Long-term trauma outcomes heavily impacted by gender and education level
Researchers find sociodemographic factors more predictive of worse outcomes than injury severity Trauma is a leading cause of disability in ...
Tag: Trauma/Injury
New insight into the process of generation of new neurons in the adult brain
Credit: Milos Pekny and Marcela Pekna, Physiological Reviews, 2014. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in ...
Sexual/gender minority patients prefer written self-report for identity info collection
Researchers report greater satisfaction for patients when compared to verbal collection during emergency department visits Boston, MA -- Health care ...
Study yields new insight on how memory works
Experiment with amnesia patients helps explain role of hippocampusCredit: Courtesy of Dr. Christine Smith Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored ...
Muscle atrophy among critically ill kids occurs within one week of mechanical ventilation
83 percent of children in small study experienced atrophy in at least one muscle groupCredit: Michael Shoykhet, M.D., Ph.D WASHINGTON-(Dec. ...
Study supports safety of overlapping surgery for outpatient orthopaedic procedures
December 21, 2018 - At least for brief periods, overlapping surgery is safe for patients undergoing outpatient or "same-day" orthopaedic ...
University of Birmingham develops sight-saving treatment for eye infection or trauma
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a novel eye drop that rapidly reduces sight-threatening scarring to the surface ...
MRI technique shows unique signatures of concussion in rugby players
Using MRI to study the brains of young female athletes has helped researchers develop an objective way to monitor a ...
E-bandage generates electricity, speeds wound healing in rats
Credit: American Chemical Society Skin has a remarkable ability to heal itself. But in some cases, wounds heal very slowly ...
UC San Diego Health offers new bluetooth-enabled 'pacemaker' for chronic focal nerve pain
Raul Silva lived with phantom limb pain for 18 years until a new dorsal root ganglion (DRG) device erased his ...
Study makes significant findings related to traumatic brain injury
For the first time, identifies specific neurological changes based on how much force is applied during trauma Traumatic brain injury, ...
Harvard's Wyss Institute commences project to identify means to induce a state of suspended animation
High-risk initiative aims to develop 'Time-Tolerant Biostasis Therapeutics' that slow down critical processes in the human body to gain time ...
A painless adhesive
Adhesives for biomedical applications can be detached with lightCredit: (Video courtesy of Zhigang Suo/Harvard SEAS) Pulling off a Band-Aid may ...
Spinal cord injury could throw off body's internal clock, study shows
Credit: Image provided by Andrew Gaudet. AUSTIN, Texas -- Although paralysis is the most noticeable result of a spinal cord ...
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