Severe PTSD damages children's brains, Stanford/Packard study shows
...ng separation and loss. This type of developmental trauma often impairs the child's ability to reach social, emotional and academic milestones. "We'd really like to understand why some children are more resilient than others, and what the long-term effects of extreme stress are," said Carrion, who is the ...Bombs and bodies: Children living in extremes
...is framework to describe the effects of danger and trauma on children, and examine the factors that promote child resilience and well-being. WHO: Symposium Organizer Carl A. Maida, UCLA Symposium Co-Organizer and Moderator Robert S. Pynoos, UCLA The Ecology of Danger: Transgenerational Impact among Vervet ...National research network launched to seek better treatments for brain injury, stroke and seizures
... "Neurologic emergencies, including stroke, head trauma and seizures, are the leading cause of brain damage in the United States. In patients with these problems, the first minutes and hours of treatment are very important. Our mission is to improve outcomes of patients with acute neurological problems th...Cyclic vomiting syndrome: Recurring and unexplained episodes destroy teeth
...sease, xerostomia, salivary gland enlargement, and trauma to the oral tissue. So what can parents do? Dr. Stoopler advises parents to watch for anything unusual and to make sure both the child's pediatrician and dentist are informed. "If an otherwise healthy child develops chronic episodes of severe nausea...PTSD may increase heart disease risk in older men
...sults are provocative and suggest that exposure to trauma and prolonged stress not only may increase the risk for serious mental health problems but are also cardiotoxic."...Effective medical response reduced deaths of critically injured after London bombings
...hospital medical teams and triage* to a specialist trauma centre is likely to have reduced deaths in those c...sualties from the incident and is London's primary trauma centre. The researchers looked at over-triage rates, where non-critically injured causalities are ...Unbelted backseat passengers produce deadly results
...child showed similar results:severe chest and head trauma for both passenger and belted driver, according to Mayrose. The injuries were indicated by sensors mounted to and within the dummies. The sensors showed significant acceleration of the dummies'head, neck and chest, as well as dramatic impact loads ...Trauma patients at risk across the country, surgeons on-call to discuss emergency-care crisis
... Programs of the ACS. They can discuss how: the trauma system is plagued by glaring inconsistencies in st...on shortage caused by disincentives to work in the trauma system; and solutions to system problems and surgeon shortages exist but health care leaders and ...Mayo Clinic researchers find evidence for traumatic cause of carpal tunnel syndrome
...r. Amadio says the team is researching the role of trauma or stress to the tissue lining 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,...Stress, childhood trauma linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in adults
...ered and added to produce a score for each type of trauma and one overall trauma score. Individuals with CFS had higher overall trauma scores than those without CFS. Exposure to t...Bone research that grows on you
...bone weakened or lost from osteoporosis, cancer or trauma with minimal intervention and without painful and expensive bone grafts or pins and plates. Fourth year biomedical engineering student Wayne Shaw has developed tiny biodegradable spheres made from polymers that can be loaded with calcium phosphate ...New research effort to translate basic science into faster bone healing
... The Rochester CORT will explore new ways to heal trauma to bone and cartilage caused by aging and injury. About 3.6 million Americans suffer trauma to bones or soft tissue each year, with the worst damage caused by car crashes, gunshot wounds and f...10 top Australian scientists predict major medical advances
... available for all manner of cancers, reducing the trauma of treatment and dramatically improving outcomes. A Raft of New Vaccines The world-first cervical cancer vaccine is only the first of its kind. Scientists predict viruses will be found to play a role in many other cancers and in the course of th...Progesterone shows promise as treatment for traumatic brain injuries
...researchers have found that giving progesterone to trauma victims shortly following brain injury appears to be safe and may reduce the risk of death and the degree of disability. The results of this study--the first clinical trial of its kind in the world--will be available online in the October issue of th...Using contrast enhanced sonography improves diagnosis of liver and spleen injuries
...us of sonography for patients with blunt abdominal trauma is to detect free fluid," said John McGahan, MD, lead author of the study. Free fluid is non-clotted blood within the peritoneal cavity. "However, there could be an organ injury without free fluid and the injury could be missed," he said. "Contrast-...Serious knife injuries are increasing, say trauma experts at the Royal London Hospital in a letter t...uding deliberate self harm) from a database of all trauma calls from July 2004 to June 2006. Overall there were 309 forensic knife injuries; 259 patients were...Molecule helps cells plug leaks following lung injury
...resulting from infection, inflammation or surgical trauma -- cells that line the blood vessels in the lung lose their ability to form a barrier, allowing fluid to seep into the lung's air spaces and resulting in respiratory failure. Such damage is a significant cause of death in critically ill patients. V...Levels of serious mental illness in Katrina survivors doubled compared to earlier survey
...spondents tended to have somewhat higher levels of trauma exposure and hurricane-related psychological distress. Other weights were added to account for the household participant selection and any discrepancies between the sample and the population based on data obtained from the US Bureau of the Census. ...Hurricane Katrina Community Aadvisory Group Survey Findings
...licy planning for terrorism. His group has studied trauma and disaster in a wide range of populations and de... among the most widely cited books in the field of trauma studies. And community respondents who are members of the Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory G...Low testosterone levels associated with increased risk of death in men
...amatically decrease one to two days after surgery, trauma or critical illness--all factors that can increase the risk of death. To eliminate these effects, the authors reanalyzed the data excluding men who had died within the first year of follow-up. Men with low testosterone levels were still 68 percent ...