Page 24 - News tagged with head

Neuroscience

New device for detecting traumatic brain injury at the point of care

A method for detecting traumatic brain injury at the point of care has been developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham.

Oct 13, 2020

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Oncology & Cancer

A promising breath-test for cancer

The global quest to use a person's breath analysis for rapid, inexpensive and accurate early-stage testing for cancer and other diseases has taken a leap forward.

Oct 5, 2020

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Oncology & Cancer

Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina

In a recently published study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology—Oncology Practice, investigators from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center classify numerous barriers to a recommended therapy for head and neck cancer that may mean ...

Oct 1, 2020

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Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Reasons for football injuries

If professional footballers are out of action due to injuries, this can have serious consequences for the club. However, in order to avoid injuries, it is important to know how exactly and in which situations these injuries ...

Sep 24, 2020

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Health

Young immigrant works to eradicate health gaps in her Latino community

Growing up in Colima, Mexico, Lorena Melendez-Chavez remembers there was always nourishing food on the table—beans, rice, legumes, tortillas, cheese, vegetables and fruits—despite her family not having financial resources ...

Sep 15, 2020

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Neuroscience

Glasgow Coma Scale: A simple tool to use when verbal component scores are missing

The University of Glasgow's Sir Graham Teasdale, co-creator of the Glasgow Coma Scale, once again has teamed with Paul M. Brennan and Gordon D. Murray of the University of Edinburgh. The object: to create a simple and practical ...

Sep 8, 2020

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Medical research

Blood marker may reduce cancer burden

Researchers at Flinders University are expanding work on a promising blood test model to help predict or diagnose head and neck cancer, a difficult cancer to pick up early and treat.

Sep 1, 2020

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Neuroscience

ER visits for e-scooter injuries nearly double in one year

(HealthDay)—As the popularity of electric scooters has accelerated in the United States, so have serious injuries, which nearly doubled in just one year, a new study reveals.

Aug 31, 2020

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Cycling among top causes of concussion

This is a big summer for people to take their holiday in Norway. There are peaks to be climbed, rivers to be paddled and dreams to be fulfilled. For some vacationers, holidays might also include bone fractures, falls and ...

Aug 13, 2020

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