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Activated stem cells in damaged lungs could be first step toward cancer
May 26, 2009 |
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Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers.
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Football injuries in US high school athletes more severe during kickoff, punting
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Injuries can occur during a sporting competition at any time. However, new research finds that during football, injuries sustained at the beginning or middle of a game are more severe compared to injuries sustained during ...
Study shows traumatic brain injury haunts children for years
May 13, 2009 |
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the single most common cause of death and disability in children and adolescents, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Now, according to a new study by UCLA researchers, the effects ...
A simple therapy for brain injury
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Severe brain injury due to blunt force trauma could be reduced by application of a simple polymer, Polyethylene glycol or PEG, mixed in sterile water and injected into the blood stream – as reported in BioMed Central's Journal of ...
High school football, wrestling athletes suffer highest rate of severe injuries
Sep 02, 2009 |
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High school football and wrestling athletes experienced the highest rate of severe injuries, according to the first study to examine severe injuries - injuries that caused high school athletes to miss more than 21 days of ...
Pill ingredient could prevent brain damage after head injury
Apr 30, 2008 |
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A common component of the contraceptive pill (progesterone) could improve the neurologic outcome for patients with severe head injuries, according to a study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Critical Care.
Structured warm-up exercises may prevent up to half of severe sports injuries
Dec 10, 2008 |
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A warm-up programme that focuses on improving strength, balance, core stability and muscular awareness cuts injury in female footballers by a third and severe injuries by almost a half, according to research published on ...
Traumatic brain injury to delinquent teens associated with mental problems
Sep 25, 2008 |
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Nearly one out of five delinquent youths suffer from traumatic brain injury, which can contribute to wide ranging mental illnesses, a new University of Michigan study shows.
Paintballs can cause 'devastating' eye injuries
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Paintballs can cause severe and 'visually devastating' eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology (www.A ...
Is 31P MRS a useful tool for evaluating early acute hepatic radiation injury?
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Acute hepatic radiation injury could lead to necrosis of hepatocytes, fatty degeneration and hepatic fibrosis. At the present, the gold standard test is liver biopsy. However, this procedure is invasive, uncomfortable for ...
Hepatic injury in cholelithiasis and cholecystitis
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Acute hepatocellular injury is a commonly encountered phenomenon in patients with cholelithiasis and concomitant common bile duct (CBD) stones. However, in clinical practice, it seemed to occur also in cholelithiasis patients ...
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