Pediatrics
Youth sports injuries can turn into chronic problems, doctors warn
Leo Anderson was in the middle of a baseball game when he threw a ball he had just caught, heard a crunch in his elbow and fell to the ground.
Dec 7, 2018
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Pediatrics
Ensuring children get enough physical activity while being safe is a delicate balancing act
A Sydney playground was closed earlier this year after children and adults suffered a spate of injuries including broken bones, burns and bruises on a giant tube-slide. The Hilltop Playground had been open for less than one ...
Oct 29, 2018
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Health
Emotional scars increase the risk of sports injury
Active top-flight athletes who have experienced sexual or physical abuse at some time in their life run a greater risk of sports-related injury. A new study from the Athletics Research Center at Linköping University in Sweden ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Pediatrics
Trampolines should be banned except for gymnastics, says injury prevention expert
Based on the high rates of injury on trampolines in Alberta every summer, the University of Alberta's Injury Prevention Centre would like to see the devices banned except for gymnastic training.
Jul 20, 2018
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Neuroscience
Rehabilitating the mind could improve outcomes after spinal cord injury
A study led by Heriot-Watt University has explored how individuals with spinal cord injuries perceive the space around them. The findings suggest additions are needed to the rehabilitation programmes adopted post-injury to ...
Jul 16, 2018
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Surgery
Bionic suit helps paralyzed patients stand and walk again
Patients undergoing physical rehabilitation at Rush for paralyzing injuries are being aided by a robotic suit designed to help raise people to full height and walk.
Apr 25, 2018
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Neuroscience
Comprehensive evaluation of patients with concussion-like symptoms following reports of audible phenomena in Cuba
A comprehensive evaluation by clinical researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania identified a neurological syndrome that left U.S. government personnel serving in Havana, Cuba with persistent ...
Feb 15, 2018
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Health
Youth violence in U.S. declines—but the war's not over
(HealthDay)—Far fewer young people are turning up in U.S. emergency rooms with assault injuries, but youth violence remains a serious issue, a new government study shows.
Feb 8, 2018
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Health
Persistent pain experienced by firefighters
A recently released Western co-authored study is providing an eye-opening look into how physical pain and discomfort have become a way of life for many firefighters across the country.
Feb 2, 2018
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Health
Researcher prescribes specific exercise dosage for those with spinal cord injury
For decades, the main message to keep the general population healthy was for everyone to get active.
Oct 26, 2017
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