Health
Probability of dying from road injury has dropped worldwide in all but 5 nations
Road injuries have become more frequent but less fatal over the past three decades, according to a new scientific study.
Jan 9, 2020
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Neuroscience
MicroRNA may serve as therapeutic targets for traumatic brain injury
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research have shown that microRNA biomarkers related to Alzheimer's disease play a role in brain damage caused by traumatic brain injury.
Jan 14, 2021
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Medical research
Excitotoxicity and nerve cell death
Neural excitotoxicity can be involved in spinal cord injury, traumatic hearing loss and Alzheimer's. The Stressprotect project has gathered data on this often devastating phenomenon at biochemical, genomic and physiological ...
Sep 25, 2012
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Health
Police violence takes 'substantial' toll on youth and people of color
Police violence in the US is taking a 'substantial' toll on youth and people of colour, indicates research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
May 7, 2018
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Health
Want to be safe? Move to the City. No, really.
Large cities in the U.S. are significantly safer than their rural counterparts, with the risk of injury death more than 20 percent higher in the country. A study to be published online tomorrow in Annals of Emergency Medicine ...
Jul 23, 2013
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Health
Study: US pedestrian deaths hit highest number since 1990
The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads last year was the highest in 28 years, an increase due in part to driver and walker distraction, alcohol and drug impairment and more SUVs on the road, a safety organization ...
Feb 28, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Other' race/ethnicity linked to higher suicide and overdose risk in military members with mild TBI
Previous studies have reported high rates of death by suicide and drug overdose—including opioid overdose—in military service members with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
Mar 8, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers treat consequences of brain injuries with nasally administered stem cell secreted factors
Brain injuries cause widespread damage to brain tissue. Damaged cells begin to produce signaling molecules that trigger processes of inflammation, apoptosis—programmed cell death—and oxidative stress. After the acute ...
Jan 18, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
2016 to 2018 saw 181,227 TBI-related deaths in United States
(HealthDay)—During 2016 to 2018, there were 181,227 traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related deaths in the United States, representing 17.3 per 100,000 population per year, according to research published in the Oct. 15 issue ...
Oct 18, 2021
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Health
United States losing ground to other countries in health outcomes
In nearly every major cause of premature death – from ischemic heart disease to diabetes to interpersonal violence – the United States trails its economic peers, according to new research from a global collaborative of ...
Jul 10, 2013
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