A fork in memory lane: UCSD research indicates hippocampus supports two aspects of recognition
...y, in people whose hippocampi have been damaged by trauma or disease by Alzheimer's, for example, or oxygen deprivation following a heart attack. The details of hippocampal function, however, are hotly contested in scientific circles. "It is important to be able to assign a process to a specific region of...NYU medical experts analyze subway injuries
...e record of such tragedies. NYU School of Medicine trauma specialists, who conducted the survey at Bellevue ...geons. Because of their expertise in dealing with trauma and in performing microvascular surgery on severed limbs, Bellevue sees the majority of subway accid...Trauma-center care significantly lowers risk of death
Care at a trauma center lowers by 25 percent the risk of death for ...e difficulty justifying the expense of maintaining trauma centers without strong evidence of their effectiveness. Now we have conclusive data to show that tra...University of Utah surgeon returns from Iraq to help start-up company fight cancer
...at are performed, as well as decrease the cost and trauma to patients. Vestan was co-founded in June of 20...tah. In addition to McGreevy's regular duties as a trauma and cancer surgeon at the University of Utah Hospital and the Huntsman Cancer Institute, he is the D...Common blood thinner increases risk of bone fracture
...occur when the bones become so weakened that minor trauma causes breakage. "We did a retrospective study of Medicare records for about 15,000 patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation, and we identified fractures related to osteoporosis," says lead author Brian Gage, M.D., associate professor of medic...Researchers isolate causes of cognitive loss following coronary artery bypass surgery
Minimizing trauma to the body's largest artery the aorta during heart bypass surgery can significantly reduce cognitive loss that often follows the operation, a team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine reported today (Jan. 21) in the Journal of Thoracic a...Researchers develop portable 'vein finder' for faster, more accurate injections
When medics are treating trauma patients, every second counts. Yet bruises, burns, and other physical conditions often make it difficult to locate veins and administer lifesaving drugs or solutions. In response, a team of Georgia Institute of Technology researchers is developing an...89 percent of men with penile implants are able to have sex says new study
... problem. For example, men who had suffered pelvic trauma experienced a higher than average rate of prosthesis infection. 80 per cent of the procedures carried out were first implants. Of the remainder, just under half were revisions to procedures carried out by other organisations and the rest were f...Education needed to reduce snowmobile injuries in children
...snowmobile use is a significant source of multiple trauma for children and adolescents. The reinforcing stud...per hour or more. Scott Zietlow, M.D., Mayo Clinic trauma surgeon and an author of the study, says, "Clearly, helmet use should be a universal requirement for...New neurons take baby steps in the adult brain
...c lateral sclerosis, or nerves that are damaged by trauma or injury. In none of these systems are new neurons formed or integrated to any great extent naturally....Alcohol biomarker test cuts care costs for chronically ill patients
... decreases in hospitalization, fewer accidents and trauma incidents as well as a reduction in emergency room visits, Fleming said. Those economic benefits are realized within about four years after the test, the analysis estimates. "Compared to other things -- like bypass surgery or (the cholesterol-lowerin...Research to improve trauma patient care neglected
The ability to improve outcomes and treatment for trauma patients is seriously hampered by a 'dearth of cli...is an urgent need to improve the evidence base for trauma care, something that remains a major challenge to health professionals. Compared with diseases, ther...Lung-sparing treatment for cancer proving effective
...ranial stereotactic body radiation were spared the trauma of surgery but were able to undergo higher doses of radiation for a shorter period of time than the standard treatment," said Ronald C. McGarry, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator of the study and an IU professor of radiation oncology. "I think of t...Conference examines social perspectives on health disparities
... and smoking, have replaced infectious disease and trauma as the leading causes of death in this country," Meltzer said. "Efforts to change those behaviors have met with mixed results in different social and ethnic groups. This conference will look at the impact on health of behaviors associated with diff...Trauma victims' survival may depend on which trauma center treats them
Patients who are taken to a level 2 trauma center after suffering serious injury are signific...han comparable patients treated at a major level 1 trauma center, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern Califo...Large sinus tumors can be removed endoscopically, study finds
...e contagious, wart-producing human papillomavirus; trauma and irritation of the nasal lining are suspects as well, Dr. Kountakis says. Males tend to be at higher risk; 14 of the patients profiled in the September/October issue of the American Journal of Rhinology are male. "Without treatment, it can grow b...Breast cancer screening trial shows digital mammogram benefits
...rsaw DMIST at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH), a major trauma center for southeastern New England and the largest teaching hospital of Brown Medical School. The site enrolled 642 participants. A radiologist and director of the Anne C. Pappas Center for Breast Imaging at RIH, Schepps said, "With this new informa...Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...? Did you feel like the emotional or psychological trauma dating to the earthquake and tsunami was something...ost-traumatic stress disorder and certain types of trauma counseling that haven't been shown to be effective. There seems to be an emerging consensus that PTS...PTSD, depression epidemic among Cambodian immigrants
...en times the national average for adults. The more trauma they endured, the worse their symptoms. In the Aug...ders, and severity of the disorders increased with trauma exposure. The risk factors that predicted depression were so similar to those that predicted PTSD th...Anti-inflammatory function of Alzheimer's disease drugs revealed
...le sclerosis, or brain inflammation resulting from trauma or stroke. The research team working on this project was headed by Prof. Raz Yirmiya of the Psychology Department at the Hebrew University, Dr. Yehuda Pollak, a post-doctoral fellow in Prof. Yirmiya's laboratory; and in cooperation with Hermona Soreq...