News tagged with severe trauma


Researchers developing device that could improve sound resolution for deaf individuals who opt for cochlear implants

(Medical Xpress)—The cochlear implant is widely considered to be the most successful neural prosthetic on the market. The implant, which helps deaf individuals perceive sound, translates auditory information ...

Medical research created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Alcohol provides protective effect, reduces mortality substantial

Injured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health—and the more alcohol, the more likely ...

Health created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research links childhood trauma to schizophrenia

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that children who have experienced severe trauma are three times as likely to develop schizophrenia in later life.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene flux can foretell survival for trauma patients

The onset of inflammation and infection in a person recovering from a trauma such as a car accident or severe burns can be as deadly as the incident itself. New findings from Princeton University researchers ...

Genetics created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The search for predictors of risk for post-traumatic stress disorder

Data in a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggest that certain variants of a gene that helps regulate serotonin (a brain chemical related to mood), may serve as a useful predictor of risk for symptoms ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make squirrels hibernate

Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals and scientists have long thought it could also hold promise for human survival. But how hibernation works is largely unknown. Scientists at the ...

Neuroscience created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

New study shows children routinely injured or killed by guns

While gun control issues usually surface after major incidents like the fatal shooting of 20 elementary school students in Newtown, CT, a new study shows that children are routinely killed or injured by firearms.

Health created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Tornadoes don't have to be deadly, experts say

(HealthDay) -- More "safe rooms" to flee to, listening for weather alerts and better planning, especially for seniors, could reduce the death toll from devastating tornadoes, a new U.S.government report finds.

Health created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Headaches worse with mild head trauma than more severe trauma

(HealthDay) -- People who've had a mild traumatic brain injury have more severe headaches and a greater number of headaches than those who've had moderate to severe brain injury, a new study finds.

Health created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whole-body CT scans in trauma can prove but not exclude injuries

For assessing severe trauma, single-pass whole-body computed tomography (CT) can prove but not definitively exclude the presence of injuries and should be performed later than 30 minutes after admission to an emergency department ...

Health created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cyclist's benefit from helmets clearly shown

Cyclists who don't wear a helmet are almost six times more likely to suffer a severe head injury than their helmeted counterparts, according University of Sydney research published in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of ...

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

High blood sugar, obesity increase risk for surgical site infection

Two recent studies in the July issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) looked at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia, the technical term for high blood glucose, or high blood sugar. According to the ...

Surgery created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young women with rheumatoid arthritis at more risk for broken bones

Women under 50 with rheumatoid arthritis are at greater risk of breaking bones than women without the condition, according to a Mayo Clinic study being presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual scientific ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smart materials that get bone to heal

Bone tissue is very good at self-healing, but in many situations the natural healing process is not sufficient. In a dissertation at Uppsala University, Sonya Piskounova shows how functional materials that ...

Medical research created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find race disparity in post-hospital arrival homicide deaths at trauma centers

New research based on post-hospital arrival data from U.S. trauma centers finds that even after adjusting for differences in injury severity, gun use, and other likely causes of race difference in death from assault, African-Americans ...

Health created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0