Health
Need emergency air lift to hospital? It could cost you $40,000
(HealthDay)—An air ambulance might be your only chance to survive a medical emergency—but a new study reports it's going to cost you.
Jul 2, 2019
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Neuroscience
Disease caused by repeat brain trauma in athletes may affect memory, mood, behavior
New research suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease associated with repeat brain trauma including concussions in athletes, may affect people in two major ways: initially affecting behavior or ...
Aug 21, 2013
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Cardiology
Abuse and neglect associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk for lesbian and bisexual women
Trauma, including abuse and neglect, is associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk for lesbian and bisexual women, according to preliminary research to be presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association's Scientific ...
Nov 5, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Study finds a quarter of adults with HIV were abused as children
One in four HIV patients was found to have been sexually abused as a child, according to a two-year Duke University study of more than 600 HIV patients. Traumatic childhood experiences were also linked to worse health outcomes ...
Mar 14, 2012
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Surgery
Delays in care longer for female trauma patients
Female trauma patients have longer delays in trauma care and an increased likelihood of discharge to long-term care facilities compared with male trauma patients, according to a study published online May 18 in JAMA Surgery.
May 18, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Developing neuroscientifically guided treatments for PTSD
Dr. Ruth Lanius, a professor in psychiatry at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and the director of the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research unit at Western, is developing neuroscientifically guided treatments for patients ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Don't blame parents for sins of the child
(HealthDay)—When the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were identified as two brothers—one of them a teenager—many parents wondered, "Who raised these boys?" Mental health experts say it's normal to want to blame ...
Apr 26, 2013
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Health
Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse
In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study. The findings are published ...
Feb 6, 2012
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Ophthalmology
Falls and brawls top list of causes for eye injuries in US
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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Neuroscience
Sexual assault tied to psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in women
(HealthDay)—Sexual assault trauma may partly explain why women are more likely to develop psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, ...
Dec 7, 2020
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