It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
...les won its matches, the average number of assault injuries seen was 33; when Wales lost, the average dropped to 25. At weekends, the number of assault injuries was also around a third higher when matches were played than when there were no matches. Whether the...Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
... or even during training--with an estimated 81,000 injuries and 100 deaths in 2002 alone. The National Institu...timates the cost in 2002 of addressing firefighter injuries and of efforts to prevent them to be $2.8 billion to $7.8 billion per year. The study, conducted by...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...blem. Researchers report that unintentional fatal injuries related to alcohol increased from about 1,500 in 1... to measure the magnitude of alcohol-related fatal injuries among college students, and whether this figure is changing over time." The researchers conclude tha...Teen tooth trauma prevalent in Ontario
...rauma, including such potential culprits as hockey injuries and family violence, and where the injuries take place. "We want to determine how many of these injuries are preventable and how we can prevent ...Alcohol intervention attempted for violent males
Baltimore, MarylandSerious facial and dental injuries often go hand-in-hand with heavy alcohol consumption and violent behavior, especially by teenage boys and young men. A group of dental researchers from the University of Wales (Cardiff, UK) conducted a randomized trial of a brief psychological interv...Fractured leg bone not the end of Tutankhamen mystery
...re are remarkable similarities between his ribcage injuries and those of a British mummy - St Bees Man in Cumbria - who sustained fatal damage to his chest in a jousting accident. It is therefore highly possible that the King could have died as a result of a chariot or sporting accident, or even at war. "Ano...Severe injuries on the rise among children and adolescents riding motorbikes
...ions a year on average. Overall, motorbike-related injuries increased about 50 percent during the entire study...tz. "The severity and increased frequency of these injuries underscore the need to increase efforts to prevent these injuries, particularly among high-risk popu...Telemedicine revolution is 'disappearing' from the NHS
...ich clinical staff decide the urgency of patients' injuries or illnesses, and advice lines such as NHS Direct. Resistance from professionals is often blamed, but the real reason is often a failure to think through the organisational problems involved in integrating new technology into everyday NHS activity. ...Immersion in virtual world alleviates pain from injury
...dren feel less pain during the treatment of severe injuries such as burns, according to a preliminary study by Karen Grimmer and colleagues from the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. A virtual reality game is a computer game especially designed to completely immerse the user in a simula...New radio-frequency technique for knee injuries
...t deteriorated. One of the most serious and common injuries is that of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), typical in football and skiing, but also in other sports where sudden turns, violent contacts and twists of the knee can take place. The rupture of this ligament is relatively frequent and, for profess...Adverse drug events in nursing homes are far more common than previously identified
...Medicine . "This study confirms that drug-related injuries continue to be a major problem in the long-term care setting," said lead author Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD, the Dr. John Meyers Professor of Primary Care Medicine and professor of medicine and family medicine & community health at the University of Massach...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...the thousands of Americans blinded by glaucoma and injuries that destroy the optic nerve, and hundreds of thou...nerve through excessive internal pressure, or with injuries that sever the optic nerve after that developmental milestone, destruction can be permanent and blin...COX-2 product offers good and bad news in 'test tube' strokes
... aftereffects of a stroke. After strokes and other injuries to the brain, levels of glutamate rise, triggering a number of chemical reactions, including an increase in COX-2 production and prostaglandin production. Increased COX-2 activity then leads to further neuron death. The new findings come in the wak...Study shows protective equipment not very effective for rugby players
...hguards tended to lower the risk of mouth and face injuries by close to 50 percent, and padded headgear appeared to lower the risk of damage to the scalp and to ears by about 40 percent," he said. "Support sleeves cut the risk of sprains and strains about close to 40 percent as well." He and colleagues found ...Certain gun storage practices can reduce risk of youth firearm injuries, suicide
...arate location can lower the risk of unintentional injuries and suicide among youth, according to a study in t...e risk of unintentional and self-inflicted firearm injuries as a result of child or adolescent access to firearms in the home. The researchers examined records...Non-lethal weapons focus of research study
...enter trial will record the number and severity of injuries produced by law enforcement officers using non-let... are concerns that the weapons may produce serious injuries or deaths in some cases. Wake Forest Baptist is the lead site and William P. Bozeman, M.D., associat...Good medicine, good economics: African-Americans need equal treatment for pain, SLU study finds
...n-Americans and poor people with work-related back injuries receive less medical care and smaller compensation...atment and compensation for work-related back pain injuries were more equitable, particularly along racial and socioeconomic lines, claimants would be more sati...January/February Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ES THAN ALCOHOLISM Contrary to common perception, injuries attributable to alcohol consumption are more likel...nts between 1998 and 2000, most alcohol-associated injuries occurred in persons who had consumed alcohol during the six hours before injury. The proportion of i...Thinking of prepositions turns brain 'on' in different ways
..."A clinician could use information about how brain injuries in stroke patients affect specific speech components to develop therapies to help their patients." The four patients in Kemmerer's study were used because of similar brain injuries, such as lesions from stroke, in the perisylvian region, which ......e of anti-inflammatory steroids for traumatic head injuries like those from car crashes may actually increase ...ntion, 1.4 million American suffer traumatic brain injuries a year, and 50,000 die from it. "Since this often occurs in young people and is long term, traumati...