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Art therapy helps veterans cope with trauma and everyday life, study finds

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found that 98 percent of veterans participating in the University's Artopia program consider that art therapy helped them cope with service-related trauma or disability. An equal percentage reported that art therapy helped them cope with everyday life.

10 May 2018

Montecito Medical acquires Pinnacle Orthopedics Center in Georgia

Montecito Medical Real Estate, a premier owner of medical office buildings throughout the U.S., has acquired the Pinnacle Orthopedics Center, a Class A medical office and surgery center from a leading orthopedic provider in Woodstock, Georgia, approximately 30-miles north of downtown Atlanta and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

10 May 2018

Scientists successfully graft neural precursor cells into spinal cords of syngeneic pigs with no immunosuppression

A major hurdle to using neural stem cells derived from genetically different donors to replace damaged or destroyed tissues, such as in a spinal cord injury, has been the persistent rejection of the introduced material, necessitating the use of complex drugs and techniques to suppress the host's immune response.

10 May 2018

Scientific understanding of PSTD points to new treatment and prevention strategies

Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder develops and persists may lead to more effective treatment and even prevention of this debilitating disorder, according to the May/June special issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry, published by Wolters Kluwer.

10 May 2018

Virtual reality offers new hope in relieving physical and mental stress

We've all enjoyed losing ourselves in a good book, but what if the story could change our lived experience? It may sound like science fiction, yet Andrea Stevenson Won uses a similar concept to study how virtual reality can treat real-life pain.

10 May 2018

When credit scores become casualties of health care

After a devastating horse-riding accident in January 2017 landed him in the hospital for about 30 days, requiring trauma care and hospital-based therapy, Jeff Woodard considered himself lucky.

9 May 2018

Tufts CTSI receives 2018 Clinical and Translational Science Award

Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center today announced that the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has named Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute a recipient of the 2018 Clinical and Translational Science Awards.

7 May 2018

Study shows advantages of using decellularized muscle to promote tissue regeneration

A new comparative study showed the advantages of using donor decellularized muscle to promote functional tissue regeneration at the site of bulk skeletal muscle loss due to trauma or surgery.

4 May 2018

Researchers shed new light on identity of brain stem cells

The human nervous system is a complex structure that sends electrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body, enabling us to move and think. Unfortunately, when brain cells are damaged by trauma or disease they don't automatically regenerate. This can lead to permanent disability.

4 May 2018

Tradeshow talks with Steroplast

AZoNetwork Talks to Steroplast about Health GB and what they're doing in their field at the moment

4 May 2018

Early-life maternal deprivation alters brain function in adulthood

When a baby is taken from its mother for even a brief period early in life, this traumatic event significantly alters the future, adult function of the brain, according to a new animal model study from the School of Science at IUPUI.

3 May 2018

Study examines effectiveness of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in service personnel with PTSD

A new experimental study has tested the safety and effectiveness of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in 26 service personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

2 May 2018

PGT Innovations joins hands with All-Star Children’s Foundation to help kids victimized by abuse

PGT Innovations is partnering with the All-Star Children's Foundation, during the Community Foundation of Sarasota County's Giving Challenge on May 1 - 2 from noon to noon, to help fund a new 5-acre, state-of-the-art campus that provides trauma-informed care for children of abuse.

28 Apr 2018

Fredrick Junn, M.D. recognized as Pinnacle Professional Member in the Medical field

Fredrick Junn, M.D., is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional Member in the Medical field.

28 Apr 2018

America's medical school selects enlisted service members interested in becoming military doctors

Twenty-three non-commissioned officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps have been given the opportunity to follow their dreams of becoming physicians thanks to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, or EMDP2.

28 Apr 2018

Study: Too much supplemental oxygen increases mortality risk in acutely ill adult patients

McMaster University researchers have found there is such a thing as too much oxygen for acutely ill adults.

27 Apr 2018

Study provides global view of how yellow fever virus can spread between the world's cities

The deadly yellow fever virus has the potential to spread into cities around the world where it previously hasn't been seen, according to a new study led by St. Michael's Hospital.

27 Apr 2018

Vitamin B6 could help people to recall their dreams

New research from the University of Adelaide has found that taking vitamin B6 could help people to recall their dreams.

27 Apr 2018

Girls with type 2 diabetes have high frequency of menstrual irregularities

Girls diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have a high frequency of menstrual irregularities, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

25 Apr 2018

Clinical trial to examine stem cell therapy for treatment, prevention of complications after traumatic injury

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has received funding through a public/private partnership for the first-ever clinical trial investigating a stem cell therapy for early treatment and prevention of complications after severe traumatic injury.

23 Apr 2018

Trauma News and Research

Art therapy helps veterans cope with trauma and everyday life, study finds

Montecito Medical acquires Pinnacle Orthopedics Center in Georgia

Scientists successfully graft neural precursor cells into spinal cords of syngeneic pigs with no immunosuppression

Scientific understanding of PSTD points to new treatment and prevention strategies

Virtual reality offers new hope in relieving physical and mental stress

When credit scores become casualties of health care

Tufts CTSI receives 2018 Clinical and Translational Science Award

Study shows advantages of using decellularized muscle to promote tissue regeneration

Researchers shed new light on identity of brain stem cells

Tradeshow talks with Steroplast

Early-life maternal deprivation alters brain function in adulthood

Study examines effectiveness of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in service personnel with PTSD

PGT Innovations joins hands with All-Star Children’s Foundation to help kids victimized by abuse

Fredrick Junn, M.D. recognized as Pinnacle Professional Member in the Medical field

America's medical school selects enlisted service members interested in becoming military doctors

Study: Too much supplemental oxygen increases mortality risk in acutely ill adult patients

Study provides global view of how yellow fever virus can spread between the world's cities

Vitamin B6 could help people to recall their dreams

Girls with type 2 diabetes have high frequency of menstrual irregularities

Clinical trial to examine stem cell therapy for treatment, prevention of complications after traumatic injury

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