News tagged with rehabilitation medicine


Discovery of gene mutation causing Sturge-Weber syndrome, port-wine stain birthmarks offers new hope

In new findings published on May 8, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine (Epub ahead of print), researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute reveal the discovery of the cause – a genetic mutation that occurs before ...

Genetics created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Traumatic brain injury poses complex diagnostic, management and treatment challenges in older people

Each year more than 1.7 million people in the United States sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The incidence of TBI in older adults poses special diagnostic, management and treatment challenges, say experts in a special ...

Neuroscience created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims

The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to ...

Other created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Creating inclusive child-care spaces

Researchers from the University of Alberta are teaming up with child-care providers and day-home operators to ensure they have adequate training and support needed to offer inclusive spaces for children with disabilities.

Health created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research on the effects of traumatic brain injury

Considerable opportunity exists to improve interventions and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults, according to three studies published in the recent online issue of NeuroRehabilitation by researchers from t ...

Neuroscience created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New device eliminates itchy sweaters and blisters: Innovative invention tracks skin friction

Shoes (or shoe-sock combinations) that do not give you blisters, shaving that doesn't cause burning cheeks, clothes that don't itch, coffee cups that won't slip out of your hands, telephone touch screens that you use with ...

Other created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers link left-sided brain injury with greater risk for hospital-acquired infections

The March 2013 issue of Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the medical journal of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, features an article by Kessler researchers Pasquale Frisina, PhD, Ann Kutlik ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Giving a voice to kids with Down syndrome

Researchers from the University of Alberta are helping children with Down syndrome who stutter find their voice and speak with ease.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adding endovascular therapy to tPA didn't improve recovery after stroke

Adding endovascular therapy to clot-busting therapy for stroke did not significantly improve stroke recovery at three months, according to a study presented in a special symposium at the American Stroke Association's International ...

Cardiology created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paging Dr. Charles Dickens! Author used literature to showcase discrimination against the disabled

Charles Dickens' tales are filled with immortal characters—think of A Christmas Carol's Scrooge and Great Expectations' Miss Havisham. But more than whims of literary invention, his characters and plots often deal with ...

Health created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physical therapy in the intensive care unit benefits hospital's bottom line

In a study evaluating the financial impact of providing early physical therapy for intensive care patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins found that the up-front costs are outweighed by the financial savings generated by earlier ...

Other created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New metric to track prosthetic arm progress

Amputees with a new prosthetic arm must learn how to use their device to perform everyday tasks that were once second nature. Taking off a shirt becomes a conscious, multistep effort: grasp the shirt, lift ...

Other created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Young indigenous females at highest risk of assault-related injuries

A new study has placed young indigenous females at the highest risk of sustaining assault-related injuries in Queensland.

Health created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A scientific approach to assessing return to play after concussion in NFL

(Medical Xpress)—After sustaining a concussion, when can an athlete safely return to play? That's the primary question for professional and amateur athletes alike.

Health created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Uncertain about health outcomes, male stroke survivors more likely to suffer depression than females

Post-stroke depression is a major issue affecting approximately 33% of stroke survivors. A new study published in the current issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation reports that the level to which surviv ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0