Spinal cord injuries are mostly caused by trauma, often incurred in road traffic or sporting incidents, often with devastating and irreversible consequences, and unfortunately having a relatively high prevalence (250,000 ...
May 31, 2016
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Brain scientists in Washington state are asking the families of armed services members to consider one last contribution.
May 30, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Computed tomographic (CT) chest abdomen pelvis (CAP) examinations rarely show acute traumatic injury in patients who had a low-velocity trauma but have acute head and/or cervical spine trauma without evidence ...
Apr 22, 2016
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Patients who get blood quickly after severe injuries are less likely to die, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Emergency Medicine.
Apr 14, 2016
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Paid parental leave is linked to a lower rate of kids' admission to hospital for head injury, finds research published in the journal Injury Prevention.
Feb 25, 2016
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Falling and fighting top the list of major causes of eye injuries resulting in hospitalization over a 10-year period, according to research presented today at AAO 2015, the 119th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of ...
Nov 14, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—The growing awareness of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in professional, collegiate and amateur sports has resulted in legal pressures, media coverage and medical research related to the pathology of head ...
Use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest for hospital emergency-room patients with blunt trauma could be reduced by more than one-third without compromising detection of major injury, concludes a new study led by ...
Oct 6, 2015
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A diet high in processed fructose sabotages rat brains' ability to heal after head trauma, UCLA neuroscientists report.
Oct 2, 2015
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Researchers have developed a procedure to mimic in laboratory experiments a form of brain trauma commonly seen in combat veterans, and findings suggest a new diagnostic tool for early detection and a potential treatment.
Aug 28, 2015
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