Archive: 21/07/2017
Combination of CACNA1C-gene and stress increases risk for psychiatric disorders
Using genome-wide association studies, researchers are identifying more and more genes associated with psychiatric disorders. However, these studies do not take into account the influence of the environment, which also plays ...
Jul 21, 2017
UN, aid group: Cholera in Yemen to worsen in rainy season
The U.N. health agency and an international aid organization warned on Friday that Yemen's cholera epidemic, the world's worst since Haiti's 2010 outbreak, is likely to worsen in the rainy season.
Jul 21, 2017
Assessing concussion symptom presentation may provide insight into rise in rates
How physicians and athletic trainers assess symptoms may give insight into why concussion rates are on the rise, say researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting ...
Jul 21, 2017
Different approaches offer patients improved quality of life after ACL reconstruction
The most common surgical techniques used to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) offer patients improved quality of life five years after injury, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic ...
Jul 21, 2017
Athletic trainers have a positive economic impact on sports coverage for health systems
The cost-effectiveness of certified outreach athletic trainers (ATC) as a type of physician extender in an orthopaedic provider and/or hospital system setting has many benefits, both financially and with patient care, say ...
Jul 21, 2017
Patients can expect to stay active, enjoy high quality of life 10 years after ACL surgery
In the first prospective ACL reconstruction cohort with over 80% follow-up at 10 years, researchers from the Multicenter Orthopaedics Outcome Network (MOON) demonstrated that patients could perform sports-related functions ...
Jul 21, 2017
Study reveals most impactful neuroscience research
A study of the 100 most-cited neuroscience articles has revealed that 78 of these papers cover five topics, including neurological disorders, the prefrontal cortex, brain connectivity, brain mapping and methodology studies. ...
Jul 21, 2017