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(AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to stop using the term "shaken baby syndrome" in favor of something more scientific. http://www.physorg.com/news160031354.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:09:52 EST news160031354 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international study led by University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers has detected two genetic variations that could provide insight into why intracranial aneurysms develop. http://www.physorg.com/news159803515.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:52:47 EST news159803515 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Alberta are looking to the tiny zebrafish for a way to regenerate damaged nerve cells in people. http://www.physorg.com/news159194818.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:48:06 EST news159194818 Kupffer cells, resident tissue macrophages that line the liver sinusoids, play a key role in modulating inflammation in a number of experimental models of liver injury. Since Kupffer cells represent only a small portion of the entire liver cell population, greatly outnumbered by the parenchymal cells, Kupffer cell isolation faces major technical obstacles. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) offers a method of isolating a single cell type from specific regions of tissue sections. http://www.physorg.com/news159188749.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:06:26 EST news159188749 (AP) -- Mild brain injuries - once considered an under-recognized problem in returning military troops - are being overdiagnosed because the government is using soft criteria instead of hard medical evidence, an Army doctor and two other officials contend. http://www.physorg.com/news159039335.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:36:14 EST news159039335 (PhysOrg.com) -- A UQ researcher has revealed a new treatment for a speech disorder that commonly affects those who have suffered a stroke or brain injury. http://www.physorg.com/news158911013.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:58:13 EST news158911013 A blood test that can help predict the seriousness of a head injury and detect the status of the blood-brain barrier is a step closer to reality, according to two recently published studies involving University of Rochester Medical Center researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news157726713.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:59:08 EST news157726713 Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies. http://www.physorg.com/news157718167.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:36:42 EST news157718167 (AP) -- Watch out for Fluffy and Fido! Cats and dogs are a factor in more than 86,000 serious falls each year, according to the first government study of pet-related tumbles. http://www.physorg.com/news157297439.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:44:29 EST news157297439 The risk of being involved in a traffic accident with personal injury is significantly higher among codeine users than non-users. However, sporadic or moderate use of codeine alone does not carry an increased risk, according to a newly published study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news157128071.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:47:42 EST news157128071 Patients who have lost part of their visual awareness following a stroke can show an improved ability to see when they are listening to music they like, according to a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news157048796.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:40:58 EST news157048796 Most alcohol-related damage occurs after moderate consumption, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet on the association between alcohol and injury. http://www.physorg.com/news157045806.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:51:01 EST news157045806 (AP) -- At first, Natasha Richardson said she felt fine after she took a spill on a Canadian ski slope. But that's not unusual for people who suffer traumatic head injuries like the one that killed the actress. http://www.physorg.com/news156752258.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:18:09 EST news156752258 In "talk and die" syndrome, people can have what seems to be a mild blow to the head appear perfectly lucid and then within hours lapse into a coma -- which is what reportedly happened to actress Natasha Richardson after she fell on a Canadian ski slope Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news156714302.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:46:08 EST news156714302 Recognition of the benefits of cooling strategies to protect the brain and spinal cord after traumatic injury has led to a wealth of cutting edge research, prime examples of which are featured in a special hypothermia issue of Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news156707776.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:57:33 EST news156707776 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides regeneration in an animal model. Results were published this month in Tissue Engineering. http://www.physorg.com/news156703498.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:45:23 EST news156703498 (AP) -- Behind Dan DeRosa's smiling face lurks a dull headache that never goes away. He suffers from memory lapses and hears a shrill ringing in his ears akin to the lingering squeal of a heavy metal concert. http://www.physorg.com/news156664195.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:50:34 EST news156664195 More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin. http://www.physorg.com/news156432110.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:22:31 EST news156432110 A class of Alzheimer's disease drugs currently studied in clinical trials appears to reduce damage caused by traumatic brain injury in animals, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center report in an upcoming advance online publication of Nature Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news156347005.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:43:52 EST news156347005 Australian researchers have admitted they had found no scientific proof that hi-tech running shoes improve athletic performance or limit injury. http://www.physorg.com/news156063767.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:03:07 EST news156063767 Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have devised a new way to decode the immune signals that cause slow, chronic rejection of all transplanted kidneys. They've created an immune-system "atlas" that will improve doctors' ability to monitor transplanted organs and shed light on the mechanisms of gradual, cumulative kidney malfunction after transplant. http://www.physorg.com/news154632423.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:27:47 EST news154632423 A strain of laboratory mice that has "superhealing" powers has been found to resist inflammation after a knee injury, and also to avoid developing arthritis at the injury site in the long term, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Their findings illuminate the mechanisms of post-traumatic arthritis and could point to therapies for this condition, which commonly afflicts younger people who lose productivity during their prime working years. http://www.physorg.com/news154538614.html Medicine & Health Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:24:25 EST news154538614 Researchers have known for decades that the brain has a remarkable ability to "reprogram" itself to compensate for problems such as traumatic injury. Now, a research article published in the February 2009 issue of the journal Genetics suggests that the brain may also be able to compensate for problems with key neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine. This finding may open the doors to entirely new lines of research and treatments for a wide range of brain disorders, including addiction, depression, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. http://www.physorg.com/news154350455.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:08:14 EST news154350455 The visitor in Barry Willer's office at the University at Buffalo was frustrated and deeply depressed. The man's wife had sustained a relatively mild traumatic brain injury, and he was doing all he could to support her. But despite his best efforts, the man's wife described him to friends as being "indifferent." He was at his wits end. http://www.physorg.com/news153500519.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:03:11 EST news153500519 A new study has found that transplantation of stem cells from the lining of the spinal cord, called ependymal stem cells, reverses paralysis associated with spinal cord injuries in laboratory tests. The findings show that the population of these cells after spinal cord injury was many times greater than comparable cells from healthy animal subjects. The results open a new window on spinal cord regenerative strategies. The study is published in the journal Stem Cells. http://www.physorg.com/news152382970.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:36:32 EST news152382970 The brain may be injured by the noise, which is produced when, for example, an anti-tank weapon (Bazooka, Karl Gustav) or a howitzer (Haubits) is fired. Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy demonstrated mild injury to brain tissue. In response to this, the Swedish Armed Forces restricted the number of rounds per day Swedish personnel can be exposed to. http://www.physorg.com/news152378159.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:16:26 EST news152378159 Physical therapists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are evaluating a new mechanical arm that allows people recovering from neurological injuries such as strokes and traumatic brain injury to enter a virtual world where they can repeatedly practice movements needed to regain arm strength and movement. http://www.physorg.com/news152341632.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:40 EST news152341632 A research team including Serge Rivest of University Laval's Faculty of Medicine has demonstrated the existence of a type of cells that limits brain damage after a stroke. The study was recently published in the online version of Nature Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news152279966.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:59:48 EST news152279966 People who received a mild electrical current to a motor control area of the brain were significantly better able to learn and perform a complex motor task than those in control groups. The findings could hold promise for enhancing rehabilitation for people with traumatic brain injury, stroke and other conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news151608273.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:25:15 EST news151608273 Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver have discovered a gene that is associated with improved survival among patients with acute lung injury. Acute lung injury (ALI) is often caused by a respiratory infection and results in low oxygen levels in the blood, and fluid in the lungs. It is one of the most vexing problems for intensive care units, afflicting almost 200,000 people in the United States each year, and killing 40 percent of them. http://www.physorg.com/news151318330.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:52:10 EST news151318330