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Guns play an outsized role in deaths from terror attacks, especially in the US, data show
Explosives. Arson. Guns. Driving into a crowd of people.
Oct 9, 2017
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Adolescents who have experienced terror attacks suffer from sleep disturbance
Adolescents who have experienced terror attacks suffer from sleep disturbance for years after the event. Researchers believe there is a need for better assessment and treatment of sleep disturbance in adolescents who have ...
Sep 27, 2017
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Opinion: Autism and terrorism—what are the links?
Terror recruits often seem to come from vulnerable backgrounds. But new evidence suggests that those suffering from traits of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) could be more at risk of being radicalised. It follows a number ...
Jun 22, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Discrimination impacts psychological distress for Arab-American men
Acts of discrimination against Arab-Americans are associated with psychological stress, with an impact 4-5 times larger for men than women, a University of Michigan researcher has found.
Feb 21, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The murky role of mental illness in extremism, terror
After family members of the driver who slammed a truck into a holiday crowd in the French city of Nice said he suffered from depression, questions have been raised again about the links between mental illness, extreme ideology ...
Jul 20, 2016
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New device shortens chest-tube insertion to seconds, follows wave of stabbing attacks
Pneumothorax is a medical emergency: the collection of air in the pleural space separating the lung from the chest wall, causing it to collapse and resulting in suffocation. Pneumothorax is caused by chest trauma, and is ...
Mar 9, 2016
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Emergency medicine expert says Paris, San Bernardino demonstrate a need to educate first responders and specialists
Leonard Cole, director of terror medicine and security in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, recently testified with former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Sen. Joseph ...
Dec 9, 2015
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When fear is a weapon—how terror attacks influence mental health
On November 13 2015, a series of coordinated attacks in Paris left 130 people dead. A week later, armed gunmen stormed a hotel in Mali, seizing hostages while also firing indiscriminately at guests, killing 27 people. And ...
Dec 4, 2015
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Health
Doctors relive Paris attacks
The medics treating the scores of victims in the Paris terror attacks came back without their belts—so great was the need in the field for tourniquets, medical personnel said Tuesday.
Nov 24, 2015
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Pediatrics
Kids likely to sleepwalk if parents have history of nocturnal strolls
More than 60 percent of children developed sleepwalking when both their parents were sleepwalkers in a study among children born in the Canadian province of Quebec, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.
May 4, 2015
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