Seat belt injuries could signal more serious trauma in children
...s see bruising or seat belt marks in pediatric car accident victims, they should have a high degree of suspici...ible spinal-cord injury starts at the scene of the accident with proper stabilization and transportation of the victims. If a child with a spinal fracture has n...A woman who heard voices with her own speech impairments
...own speech impairments in her head after a bicycle accident is examined in a Case Report in this weeks edition of The Lancet. The woman was treated by Dr Daniela Hubl, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland, and colleagues, who authored the Case Report. It was in August 2006 that the 63-year-o...Galileo to support global search and rescue
...es are too low in the sky to be usable, or when an accident happens on the 'wrong' side of a mountain or in a deep valley, and the surrounding terrain obscures the satellite. Future improvements To further improve the performance of the overall COSPAS-SARSAT system, plans are now being made to fly sear...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
...r Accident Injury Is Inconclusive Motor vehicle accident injuries are the leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of 3 and 33. Counseling during regular physician visits about the proper use of child safety seats, seat belts and the dangers of drunk driving might reduce death and injury fro...'Cars' imaging reveals clues to myelin damage
...clerosis and detect damage to the spinal cord from accident trauma, which also causes the myelin to degrade, he said. Research findings are detailed in a paper appearing online this month in the Journal of Neuroscience Research. The paper was authored by biomedical engineering doctoral student Yan Fu and po...STAMP system can help professionals to identify potentially violent individuals
...ho spent nearly 300 hours observing patients in an accident and emergency department has developed a method for identifying possible flashpoints, according to the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing. Lauretta Luck, who carried out her research at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, points out that ...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
...an unexplained drowning, unexplained motor vehicle accident and even sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). When LQTS is detected and treated properly, sudden death is now thankfully very rare for this disease, Dr. Ackerman says. ...Female auto crash rates increase alarmingly; airbags can be dangerous for tall and small people
...g in a motor vehicle. The presentation on female accident rates is entitled Trends in Young Female Drivers in Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes over Ten Years, 1995-2004 by Virginia W. Tsai MD. The paper will be presented at the 2007 SAEM Annual Meeting, May 16-19, 2007, Chicago, IL on Thursday, May 17th, in th...UW study tests topical honey as a treatment for diabetic ulcers
...mply wouldn't heal. Complications from a 2002 car accident left Hurlburt, a borderline diabetic, with recurring cellulitis and staph infections. One of those infections developed into a troublesome open sore that, despite the use of oral antibiotics, continued to fester for nearly eight months. Then Hurlb...NeuroArm: Navigating the future of surgery
...l community spirit," says Dr. Sutherland. "It's no accident a project like this is coming out of Calgary. Our community believes in innovation and supporting challenging projects." "This is truly a flagship program for the University of Calgary and all the partner agencies involved," says Weingarten. "Visio...Medical students should be taught about rape
...lth develop and disseminate guidelines to staff in accident and emergency departments and sexual assault referral centres to improve the management of people who have been victims of alleged drug-facilitated sexual assault. But because people who have been sexually assaulted often do not seek help from emerge...UCSF policy expert presents recommendation for health coverage
...ut if a person who has opted out is involved in an accident that involves hospitalization and expensive surgeries and he or she has no coverage, it can result in severe hardship due to huge medical bills and shifting of costs to people with coverage." He says he sees a hybrid plan with a universal pool as a ...Mayo Clinic research shows young people who died suddenly and inexplicably had genetic heart defects
...ath in the family history, such as a motor vehicle accident for which no plausible cause can be found. a distant relative with an unexplained death. With proper recognition of key warning signs, some sudden unexplained deaths may be preventable, Dr. Ackerman says. ...Under-18s spell out what they need to enjoy quality of life on a ventilator
...ing ventilated as a result of a serious illness or accident were particularly depressed at the way people now viewed them as a 'ventilator-dependent' child and angry at the many barriers that prevented them from taking part in the activities they once enjoyed. Adjusting to home and school life again could b...Botulinum toxin helps facial scars heal better, Mayo Clinic finds
...d -- such as trauma from a dog bite, motor vehicle accident or assault, or from a skin cancer biopsy or removal -- paralyzes the region, creating a smooth surface in which the wound can heal. This prevents muscle movement from wrinkling the wound site, allowing for a flat surface for healing and leaving a smo...Exposure to radiation after Chornobyl increases risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents
...- In a study of thyroid cancer after the Chornobyl accident in 1986, researchers at Columbia University's Mail...urnal of the National Cancer Institute. The 1986 accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant exposed large numbers of people in Belarus, Ukraine, and the Ru...Drivers on cell phones are as bad as drunks
... their brakes with 23 percent more force. "Neither accident rates, nor reaction times to vehicles braking in f...eir hard, late braking is "predictive of increased accident rates over the long run," the researchers wrote. One statistical analysis of the new and previous U...Public needs to heighten awareness of dangers of elevated TVs that are larger, heavier
...r may have been climbing on the furniture when the accident occurred; the other quarter reported that the TV was knocked off the stand by another person. All but one of the injuries occurred at home. The other occurred during a church function. Parents reported witnessing the injuries in slightly less than h...Prenatal alcohol exposure can alter circadian rhythms in offspring
...dules were inappropriate and, at the time that the accident happened, poor mental and physical performances contributed to the disaster." The underlying message, said Thomas, is that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can have long-lasting damaging effects to the offspring. "There is currently no known safe ......y have determined that this protein (discovered by accident when researchers looked at how the anti-anxiety drug diazepam, better known as Valium, worked) is involved in bringing cholesterol into a cell's mitochondria. In some cells the mitochondria uses cholesterol to produce steroids, which are regulatory h...