Showing posts with label medical care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical care. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

US Soldier Who Lost All Limbs Undergoes Successful Double-Arm Transplant

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Iraq Vet Undergoes Successful Double-Arm Transplant -- CNN (CNN) -- A U.S. Army infantryman who lost all four limbs in a 2009 roadsid...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Scientists Are Now Beginning To Have An Understand Of The Full Impact Bomb Blasts Have On A Soldier's Brain

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Safe detonation of IED, Afghanistan 2012. Wikipedia Study Measures Impact Of Bomb Blasts On Soldiers' Brains -- ABC News (Australia) Sci...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Using Viagra 'Could Make You Deaf'?

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The researchers are not sure how Viagra might affect hearing Photo: Alamy Viagra 'Could Make You Deaf' -- The Telegraph Viagra could...
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Friday, November 5, 2010

Putting Ice On Injuries Could Slow Healing

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This discovery turns the conventional wisdom that swelling must be controlled in order to encourage healing and prevent pain Photo: CORBIS ...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Veterans With PTSD Suffer More Medical Illnesses

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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division cross a bridge to Al Zunbria, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007, during operati...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Are Hand Sanitizers Better Than Handwashing Against The Common Cold?

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New research suggests that hand sanitizers containing ethanol are much more effective at removing rhinovirus from hands than washing with so...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Donating A Kidney Doesn't Shorten Donor's Life

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From Live Science: People who donate one of their kidneys are likely to live just as long as someone with two healthy kidneys, assuming they...
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Patients In 'Vegetative' State Can Think And Communicate

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'Vegetative state' brain scan images:: the fMRI images which were used as part of the study by Dr Adrian Owen From The Telegraph: Pa...
Friday, January 29, 2010

New Battlefield Drug May Save Soldiers Dying From Blood Loss

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Battlefield Blood Loss Combat medics work through the "blood lab" at the Department of Combat Medic Training at Fort Sam Houston, ...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

Popular Treatment For Low-Back Pain Doesn't Work

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From Live Science: Mild electric shocks supplied by a portable device, a process called TENS, have been used for years to treat chronic low-...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

U.S. Sets Up World's Largest Face Transplant Programme For Disfigured War Veterans

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U.S. soldiers disfigured in combat will now be able to get face transplants From The Daily Mail: The world's biggest face transplant pr...
Sunday, December 13, 2009

Troops Strike Up A Tune To Repair The Damage Of Brain Injuries

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Band Aid Music could provide relief to hundreds of brain-injured veterans. Hanan Isachar/Superstock From Popular Science: The opening riff...
Friday, October 9, 2009

War Injury Leads To Advances At Home

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British soldiers on patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Photograph: John D McHugh/AFP/Getty images From The L.A. Times: The military ta...
Friday, October 2, 2009

Sedatives May Slow Recovery From Trauma

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Benzodiazepines may not be the answer for soldiers suffering stress from the horrors of war (Image: Sipa Press/Rex Features) From New Scient...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Self-Regulated Morphine Delivery For Wounded Warfighters

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Safer Pain Relief Wounded soldiers could soon administer their own morphine without watchful medics U.S. Army From Popular Science: DARP...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Drinking Alcohol May Make Head Injuries Less Harmful

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Alcohol: Having a little alcohol in your blood could be a life-saver From Popular Science: Patients with alcohol in their blood are less li...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Isotope Crisis Threatens Medical Care

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Domestic source-to-be?At 10 megawatts, the University of Missouri Research Reactor is the largest university research reactor in the country...
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