Most concussion patients fall under the radar after ER visit
Millions of Americans suffer concussions each year, and many endure symptoms for months or years afterward. A new study shows that a majority of patients...
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Do patients with TBI receive follow-up care after ED discharge?
Bottom Line: Many patients treated in the emergency department for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) don't receive educational materials at discharge or see clinicians for...
Majority of premature infants still exposed to early antibiotics
Bottom Line: Most premature infants, who are at risk for sepsis but who may not have a culture confirmation of infection, continue to receive early...
What is impact of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement?
Bottom Line: The need for a patient to have a permanent pacemaker implanted while hospitalized after undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement is a complication...
Doctors fail to flag concussion patients for critical follow-up
As evidence builds of more long-term effects linked to concussion, a nationwide study led by scientists at UCSF and the University of Southern California has...
Aggression neurons identified
High activity in a relatively poorly studied group of brain cells can be linked to aggressive behaviour in mice, a new study from Karolinska Institutet...
Potent new mechanism of action for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease revealed
Tsukuba - Professor Akiyoshi Fukamizu's research group of Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics (Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, TARA), University of Tsukuba, Eisai Co., Ltd....
Which role does the brain play in prosocial behavior?
Helping other people in need is a foundation of our society. It is intuitive to believe that we help others because we empathically share their...
New link found between alcohol, genes and heart failure
Credit: NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust The researchers investigated faulty versions of a gene called titin which...
UEA research could help fine-tune cancer treatment
Cancer therapies that cut off blood supply to a tumour could be more effective in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drugs - according to new research...
mHealth as effective as clinic-based intervention for people with serious mental illness
A mobile health (mHealth) intervention was found to be as effective as a clinic-based group intervention for people with serious mental illness in a new...
RIOCATH, a revolutionary type of catheter inspired by a snail’s eye
Credit: Riocath The Czech company Riocath Global developed and patented in collaboration with the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of...
Russian scientists developed a unique equipment for ultrasound examination
Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of the laboratory "Medical ultrasound equipment" of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) developed a..
A new guide for explorers of the submicroscopic world inside us
Credit: Courtesy Wladek Minor Researchers from the University of Virginia have established new guidelines for scientists mapping out the body molecule by molecule to help...
USTC reveals the mechanism how moderate sunlight exposure improves learning and memory
USTC researchers have shed new lights on the correlation between sunlight exposure and related neurobehaviors. Combining single-cell mass spectrometry isotopic labeling technique, the multi-institutio..
