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Death and Disability from Brain Injury Reduced, Emory Researchers Report

... long-term disability. It also is a major cause of death and disability among children and military personn...ls of blast-related brain injury, a major cause of death among combat personnel. Additionally, they plan to implement a study of progesterone to treat pediat...

VA Should Revise Its Methods for Evaluating PTSD in Ex-military Personnel

...and undiagnosed. Aging, loss of mental acuity, the death of friends or spouses, and other factors can trigger or exacerbate symptoms as well. Standardized tests can be a useful part of an assessment, but they are no substitute for a thorough clinical assessment by a trained professional, the committee conc...

Innovative Education Scheme Sees Fewer Rugby Players Suffering Spinal Injuries

... major cause of permanently disabling injuries and death in rugby. In 2001 a wide-ranging injury prevention programme was introduced by the New Zealand Rugby Union in partnership with the Accident Compensation Corporation. Known as RugbySmart it focuses on educating participants about physical condition...

Strife in Kashmir Drives Thousands to Psychiatric Wards

...been witnessing encounter killings, torture, rape, death and destruction due to bomb blasts. Then there are all these disappearances. This is quite enough for a person to suffer a psychiatric disorder, says S. Khurshid-ul-Islam, a sociologist....

Campaign Against Trans Fat Gaining Fruit in US

...ation, said, Heart disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the nation. Trans fat increases the risk of heart disease risk because it raises total cholesterol and bad cholesterol (LDL), and lowers good (HDL) cholesterol. Similar to saturated fat which we get from meat and dairy fat, eating h...

Quality Versus Quantity: Transforming Kidney Transplant Policy

...te the fact that there is little risk of immediate death from renal ailments. As a result, donated kidneys in excellent condition may be given to patients who are almost certain to die long before the replacement organ wears out, while patients with longer life expectancies may be given organs with a hig...

Significant Differences in Stroke Prevalence Among U.S. States & Territories - CDC Report

...issippi. "Strokes are the third leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious long-term disability," said Jonathan Neyer, the studys lead author and an epidemiologist in CDCs Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. "These findings reaffirm the importance and need fo...

US Hospital Group Offers Warranty on Surgeries

... in treatments can translate to big differences in death rates and surgical complications. In Pennsylvania alone, the mortality rate during a hospital stay for heart surgery varies from zero in the best-performing hospitals to nearly 10 percent at the worst performer, according to the Pennsylvania Health C...

Workplace Stress Leads to Rising Suicide Rate in Japan

...sion," said Mikio Mizuno, a lawyer specializing in death from overwork. "Now, it has become more widely known that people suffer and commit suicide from work-related depression, leading to more applications for workers' compensation. The psychological burden from work is also increasing." The numbers ref...

Thymus Transplants Give Hope to Babies With Fatal Immune Disease

...mplete DiGeorge anomaly is made, it is no longer a death sentence," said pediatric immunologist Louise Markert, M.D., Ph.D., who developed the procedure. "There is a treatment available - thymus transplantation - that has led to survival of most of the infants who otherwise would have died." For the proc...

Babys Birth Weight and Future Risk Has No Scientific Basis

... Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for 38% of all deaths in 2002 and claiming the lives of more than one in three adults. The study suggests that one kilogram higher birth weight is associated with a 10-20% reduced risk of heart disease later in life, compared...

Healthy Humans Not Harmed By Taser

...e idea that using a Taser could lead to a suspects death has caused controversy. Now, the final results of a study conducted by emergency medicine physicians at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center showed no lasting effects of the Taser on healthy test subjects. Evaluating in-...

Precancerous Blood Donors Do Not Pass on the Disease

Dont worry yourselves to death even if those who have donated blood for you might have developed cancer since . There is no evidence that recipients of blood from donors with undiagnosed cancer are any more or less likely to develop cancer than recipients given blood from non-ca...

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

...oke. Obesity is now the No. 2 cause of preventable death in Canada, with roughly 25,000 people dying from w...causing adverse health events. Ten of those led to death and 13 to permanent disability. Health Canada, which banned ephedra weight-loss products in 2001, ...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

... heart attack risk by 43% -- and increases risk of death from heart disease by 64%, says a new study. Ho... provoking myocardial infarction [heart attack] or death from cardiovascular causes after relatively short-term exposure," suggest study investigators Steven...

Vitamins may Not Ward Off Pneumonia

...piratory infection is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. And by and large vitamins are supposed to help ward off viral diseases, but a new report suggests that taking lots of vitamins does not reduce the likelihood of catching pneumonia, at least among well-nourished women. Pneumonia is a g...

Figures of Dengue In Singapore On The Rise

... Health Ministry has not reported any other dengue death cases. Health officials have been combing public housing estates in search of mosquito breeding sites. Dengue is the most important mosquito-transmitted viral disease in terms of morbidity and mortality. It usually affects people living in tropi...

XDR-TB a Serious Threat to India

...lly necessary for infection to take place. The death rate of XDR-TB patients in the study was 42%, which Dr. Jain calls "alarmingly high." "An important finding was that the majority of patients with XDR-TB were of younger age group (their average age was 30 years), thus posing a major threat to ou...

Drug Treatment Slows Decline in Lung Function in COPD Patients

...m the TORCH study that found that the reduction in death rates for patients taking the combination treatment was not significantly different from those in the placebo group. However, treatment with the combination treatment did result in significantly fewer COPD flareups and improved health-related quality...

Improved Communication may Help to Accept the Death of Loved Ones With Poise

...ins end-of-life care, possible reactions after the death of a family member, how to communicate with other family members or children, and where to find assistance. Dr. Azoulay said that families of dying patients in the ICU need information on the causes and the timing of death; the amount or level of ...

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