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CE Sonography Score Over Others in Blunt Abdominal Trauma Assessment

...All patients had ‘blunt abdominal trauma caused by vehicle crashes, accidental trauma, trauma while working, or trauma from participating in sports’ and a ‘strong clinical suspicion of abdominal lesions.’ Sonography and contrast enhanced sonography were then compared with CT findings, the standard technique....

New Tool Found to be Effective in Assessing Blunt Abdominal Trauma

...All patients had “blunt abdominal trauma caused by vehicle crashes, accidental trauma, trauma while working, or trauma from participating in sports” and a “strong clinical suspicion of abdominal lesions.” Sonography and contrast enhanced sonography were then compared with CT findings, the standard technique....

Air Pollution Not Given Due Importance

...nada than breast cancer, prostate cancer, or motor vehicle accidents. The Ontario's Ministry of the Environment said that the air quality index (AQI) in Hamilton was 67. On an average a reading of 50 or above is considered to be very bad. They identified the culprit as the fine particulate matter which is ...

New Carrier Developed To Deliver Drugs to Gliomas

A new vehicle for delivering radioactive iodine dose to cure deadly brain tumors such as gliomas is under investigation.// Synthetic scorpion venom is used as carriers for radioactive iodine. The first phase of the clinical trials is successfully complete and wa...

Appearance Of Facial Scars Improved By Botulinum Toxin

...f a wound -- such as trauma from a dog bite, motor vehicle accident or assault, or from a skin cancer biopsy or removal -- paralyzes the region, creating a smooth surface in which the wound can heal. This prevents muscle movement from wrinkling the wound site, allowing for a flat surface for healing and leav...

Drivers in Casts, a Threat to Others

...gh a young, fit person might be able to maneuver a vehicle with considerable effort, a weak or elderly person with a fracture would probably find it impossible. Statistics on the number of road crashes involving drivers in plaster casts are not collected by Land Transport New Zealand. However spokesman ...

Medication Errors Affect Leukemia Treatment In Children

...spital deaths per year – more deaths than by motor vehicle accidents and breast cancer combined. Medication errors are attributable to almost 7,000 inpatient deaths. Medication errors in the outpatient setting are thought to be some of the most common medical errors, but they are not well-studied, particular...

Abducted Health Workers Freed By Taliban

...Afghanistan. The militants snatched on Thursday a vehicle carrying the 15 medical staff, but released the ho...mad, gave details to journalists in Kandahar. The vehicle was on the way to a clinic in Ziari district when armed Taliban militants intercepted it. "They free...

Nanotechnology – to detect and treat ovarian cance

...ey can locate the tumor, monitor the drug delivery vehicle and control drug release using imaging techniques," said Chen. Another avenue of nanotechnology research at Rush is to develop nanometer sized contrast agents with ultrasound to diagnose ovarian cancer. Such nano ultrasonographic contrast media can...

Microcapsules target cancer cells

...ials distribute themselves within the cell. The vehicle that the researchers used was a polymer capsule only a few micrometres in diameter. The walls of the capsules were built from a number of layers of charged polymers, alternating positive and negative. In the laboratory, at least, this is an establ...

Head Injuries Lowered among Canadian Youth

...for all Canadians were falls by 45 per cent, motor vehicle accidents by 36 per cent and assault by nine per cent. The institute reported that falls accounted for the largest proportion of traumatic injuries in children and youth, and among Canadians over age 60. NLA...

Updated Sleep Apnea Screening Recommended for Commercial Drivers

...structive sleep apnea (OSA) among commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators. Published as a supplement to the ...e drivers with more severe risk factors or a motor vehicle crash likely related to sleep disturbances should be prohibited from returning to work until they re...

Short-Term Topical Corticosteroid May Offer Relief for Certain Type of Psoriasis

...nt calcipotriol, 0.1 percent betamethasone and the vehicle (a similarly appearing cream with no active drug) ...s of treatment, the three active compounds and the vehicle resulted in a significant decrease in mean (average) M-PASI score [Modified Psoriasis Area and Sever...

Big Bus, the ￡1.5m Cancer Bus Hits the roa

The Big Bus is a 59 feet-long articulated vehicle using the latest satellite technology developed by Northern Ireland-based Action Cancer to reach 10,000 people a year.// The unit will conduct the high-speed transfer of digital breast screening images to the head offices of Action Cancer. Besides t...

Smoke-Filled Cars: New Fodder for the Next Clean Air Fight

...ad, there’s quite a lot of air movement inside the vehicle but that wasn’t sufficient to completely remove the secondhand smoke,” Rees said. “In other words, the smoke really hangs around.” The Harvard team observed much lower levels of tobacco smoke pollution when the car windows were fully opened, but Re...

Clinical Trial Shows Liquid Eggs Enriched with Omega-3 Deliver Heart Health Benefits

...of the study support enriched eggs as an excellent vehicle for the delivery of omega-3, and given their broad appeal, eggs have the potential to bridge a critical nutritional gap that exists in the North American diet,' said Bruce Holub, University Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Sciences at University of ...

New Zealand Scientist Warns On Fake Drugs

...ir, insect remains, charcoal and carbon from motor vehicle exhausts. "These fake drugs are causing thousands of deaths in Southeast Asia each year," Mildenhall said, adding they had started appearing in Africa, a bigger market where counterfeit pharmaceuticals could be even more deadly. "If they take hold ...

Low Iron levels in infants lead to brain defects

...r cup-fed counterparts. "The bottle may act as a vehicle for excessive milk consumption, which may compromise iron absorption or the intake of iron-rich foods or juices," the researchers wrote. GYT...

Women Are More At Risk For PTSD Than Men

...f one studies male and female survivors of a motor vehicle accident, typically the female accident victims report more PTSD symptoms than do the male accident victims. "However, the data suggest that the female victims will have brought to the table a much greater risk of abuse and sexual assault prior to ...

Competitive women cyclists experience reduced genital sensation

...een linked to injuries and fatalities due to motor vehicle collisions, neck and back pain, and chafing, folliculitis, and other ailments that affect both sexes. Past studies, including one authored by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health co-investigator Steve Schrader, have found an associat...

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