What’s riskier for young soccer players, practice or game time?
On average, impacts are more frequent during drills, more severe during games For young soccer players, participating in repetitive technical ...
Tag: Trauma/Injury
Brain-repair discovery could lead to new epilepsy treatments
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a previously unknown repair process ...
Surgeons endorse efforts to improve firearm safety and reduce firearm-related injuries
Survey findings show strong consensus for policy initiatives and safe firearm storage among 11,147 members of the American College of ...
NTU Singapore scientists develop tougher, safer bicycle helmets using new plastic material
Credit: NTU Singapore As cities worldwide expand their networks of cycling paths and more cyclists take to the streets, the ...
Exoskeletons have a problem: They can strain the brain
The devices can be 'like bad dance partners,' new study suggests COLUMBUS, Ohio - Exoskeletons - wearable devices used by ...
Study: Long-term prognosis for some patients with severe brain injury better than expected
Surprising recoveries months later may prompt physicians to delay life-support discussions New research adds to a body of evidence indicating ...
UMD collaborates to improve pig muscle growth, implications for sustainability and health
Research examines supplementation and epigenetic changes that could translate to improved muscle growth and future health applications in animals and ...
Self-inflicted firearm injuries three times more common in rural youth
Targeted interventions needed in rural areas to prevent self-harm among youth A national study published in the Journal of Pediatrics ...
Life-saving snake venom
Researchers create reptile-derived 'super glue' that stops bleeding in seconds using visible light Indiana Jones hates snakes. And he's certainly ...
Liquid metal sensors and AI could help prosthetic hands to ‘feel’
Study first to use liquid metal sensors and machine learning on a prosthetic handCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Each ...
Brain injury lab receives additional federal funding to boost research
UC Riverside postdoc and graduate students are recipients of new awardsCredit: Santhakumar lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Earlier this ...
Study reports on experiences of LGB Vietnam-era veterans
Greater trauma burden linked with PTSD, poorer mental healthCredit: National Archives Lesbian, gay, and bisexual Veterans from the Vietnam era ...
Researchers clarify reasons for low rate of employment among people with disabilities
Understanding the diverse issues that prevent people with disabilities from seeking work is integral to developing effective and responsive interventions, ...
Missing bile ducts offer clues to mechanism of liver injury
Credit: Anastasia Gorelova/UPMC PITTSBURGH, July 6, 2021 - Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine described a new ...
Rewiring the adult brain — Scanning the mind of a blind Batman reveals that novel maps can emerge in the adult brain
Research reveals a new form of brain plasticity -- formation of 'topographic maps' in the wake of an unusual sensory ...
IOF-ESCEO-SICOT collaboration to enhance educational outreach to to orthopaedic surgeons
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis & Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) and ...
Thermal imaging offers early alert for chronic wound care
Textural analysis of thermal images of venous leg ulcers can detect if a wound needs extra careCredit: RMIT University New ...
Advanced care: Smart wound dressings with built-in healing sensors
Fluorescent sensors glow brightly under UV light if infection starts to set inCredit: RMIT University Researchers have developed smart wound ...
Trauma patients with COVID-19 face greater risk of complications and death
COVID-19-positive patients with traumatic injuries have six times higher risk of death and complication than patients without COVID, Penn Medicine ...
‘On/off’ switches for self-assembling hydrogels could advance wound healing and more
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, June 23, 2021 -- Owing to their tunable properties, hydrogels comprising stimuli-sensitive polymers are among the ...
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Dual action: RNA binding protein also binds DNA and acts as a damage sensor across the genome
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‘Stealth transmission’ fuels fast spread of coronavirus outbreak
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Wiggling worms suggest link between vitamin B12 and Alzheimer’s
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Metabolism changes with age, just not when you might think
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KU to lead new program supporting inter-American research on nuclear science