Trauma News

• Older Men More at Risk as Dangerous Falls Rise for All Seniors When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell recently at a dinner event in Washington, DC, he unfortunately joined a large group of his senior citizen peers.
  WebMD Health News, March 17, 2023
• High School Athletes Sustaining Worse Injuries Although the rate of injuries among youth have dropped since 2006, the incidence of head and neck trauma and recuperation times are on the rise.
  Medscape Medical News, March 14, 2023
• Another 55 Amateur Rugby Players Join Concussion Lawsuit Another 55 amateur rugby players who are suffering from neurological impairments joined the growing list of claimants in a class-action concussion lawsuit on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 14, 2023
• Concussion Symptoms Tied to Long-Term Cognitive Problems The higher the number of concussion-related symptoms NFL players experienced during their careers, the poorer their performance on cognitive tests, even decades later.
  Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2023
• Migraine After Concussion Linked to Worse Outcomes Clinicians should pay close attention to the types of headaches children experience after head injuries, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, March 08, 2023
• FDA Clears Abbott's Blood Test for Concussions The Food and Drug Administration has cleared Abbott Laboratories' blood test that would help doctors assess traumatic brain injury, the company said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 07, 2023
• Thousands of People in Ukraine Have Complex War-Related Injuries, Says WHO Thousands of people in Ukraine have sustained complex injuries linked to the war and need rehabilitation services and equipment to help them, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 07, 2023
• For Young People on Medicare, a Hysterectomy May Be More Affordable Medicare covers people with disabilities who are young enough to get pregnant. Often, these patients' birth control is not covered, and they opt for hysterectomies or tubal ligations, which may be covered.
  Kaiser Health News, March 07, 2023
• Focused Ultrasound Ablation Reduces Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Focused ultrasound ablation significantly reduced tremors and improved mobility for patients with PD; the benefits persisted up to a year after treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2023
• Aerobic, Breathing Exercises Tied to Faster Concussion Recovery A combination of gradual aerobic exercise and breathing practice can help ease persistent postconcussive symptoms, preliminary findings indicate.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2023
• ISC 2023 Tirofiban Superior to Aspirin in Stroke Without Large Occlusion Among patients with disabling strokes without medium or large occlusions, more of those taking tirofiban had good function at 90 days than those on aspirin, results of the RESCUE BT2 trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2023
• Concussion Burden Tied to Later Hypertension in Football Players Among former professional football players, a high concussion burden during their careers was associated with a greater risk of later-life hypertension.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2023
• ISC 2023 Endovascular Therapy Benefits Large Infarction: ANGEL-ASPECT A new study provides evidence for better functional recovery after endovascular therapy from a population of large-infarction strokes that could contribute to changing clinical practice.
  Medscape Medical News, February 16, 2023
• ISC 2023 Thrombolysis Not Necessary in Mild Nondisabling Stroke: ARAMIS Dual antiplatelet treatment was noninferior to thrombolysis with regard to functional outcome at 90 days for Chinese patients with minor nondisabling stroke.
  Medscape Medical News, February 16, 2023
• ISC 2023 Novel Celery Seed–Derived Drug May Improve Stroke Outcomes The drug, butylphthalide, was associated with better outcomes after ischemic stroke after thrombolysis or endovascular therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 15, 2023
• Meta-Analysis Throws More Shade Aspirin's Way A large meta-analysis raises more questions about the benefit of low-dose aspirin in people who don't have atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
  MDedge News, February 15, 2023
• ISC 2023 Tenecteplase Noninferior to Alteplase for Ischemic Stroke: TRACE-2 The two drugs had similar efficacy and safety in ischemic stroke patients enrolled in TRACE-2, a phase 3 trial a Chinese population, supporting a "worldwide" switch to tenecteplase, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, February 13, 2023
• ISC 2023 Thrombectomy Benefits Stroke With Large Core Volumes: SELECT2 A new international trial has shown large benefits of thrombectomy in patients with ischemic strokes with a large core volume, which should lead to a change in clinical practice.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2023
• Be Aware of HE, Dementia Overlap in Older Patients With Cirrhosis Clinicians should consider detailed testing of patients with cognitive complaints for accurate diagnosis and management.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2023
• How a Concussion Led a Football Player to a Neuroscience Career After a series of concussions forced Chris Nowinski to abandon his professional wrestling career, he became a neuroscientist and proceeded to turn the entire world of sports on its head.
  Medscape Medical News, February 09, 2023