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2010 AAOS conference highlights ways to prevent orthopaedic traumas in children
Over the years, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and motocross motorcycles have gained popularity and marketed as toys to consumers.These high-velocity machines can weigh between 300 and 600 pounds, and run on average between 25 and 60 miles per hour, while some...
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Artificial Sheath On Natural Bone Cover Could Help Faster Healing In Traumatic Injuries
General Health News Font Size Artificial sheath on natural bone cover could help faster healing in traumatic injuries like in a car wreck, bomb blast or disease that leaves too little cover.Melissa Knothe Tate, a joint professor of biomedical engineering and...
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Reduction seen in spinal cord injuries among Canadian hockey players
Data from the ThinkFirst Canadian Ice Hockey Spine Injuries Registry showed the number and severity of spinal cord injuries in Canadian ice hockey players were significantly reduced in the past decade, according to a study in the Clinical Journal of...
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JAMA and Archives Journals: Abstinence-only intervention may play a role in preventing sexual involvement among teens
Today's Medical & Research News Helmets reduce the risk of head injuries among skiers and snowboarders by 35 percent February 23rd, 2010 Printer-Friendly Version Asia Brain Injuries China Craniocerebral Trauma Entertainment Neck Injuries...
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Cervical Spine Injuries in the Geriatric Patient
Aresco C et al.As the baby boomer population continues to age, the incidence of spinal cord injury (SCI) in elderly patients increases. Although data suggest that there is an increase in morbidity in elderly patients with SCI that precludes successful...
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Jockey who broke neck in fall is joined in hospital by dad
A WOMAN jockey broke her neck in a fall from a horse - and was joined in the same hospital by her father who fell down some stairs.Camilla Milbank, 34, and her father Charles, 66, ended up in the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke...
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Older Adults And Babies Most Vulnerable To Preventable Head Injuries Suffered At Home
Accidental falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injury among Americans of all ages according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).And among Americans age 65 and older, falls are the leading cause of fatal injuries. Among older...
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Older Adults and Babies Most Vulnerable to Preventable Head Injuries Suffered at Home
Source: American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Newswise Accidental falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injury among Americans of all ages according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).And among Americans age 65 and...
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The Use of Expandable Cages in Patients Undergoing Multilevel Corpectomies for Metastatic Tumors in the Cervic
Expandable cages have been used successfully to reconstruct the anterior spinal column in the treatment of traumatic, neoplastic, infectious, and degenerative spine disease.To the best of our knowledge, no studies report the results of the use of...
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