FAU awarded $1 million to help prevent injury, death from falls in older adults
Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them ...
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Kessler Foundation receives $1.8 million federal grant for traumatic brain injury study of learning deficits
East Hanover, NJ – May 25, 2022. Kessler Foundation received a five-year $1,897,605 grant from the National Institute of Neurological ...
High social vulnerability predicts worse long-term outcomes after traumatic injury
Traumatic injuries — such as physical injuries resulting from a car accident, fall, gunshot or stabbing — are one of ...
Novel preclinical drug could have potential to combat depression, brain injury and cognitive disorders
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – James Bibb, Ph.D., and colleagues have described a novel preclinical drug that could have the potential to ...
Research brings hope for spinal cord injury treatment
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown an existing drug may reduce damage after spinal cord injury, by blocking ...
Scientists see signs of traumatic brain injury in headbutting muskox
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai saw for the first time hallmarks of concussions and other ...
Double agents: How stomach stem cells change allegiance upon injury
A stomach adult stem cell population can fulfill two distinct functions: either help with digestion under normal conditions or take ...
US regions with lax gun control laws bear brunt of firearm injury costs
US regions with lax gun control laws are bearing the brunt of firearm injury costs, with tax- funded dollars providing ...
Association of raising US-Mexico wall with migrant deaths, trauma center admissions, injury severity
About The Study: This retrospective trauma registry study of the University of California, San Diego level 1 trauma center, which receives ...
Actigraphy shows promise as objective noninvasive measure of sleep-wake regulation in children with brain injury admitted for pediatric rehabilitation
East Hanover, NJ. April 29, 2022. A team of New Jersey researchers conducted a sleep study in inpatients in pediatric ...
Machine learning model can steer traumatic brain injury patients to life-saving care
PITTSBURGH, April 26, 2022 – A prognostic model developed by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine data scientists and UPMC ...
Lab grown, self-sustainable muscle cells repair muscle injury and disease, mouse study shows
In proof-of-concept experiments, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully cultivated human muscle stem cells capable of renewing themselves ...
Innovative researcher from University of Calgary receives the 2021 Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research
Since 2001, in honour of Barbara Turnbull, Brain Canada and the Barbara Turnbull Foundation have been partnering to support the ...
L.A.’s injury rate from e-scooters may exceed national rate for motorcycles
UCLA study estimates 115 injuries per 1 million e-scooter rides For a recent six-year period, the injury rate for riders ...
1 in 4 children who have suffered a minor head injury is liable to suffer from chronic post-concussion syndrome
A study examining children released from the emergency room after a minor head injury finds: Credit: Shamir Medical Center (Assaf ...
From urine to kidney: from understanding acute kidney injury in the Petri dish
By filtering waste products and toxins from the urine, the kidney is one of the most important players in human ...
Largest ever study on traumatic brain injury highlights global inequality in causes and treatment
Neurosurgery experts from Cambridge have led the largest ever study examining the surgical management of traumatic brain injuries, highlighting regional ...
3D matrix ultrasound accurately identifies cardiovascular injury in healthy individuals
A new imaging technique for real 3D vascular ultrasound could become a key tool in strategies aimed at preventing cardiovascular ...
Scientists reveal how chronic liver injury causes bone loss
A research team led by Prof. CHEN Di from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy ...
Study examines use of palliative care for patients with COVID-19 and acute kidney injury
Highlights In an observational study involving several New York City hospitals, palliative care was used more frequently for hospitalized patients ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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Congratulations to the 2022 American Ornithological Society (AOS) award winners
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University of Kentucky receives renewed $11.4 million grant to further cancer research
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot
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New NYU Abu Dhabi research could make cancer treatments more efficient
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Community-led science uncovers high air pollution from fracking in Ohio county