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Brainstorming: Knowing when it’s safe to return to athletic activity
Colleen ButlerColleen Butler, author of "Concussion Recovery: Rebuilding the Injured Brain," is offering practical advice to help with the recovery from brain injury. In the fourth edition of Brainstorming, readers have asked about returning to athletic activity as well as biofeedback and brain mapping.
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Research: Old cancer drug may help prevent rejection after transplantation
Joy BurgessAccording to new transplant research in Sweden, an old cancer drug, Zebularine, may help to prevent rejection after transplantation. Rejection of the new tissue or organ has long been a problem for patients after receiving a transplant from an organ donor. However, this new discovery may help scientists to develop new anti-rejection treatments that will provide excellent results for transplant patients.
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When to send your patient to urgent care
Becky BicksPatients suffering from serious health conditions that need quick treatment during off-hours often find themselves in a predicament. How do they get the most effective care for their condition in the shortest amount of time?
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British air medics team up with design company for new flight suits
Joy BurgessYorkshire Air Ambulance medics in the United Kingdom are no strangers to dealing with trauma patients, offering rescue services in many difficult situations. To better deal with emergencies, these air medics have teamed up with workwear and safety company Arco to design new flight suits. Arco and the medics worked closely, with Arco designers visiting the air support unit to get a firsthand look at what the medics and flight doctors are facing.
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Efforts to reduce waste in healthcare lead to job loss for many
Pamela Lewis DolanJob reports indicate hospitals and health systems are laying people off in quantities not seen since 2009. But the news should not be viewed as a cut in services. Rather, an effort to improve efficiencies and reduce waste, industry insiders say.
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Informed decisions when choosing a healthcare provider
Mike WokaschMost would agree that healthcare is a major purchase. Whether it is for insurance or for out-of-pocket expenses, you are usually talking about hundreds, if not several thousand dollars per year. So how do healthcare customers make good, informed decisions about how to get the most out of their healthcare purchases?
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Environmental factors mediate negative attributes attributed to TBI
Maria FrischIt is widely accepted that traumatic brain injury (TBI) often results in significant impairment to cognitive, motor and emotional functioning. Environmental factors, such as intensive engagement in cognitive, emotional, physical and psychosocial endeavors, may help to offset this impairment.
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The importance of social support in organ transplantation outcomes
Maria FrischEpidemiological studies have linked poor social support to negative health outcomes and higher mortality rates across a multitude of medical conditions. Social support appears to result in more positive biological profiles, and recent research on immune-mediated inflammatory processes shows how integrative physiological mechanisms directly link social support to physical health.
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Apples provide upgrade to your operating system
Dr. Denise A. ValentiGetting the recommended apple a day to keep the doctor away is easy. The more than 100 different species of apples grown in the United States are in abundance throughout the country in September and October. No matter how the apples are eaten, the fruit flesh and skin offer significant benefits to health.
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Experiment reveals the ugly side of open-source journal industry
Pamela Lewis Dolan Medical & Allied HealthcareOver the past 10 months, Harvard researcher John Bohannon, Ph.D., has created more than 300 versions of a phony research paper describing the anticancer property of a chemical extracted from a lichen. Each paper was authored by a different made-up researcher who came from academic facilities that don’t exist. Despite Bohannon’s efforts to make the papers flawed and unpublishable, nearly 160 medical journal publishers accepted the paper for publishing, despite each one claiming to have a peer review process.
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