For those working on the frontline of trauma care, the findings of a report into the protective effects of helmets in cyclists and motorcyclists published in the Medical Journal of Australia last week… Original post on theconversation.com Comments on reddit.com
PRAGUE (AP) — A powerful blast believed to be a gas explosion ripped open an office building in the center of Prague on Monday, injuring at least 35 people and sending shockwaves through the heavily touristed Old Town. Authorities fear several people are buried under the rubble.The blast shattered windows in the scenic district of charming streets and postcard-pretty buildings and left tourists stranded on street corners with baggage-loaded trolleys, unable to get into their hotels.An AP Television cameraman filming at the time of the blast said the physical impact could be felt on the famed 15th- century Charles Bridge, which was packed with tourists.The blast occurred on Divadelni Street at about 10 a.m., in one of a row of several-story tall brick buildings dating back about a century. The street was covered with rubble and sealed off by police, who evacuated people from nearby buildings and closed a wide area around the explosion site. Original post on ap.org Comments on reddit.com
West EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and at least 100 were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West. Original post on kwtx.com Comments on reddit.com
Adidas and the NCAA now have a t-shirt to commemerate Kevin Ware’s broken leg. Original post on thenation.com Comments on reddit.com
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) nephrologists have reported for the first time in medical literature cases of acute kidney injury directly l… Original post on uab.edu Comments on reddit.com
Special report: Last year, more active-duty soldiers killed themselves than died in combat. And after a decade of deployments to war zones, the Pentagon is bracing for things to get much worse Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
From the blog Parenting: After almost losing her life to her parent’s poor judgement, a little girl has taken her family to task–and to court. 12-year-old Faith Carberry, of Langford, Ireland, filed a lawsuit against both her parents after sustaining severe injuries from a drunk driving accident caused by her own mother. On Wednesday, the liability suit was settled between her father, the owner of the car, and the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland. But the damages caused by her mother’s accident are still being assessed by the judge in the coming weeks. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
MRI scans conducted by researchers at NYU’s School of Medicine have shown that the resting state functioning of brains that have suffered mild trauma corresponds to a host of problems, including cognitive dysfunction, depression, anxiety and fatigue. – 2012/11/24 Original post on truthdig.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists in Cambridge have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Police in a wide stretch of southeastern Michigan are looking for a man suspected in at least 24 shooting attacks, the latest of which sent a male driver to the hospital with a leg wound. Original post on foxnews.com Comments on reddit.com
According to Reuters, an appeals court has repealed the injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the US that was awarded to Apple in the patent lawsuit between the two companies. The ban was based… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
In rats with completely severed spinal cords, it produced an ‘astonishing degree’ of nerve growth, scientists from the University Of California at San Diego said. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Two people paralysed by spinal cord injury have regained some sensitivity after stem-cell treatment Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Nanoparticles tailored to latch onto blood platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the survival rate in the vital first hour after injury lab research led by Case Western Reserve University, shows. Original post on eurekalert.org Comments on reddit.com
With better medical care and equipment, one in every four troops who died of their wounds in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars could have been saved, according to an unpublished study from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research. Original post on wired.com Comments on digg.com
A protein required to regrow injured peripheral nerves has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The finding, in mice, has implications for improving recovery after nerve injury in the extremities. It also opens new avenues of investigation toward triggering nerve regeneration in the central nervous system, notorious for its inability to heal. Original post on newswise.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists at Monash University in Australia have found how the zebrafish heals its spinal cord after injury. Original post on sci-news.com Comments on reddit.com
Be sure to read the sidebar to this story, Breaking It Down: The Hard Stuff. After two tours of duty in Iraq, Matthew Gonzales says he has the body of a 45-year-old. Trouble is, he’s 30. Before the war, the South Housto Original post on houstonpress.com Comments on digg.com
Florida teen is arrested for small amount of pot, sustains a head injury after an incident with the guards, suffers a stroke, and dies in his jail cell. A West Original post on theagitator.com Comments on reddit.com
(Medical Xpress) — Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) have discovered that a protein produced by blood vessels in the brain could be used to help the brain repair itself after injury or disease. More
