Trauma/Injury

Credit: Sherry Harbin/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New technology from Purdue University innovators may help improve tissue restoration outcomes for people with breast cancer and other diseases or traumatic injuries.…

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 25, 2021) - Scientists want to know more about how an inexpensive, low-risk treatment may improve recovery from the most deadly type of stroke. The treatment,…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - OYE Therapeutics Inc., a Purdue University-affiliated company, is working to reduce the mortality and morbidity resulting from injuries on the battlefield through the development of new life-saving strategies. OYE…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New technology from Purdue University and Indiana University School of Medicine innovators may one day help patients who suffer devastating vocal injuries from surgery on the larynx. A collaborative team…

Credit: Photo by Gunnar Jonsson Impaired memory, reduced motivation, and declining motor skills. These are some of the problems that may persist several years after people contract tick-borne encephalitis, a University of Gothenburg…

With funding from The Geneva Foundation, Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Regenerative Institute conduct an in-depth study of the role of hemarthroses in the development of osteoarthritis of the knee in military personnelCredit: Kessler…

What The Study Did: Researchers examined changes in trauma admissions throughout Los Angeles County during the COVID-19 pandemic in California. Authors: Kazuhide Matsushima, M.D., of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles,…

Credit: Kim Ratlliff, Augusta University photographer Young pregnant women, who appear to have fully recovered from an acute injury that reduced their kidney function, have higher rates of significant problems like preeclampsia and…

Regeneration of muscle tissue was achieved by combining direct cell reprogramming with natural-synthetic hybrid scaffold as structural supportCredit: Institute for Basic Science Muscle is the largest organ that accounts for 40% of body…

University of Oregon scientist says levels of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 could be early predictors of treatment response in trauma cases EUGENE, Ore. -- Feb. 18, 2021 -- An abnormal suppression of…

New interpretations based on medical imaging suggest Seqenenre-Taa-II was executed by multiple attackers and embalmers had skillfully concealed some head woundsCredit: Sahar Saleem Modern medical technology is helping scholars tell a…

Findings from a new Geisel-led study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, reveal that there is substantial variation across different regions of the country in the intensity of fracture-associated drug (FAD) use among…

In providing humanitarian medical treatment to victims of the Syrian civil war, Israeli researchers from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University and Galilee Medical Center found that delayed surgical intervention may improve…

What The Study Did: Researchers examined the association between the presence of an armed guard on scene and the severity of shootings at schools kindergarten through high school. Authors: Jillian Peterson, Ph.D., of Hamline University…

Advances in hydrogel wound dressings make them antibacterial, biodegradable, better suited for healing irregular, deep woundsCredit: Zheng Pan, Huijun Ye, and Decheng Wu WASHINGTON, February 16, 2021 -- The widespread use of high-speed…

The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) has named Leesa M. Galatz, MD, Professor and Chair of the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System, the…

Pandemic has exacerbated issues such as poverty, unemployment and structural racism that are empirically tied to violence in PhiladelphiaCredit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - While the COVID-19 pandemic…

A USF Health preclinical study indicates nanoparticles containing a micro-RNA switch offers promising biotechnology to advance the fight against atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseCredit: Photo courtesy of USF Health Tampa, FL (Feb.…

New findings an important step toward developing potential new treatments for mental health disorders A new study from University of Alberta researchers has shown that traumatic or stressful events in childhood may lead to tiny changes in…

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation ensures ongoing support for studies delayed by effects of pandemic. Funding provided for research addressing environmental barriers, chronic pain and racial disparities that affect individuals with spinal cord…