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QC claims Savernake day hospital is not closed
Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting Your opinion counts so tell us what you think about our stories.Add your comment below each story or e-mail the editor by clicking here. Wiltshire Primary Care Trust...
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Sports Injuries Cause 1 In 5 Emergency Department Visits For Kids
Sports-related injuries such as bruises, scrapes and broken bones accounted for 22 percent of hospital emergency department visits for children ages 5 to 17 in 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare...
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Walking Aids Linked to Fall Injuries in Elderly
FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Each year, more than 47,000 elderly patients go to the emergency department after being injured in falls associated with walkers and canes, according to a study published online June 23 in the Journal of...
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For Research On Protective Effects Of Fish Oil In Stroke LSUHSC MD/PHD Student Awarded NIH Grant
Tiffany Niemoller, a 5th year MD/PhD student at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $148,480 over four years by the National Institute on Aging of the...
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Sports Injuries Cause 1 in 5 Emergency Department Visits for Kids
Newswise Sports-related injuries such as bruises, scrapes and broken bones accounted for 22 percent of hospital emergency department visits for children ages 5 to 17 in 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for...
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Leave Fireworks To The Professionals This Fourth Of July
Each Fourth of July, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks.According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are ...
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The 'Other' Cruciate Ligament: Newer Treatments for PCL Tears
ACL, SPORTS INJURIES, KNEE INJURIES, KNEE, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description New study reports on posterior cruciate ligament treatment options, but investigation is not...
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Non-pharmacological treatment and prevention of bone loss after spinal cord injury: a systematic review
1Clinic for Spinal Cord Injuries, Rigshospitalet, and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 2Prince of Wales Hospital Spinal Medicine Department and School of Public Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South...
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Medical News: Take Care Health Systems Expands Treatment For Skin Conditions And Minor Injuries
Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) (NASDAQ:WAG) and the largest and most comprehensive provider of convenient care clinics and worksite health...
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Take Care Health Systems Expands Treatment For Skin Conditions And Minor Injuries
Take Care Health Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) (NASDAQ:WAG) and the largest and most comprehensive provider of convenient care clinics and worksite health and wellness centers in the country, is now offering a...
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Cutaneous vasoconstriction as a measure of incipient autonomic dysreflexia during penile vibratory stimulation
1Spinal Injuries Research Centre, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2Spinal Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Cutaneous vasoconstriction as a measure of incipient autonomic dysreflexia...
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A Soccer-Specific Balance Training Program for Hamstring Muscle and Patellar and Achilles Tendon Injuries: An
An Intervention Study in Premier League Female Soccer Robert Kraemer, MD and Karsten Knobloch, PhD, MD* From Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany * Address correspondence to Karsten Knobloch,...
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Orthopaedic Injuries Associated With Skimboarding
The American Journal of Sports Medicine 37:1425-1428 (2009) Kathryn H.Sciarretta, MD*,, Matthew J. McKenna, MD and Anthony I. Riccio, MD From the Department of Orthopaedics, Naval Medical CenterSan Diego, San Diego, California, and,...
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A critical review of tracheostomies
(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website) Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 06/29/09 Print Save in My Library Free Abstract Handa PS - 271 tracheostomies were...
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47,000 Older Adults Treated in Emergency Departments Annually for Fall Injuries Related to Walkers and Canes
Contact: CDC Injury Media Relations (770) 488-4902 Fractures most common injury; one in three injuries required hospitalization From 2001 to 2006, an average of 129 Americans ages 65 and older were treated in emergency departments each daya...
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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population for the Three Leading Causes of Injury Death --- U
* Age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S.standard population. Injuries are from all manners, including unintentional, suicide, homicide, undetermined intent, legal intervention, and operations of war. Poisoning deaths include those...
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Unintentional Fall Injuries Associated with Walkers and Canes in Older Adults Treated in U.S. Emergency Depart
(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website) Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 06/25/09 Print Save in My Library Free Abstract Stevens JA et al.- Injuries and hospital admissions for...
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Fatal Injuries To Workers In Britain At Record Low, UK
The number of people killed at work in Britain has fallen to a record low, new figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveal.Provisional data shows that 180 workers were killed between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009 - a rate...
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Groin Injuries May Be More Serious Than A Pulled Muscle
Some athletes are diagnosed with a pulled groin muscle when they actually might be suffering from a much more serious hip injury.'Because the hip is located closely to the groin area, many people mistake hip injuries for groin pulls and...
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Study Links Child Abuse, Cancer Risk
Victims May Be More Prone To Cancer Later In Life; 'Fight Or Flight' Hormone Cortisol May Play A Role Font size Print E-mail Share Photo (CBS/AP) In-Depth Common Cancers Risks, symptoms, detection and treatment of breast and other cancers.
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Management of Unstable Ankle Fractures and Syndesmosis Injuries in Athletes
Receive free subspecialty '5-minute updates' via email Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 05/21/09 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Management of Unstable Ankle Fractures and Syndesmosis Injuries in...
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Noninvasive Detection of Acute and Chronic Injuries in Human Renal Transplant by Elevation of Multiple Cytokin
Background.Injuries in kidney transplant is currently diagnosed by needle biopsy. A noninvasive test that sensitively detects these injuries would benefit the patients. Methods. Urine samples were collected from healthy...
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Childbirth-Related Injuries Decline, Linked With Use Of Instruments, AHRQ Report Finds
T were nearly 158,000 potentially avoidable childbirth-related injuries to women and their infants in 2006, a significant decline from 2000, according to a by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, s.The used data submitted for...
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Acute Computer-Related Injuries Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 1994 - 2006
(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website) American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 06/22/09 Print Save in My Library Free Abstract Douglas AY et al.- Given the continued increase in computer...
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Managing Infection Passed from Pets to Humans via Bite Injuries
Life-threatening pathogens can be transmitted from cats and dogs to humans via bite wounds and such injuries should prompt careful clinical consideration according to a Lancet Infectious Diseases review article published online.Among the...
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