Red flag for repetitive stress injuries identified for first time in humans
...ammation potential warning signs in work-related injuries caused by repetitive motion. Their findings cou...ealthcare providers can diagnose repetitive motion injuries (RMI) based only on physical examination findings and the symptoms reported by the patient. Typica...Picture this: FSU professor's research could lead to vastly improved medical imaging
...accurate, non-invasive tool for diagnosing cancer, injuries and other maladies within the human body. Now, a Florida State University researcher has collaborated in a research project that could lead to ways of producing even sharper medical images. Naresh Dalal, the Dirac Professor of Chemistry and Biochem...Link found between muscle damage during childbirth, condition causing fallen bladder, uterus
...uld be used to help determine how to prevent these injuries in the first place. The study appearing in the ...s to look at ways of preventing and treating these injuries of the levator ani muscle in order to reduce the rate of pelvic organ prolapse later in life," he sa...UCLA study finds a need for services that help homeless youth obtain health insurance
...ely to seek emergency room treatment for traumatic injuries than were those who had returned home. Youths who remained homeless were also more likely to seek emergency room treatment for common conditions such as respiratory illnesses and gastrointestinal problems that could have been treated in an outpatient...Sword swallowers more likely to be injured when distracted or swallowing 'unusual' swords
...rushed' the heart. The research found that these injuries occurred either when swallowers used multiple or unusual swords, or when they were distracted. For example one swallower lacerated his pharynx when trying to swallow a curved sabre whilst another suffered lacerations after being distracted by a 'misb...Unbelted backseat passengers produce deadly results
...ger and belted driver, according to Mayrose. The injuries were indicated by sensors mounted to and within th...t belted or safely secured, they can inflict fatal injuries to a driver," Mayrose warns. The researchers also tested the possibility of injury occurring durin...Researchers identify genes that allow brain cancer-causing stem cells to resist treatment
... their potential for someday treating diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord, recent research identified "cancer stem cells," a small population of cells that appear to be the source of cells comprising a malignant brain tumor. Theoretically, if these mother cells can be destroyed, the tumor will ...Feet, rather than fists, the most dangerous bodily weapon to use in assaults
...ff, Wales between 1999 and 2005. All had sustained injuries during acts of violence. Injury severity was sco... the mode of the injury recorded. More than 31,000 injuries were treated, with men accounting for three quarters of those requiring treatment. Most had one inju...Law professor finds home health-care workers have few legal protections
...rate to workers. For example, they experience back injuries at a rate that is nearly three times the rate for nursing aides in hospital or nursing home settings." Smith said that the high rate of injury is not surprising. "Whereas workers in institutional settings can rely on co-workers to help lift patien...Key to avoiding whiplash injury may lie in head restraint positioning
...ning safety rules for car manufacturers. Whiplash injuries affect the soft tissues of the cervical spine (e.g., ligaments and intervertebral discs) and can be sustained in any type of crash but occur most often in low speed rear-end collisions. The injury affects more than one million people in the U.S. each...Want fair and affordable health insurance for the uninsured? Ask the public to design it
... infertility, impotence coverage, and coverage for injuries that only affected athletic performance, not daily ability to function. The authors note that more research needs to be done on this kind of difference in viewpoints about the "necessity" of coverage for this kind of care. Another aspect of the fin...Mayo Clinic researchers find evidence for traumatic cause of carpal tunnel syndrome
...ing from repeated finger movements. "Such shearing injuries could be the result of marked or repetitive differential motion of adjacent digits, and may support the hypothesis of a traumatic cause for carpal tunnel syndrome," he says....New study on school bus safety shows injuries well exceed previous reports
...nal sample to describe nonfatal school bus-related injuries to children and teenagers treated in emergency roo... there were an estimated 51,100 school bus-related injuries that resulted in treatment in an U.S. emergency room. That is about 17,000 injuries annually. "The...New research effort to translate basic science into faster bone healing
...unshot wounds and falls. The number of orthopaedic injuries has increased in recent years as baby boomers age, and as U.S. soldiers in Iraq continue to suffer severe injuries. "We are getting close to the point where decades of research finally pay off in new treatments that restore trauma patients' ability......for deaths from both intentional and unintentional injuries among children 114 years of age during 1991199 I...ine from 1971 to 1998 in the rate of unintentional injuries among Canadian children living in urban areas. In a related commentary Howard calls for, among se...Plastic surgery patients honored for courage, altruism
...et-propelled grenade and suffered life-threatening injuries to his leg and hip, but he still managed to safely evacuate all those he was protecting. Oscar was told he may never walk again let alone return to duty; however, multiple reconstructive surgeries to save his leg and retain function enabled him to be...Jefferson Orthopaedic surgeons leading international study of timing of spinal surgery
...educe pressure on the spinal cord. Two types of injuries occur when the spinal cord is damaged, says Dr. Va...ding to Dr. Vaccaro, animal studies on spinal cord injuries show that the sooner pressure is removed from a compressed spinal cord, the better the recovery of f...Repealing 'Blue Laws' on Sunday alcohol sales increased alcohol-related crashes and crash fatalities
...e Sunday ban saved lives and prevented hundreds of injuries and fatalities from alcohol-related crashes." The study, "Legalized Sunday packaged alcohol sales and alcohol-related traffic crashes and crash fatalities in New Mexico" was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Resea...Progesterone shows promise as treatment for traumatic brain injuries
... therapies have been developed for traumatic brain injuries in over 30 years. Emory's researchers designed a clinical trial to assess the promise of progesterone for treatment of TBI. Their three-year pilot study, called ProTECT (which stands for "Progesterone for Traumatic brain injury--Experimental Clinic...Low birth weight infants may have cognitive and physical problems when they reach adolescence
...for their age group. Those who were male, who had injuries to the white matter (nerve tissue) of the brain on neonatal ultrasound and who spent more days on a ventilator as an infant were more likely to have motor difficulties. Social disadvantages, a lower fetal growth ratio (calculated by dividing birth w...