News tagged with major trauma


Researchers Unable to Agree on Predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies exploring potential predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) following major trauma have resulted in varied conclusions. While a number of risk factors such as injury severity, demographic factors and compensation-related ...





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School textbooks have political purpose, finds study

School textbooks have political purpose, finds study

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 17 hours ago | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The simple school textbook is used by states to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study.


Findings suggest lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified, without the need to fast

Medicine & Health / Research

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Lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified by measuring either total and HDL cholesterol levels or apolipoproteins, without the need to fast and without regard to triglyceride levels, according to a study in the ...


New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past

New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Fossil plants are windows to the past, providing us with clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Not only do fossils tell us which species were present before human-recorded history, ...


Researchers using excimer laser angioplasty to blast arterial blockages in heart and kidneys

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an excimer laser to widen narrowed or obstructed blood vessels in hard-to-reach areas of heart and kidney arteries may be feasible and safe, according to a study by a team of researchers from the Virginia ...


Long-term statin use associated with decreased risk of gallstones requiring surgery

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins for more than a year is associated with a reduced risk of having gallstones requiring surgery, according to a study in the November 11 issue of JAMA.


New search technique for images and videos has broad applications

New search technique for images and videos has broad applications

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a powerful new approach to a fundamental problem in computer vision: how to program a computer to recognize or categorize ...


Women More Likely Than Men to Suffer Depression After Stroke

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability, ...


New 'finFETS' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

Technology / Semiconductors

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers ...


Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence

Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

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Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees ...


Minimally invasive surgery shown safe and effective treatment for rectal cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Laparoscopic surgery has been used in the treatment of intestinal disorders for close to 20 years, but its benefits have only recently begun to be extended to people with rectal cancer. In a prospective study of 103 patients ...



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