Study shows escalators as source of injury to children
... to describe the epidemiology of escalator-related injuries among children using a national sample," said CIRP...otection that is most likely to prevent entrapment injuries in all age groups." Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) of the U....Mice learn tasks that may help treat human psychiatric disorders
...autism, other similar diseases and traumatic brain injuries was limited, Garner said. The Garner team's mice were tested in a maze with rewards of one-quarter of a piece of sweetened cereal hidden in two-inch diameter metal bowls. The scientists varied the material inside the bowls where the cereal piece wa...Researchers aim to give nurses a lift
...re essential, Vieira said. He also noted that such injuries incur a great expense to taxpayers. "Most indiv...to reduce the number of work-related low back pain injuries that they suffer, because right now the incidences of it are way too high," Vieira said. ...UCLA develops unique nerve-stimulation epilepsy treatment
...al isolation, unemployment, inability to drive and injuries from falls and burns, as well as drowning. Approved treatment options include a variety of medications, neurosurgery that involves removing a small portion of the brain responsible for the seizures, and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). Despite the i...Aggressive heart pacing may work best in some spinal cord patients
...essentially all patients with cervical spinal cord injuries have problems maintaining an adequate heart rate for a time, amazingly, even some with severed cords will not need a permanent pacemaker, Dr. Ruiz-Arango says. That's one of many reasons why when patients have heart rate problems, doctors struggle ...Medication use linked to farmers' injuries
...isk of getting hurt while working on the farm. The injuries included falls, being struck by an object, or woun...or older. In that group, 282 suffered farm-related injuries related to how they used their pain medication. Researchers were able to identify several possible...Bioengineered tissue implants regenerate damaged knee cartilage
Knee cartilage injuries can be effectively repaired by tissue engineering ...teoarthritis. "Left untreated, many cartilage injuries will progress to osteoarthritis and the need for eventual replacement of the whole joint. Future in...New study predicts child injuries by consumer fireworks
...ks cause an alarming number of serious preventable injuries among pediatric fireworks users and bystanders in ...pediatric (19 years and younger) fireworks-related injuries were treated in U.S. emergency departments from 1990 through 2003. During the study, children treat...Study recommends new tool to assess blunt abdominal trauma
...onography, and CT for the detection of solid organ injuries in blunt abdominal trauma patients," said Massimo ... contrast enhanced ultrasound to rule out possible injuries to the solid organs of the abdomen, especially the spleen. The patients, too, appreciate this tool, ...Cancer-causing protein may heal damaged spinal cord and brain cells
...ed to regrow axons that are damaged in spinal cord injuries or neurological diseases," said Antonio Iavarone, M.D., associate professor of neurology and pathology at Columbia University Medical Center's Institute for Cancer Genetics, and the study's lead author. The proteins known as Id proteins - are abu...The greater the number of bars in a neighborhood, the higher the rates of assault
... Center. "Included among these are 'assaults,' or injuries that arise from some form of interpersonal violence. About one out of 10 assaults recorded by police are severe enough to require hospitalization. Thus, assaults recorded in hospital discharge data represent the most severe cases of interpersonal v...Half a million lives lost annually in Europe to preventable injuries
.... To address these inequalities and the burden of injuries in Europe, the authors call for investment in safe...hol consumption is responsible for up to 40-60% of injuries in Europe. Cost-effective strategies to control alcohol consumption at the population level include ......wever, the endocrinologist has studied the effects injuries have on the body's insulin levels and how those levels in turn affect a patient's chance of surviving. When a person hemorrhages or experiences major trauma, the body can undergo severe changes in its metabolism and immune system, like becoming resi...Injury rates on England's roads remain high
The number of serious injuries on England's roads is much higher than Government ...ook to reduce by 40% overall the number of serious injuries and deaths on the nation's roads by 2010, (compared with a starting point - baseline - of the 1994-8...Don't use mobile phone during storms, warn doctors
...nt future fatal consequences from lightning strike injuries related to mobile phones," say the authors. "The Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects, including cordless or mobile phones, should not be used (or carried) outdoors during a thunderstorm," they add. "We could not ...Promoting seat belt use among black motorists
Seat belts reduce injuries and deaths in motor vehicle crashes, but previous ...roportionate number of motor vehicle crash-related injuries and deaths reported among blacks. While two previous studies found that disparities in seatbelt use ...Physiological markers for cutting, other self-harming behaviors by teenage girls found
Non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries by adolescent and young adult females are major public health problems and researchers have found physiological evidence that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder. University of Wash...Students' device may improve chest closure after heart surgery
...safer approach. "We think it will reduce potential injuries to both the patients and the surgeons because the surgeon isn't physically pushing a needle through a bone," Malhotra said. Although the students used commercial cable ties for their prototype, they said patients would best be served by a biocompatib...Outcomes of patients in trials; Better blood pressure treatment; Snake bites, and more
...ues, where there were a variety of sharp-implement injuries and splashes with body fluids, along with heat stress and dehydration. The researchers concluded that the variation in how bodies were handled was due to a lack of national or local planning, along with a lack of practical guidelines. There was litt...Utah study shows minivans, trucks pose greater risk of backing over children in driveways
...state-registered vehicles was used to determine if injuries were more common among certain types of vehicles....