UCSD researchers report results of children's backpack study
...here are nearly 7,500 emergency room visits due to injuries related to backpacks or book bags (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2004). The research team hopes that parents will help their children avoid using heavy backpacks for prolonged periods and prevent...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for December 2005
...ing to experts, the highest incidence of household injuries occur at party times and during times of increased family activity. Regardless of the holiday you're celebrating, it's in your children's best interest for you to be aware of risks and more importantly, of how to prevent accidents. STUDIES SHOW APO...Radiologists tackle diagnosis of puzzling football injuries
...sicians' ability to diagnose and treat two serious injuries affecting football players, according to two studies presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). In the first study, researchers reviewed 101 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) knee exams of 330 candid...Diagnostic images show go-carts cause serious injuries to children
...ed diagnostic images to conduct a study of go-cart injuries in children and the results are concerning, accord...ergency rooms treated an average of 10,500 go-cart injuries per year in the United States. Children under 15 years old accounted for 65 percent of those injurie...Study reveals severity of go-cart injuries
...t and one of the study researchers. "Many of these injuries were severe, and all children required follow-up c...at Wake Forest Baptist. The information on go-cart injuries was part of a larger study of 160 children ages 16 and under who were admitted to the hospital from ...Police data unreliable source for identifying trends in violent crime
...n England and Wales. This shows that the number of injuries sustained through violence that was not self infli... that violence resulting in injuries, even firearm injuries treated in emergency care, is often not recorded by the police. "This mismatch between the only loca...Feeling fat in the festive season? It's all in your mind
...l cues. "Other studies have shown that people with injuries in the parietal cortex area of the brain experience the feeling that the size and shape of their body parts have changed. People who suffer from migraine with aura can sometimes experience a phenomenon called the 'Alice in Wonderland syndrome', where...Epidural leads to less pain, more assisted deliveries
...durals, says the review. These include spinal cord injuries and permanent paralysis in the mother. These are so rare that incidence rates are currently unknown. Randomized controlled trials like those included in Cochrane reviews are not well-suited to studying such uncommon events, said Anim-Somuah. "There ...Use of laparoscopic procedure for gallbladder removal varies widely
...rgeons--mainly because of concerns about bile duct injuries and an excessively high conversion rate (a procedure that begins using the laparoscopic technique, but then requires "converting" to an open laparotomy for gall bladder removal). "The application of LC in the emergency condition is technically demand...Scientists use stem cells to grow cartilage
...grow cartilage for transplantation for a number of injuries and medical problems, including sports injuries, new cartilage for people having hip replacements, and even for cosmetic surgery. Dr Archana Vats, from Imperial College London and first author of the paper, said: "The ability to grow cartilage using ...Sleep apnea and risk for stroke and death
..., heart attack, stroke, and diabetes -- as well as injuries or deaths from work-related accidents and vehicular crashes. NHLBI is currently supporting several large studies which follow participants over longer periods of time to confirm the longitudinal relationship between sleep apnea and stroke and associa...Unrelated adults in the home associated with child-abuse deaths
...l 149 children under the age of five who died from injuries inflicted by a parent or caregiver in Missouri bet...ss than three. Seventy-three percent of the fatal injuries were caused by shaking or striking the child. Children who died from inflicted injuries were more ...Children in car crashes should be monitored for acute stress symptoms, whether injured or not
...n accident. About one in six children with serious injuries (such as a fracture) and about one in four of thei...howed symptoms of acute stress after a crash. When injuries were minor, about one in 20 children and one in six parents were affected. "For a family, a crash i...Body checking found to cause few youth hockey injuries
... collisions and falling into the boards cause more injuries in young hockey players than the practice of body ...ver two seasons, results showed that 55 percent of injuries were caused by unintentional collisions with the boards, the ice, or between players, while body che...Public health tool from the '60s could help mitigate potential flu disaster
...developed in the 1960s for preventing road traffic injuries could help in preparing for the next influenza pandemic, say researchers in the open access journal PLoS Medicine . The prospect of a pandemic with avian influenza is an urgent concern for public health leaders worldwide, and yet in most countries ...CHEST 2005 abstract highlights
...for infectious complications related to submersion injuries from seawater are beta-lactam antibiotics or fluoroquinolones and removing foreign material via surgical debridement and endoscopy. Long-term Health Effects of SARS (Convention Center, Room 514C, Monday, October 31, 2005, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM) SARS ha...Lack of specialist care for head injuries costing lives
...eam compared the death-rates of patients with head injuries with those of other types of emergency patients an...s. The results indicated that patients with head injuries were ten times more likely to die, and generally had lower rates of improvement, than those with oth...NSF grant to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia bridges academic research, child safety innovation
...hildren's Hospital. "With the high cost of traffic injuries to families, to insurance companies, and to indust...hown that using forward-facing child seats reduces injuries by 71 percent, as compared with children using seat belts alone. However, for crashes resulting in i...Early nerve damage caused by repetitive strain injuries can trigger "sick worker" syndrome -- characterize...the Journal of Neuroimmunology. Repetitive strain injuries are the nation's most common and costly occupational health problem, affecting hundreds of thousands...Qld Brain Institute gains $650,000 spinal research bequest from courageous Lisa Palmer
...he cancer ended a courageous battle against spinal injuries that Lisa had suffered while aged in her early twenties. An evening car accident on a NSW country road in 1997 left Lisa with quadriplegia and dependent on a ventilator. SpinalCure Australia CEO Bob Turner, who presented a cheque to Professor Hay, ...