-the-counter emergency contraception in 2006, emergency departments across the U.S. saw dramatic decreases in related visits and medical charges, a new study suggests.
Jan 26, 2024
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