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Trauma or injury is an occurrence that causes physical, enthusiastic, profound, or mental damage. It means an emotional response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event. Trauma often times has long lasting effects on one's mental health.
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DEC 15, 2016Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2016Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 07, 2016Neuroscience
For amputees, in addition to dealing with the trauma of their injury and lost limb, as many as 80% of patients who have ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people, but the disorder is notoriously difficult to treat. Ev ...NOV 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mini Planet. It has been edited for publication purposes. On December 4, hu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 22, 2016Neuroscience
It’s not quite Christmas Eve yet, but everyone has heard the line from the holiday poem “ while visions of s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 08, 2016Neuroscience
The research and science behind head injuries and professional football has been well known for years. Chronic Traumatic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 01, 2016Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi ...OCT 26, 2016Neuroscience
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been the focus of mental health professionals and researchers for quite some t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 07, 2016Videos
Even as it's protected inside a thick skull, the brain remains a fragile organ. When we bump our heads or otherwise sust ...SEP 20, 2016Neuroscience
Can we train our brains? While there has been some controversy over pay-to-play brain training games and programs that p ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 24, 2016Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2016Videos
About two years ago, a friend told me she was going on an ayahuasca retreat in Peru. She mentioned frog venom, shamans, ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Recent studies estimate that nearly 70 percent of Americans have experienced some type of post-traumatic stress disorder ...AUG 02, 2016Videos
Skeptics tend to regard hypnosis as deceptive magic acts. At its worst, hypnosis may be entirely staged with apparent "v ...JUL 26, 2016Cardiology
Trauma patients rushed into the hospital are at a great risk for complications from blood clots, and some researchers be ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 22, 2016Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 12, 2016Health & Medicine
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the leading cause of death and disability for Americans under the age of 45. Specific ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUL 12, 2016Immunology
Researchers developing temporary implants for facial reconstruction are incorporating a unique way to deliver time-relea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 27, 2016Cardiology
Endothelial cells form the lining of all of our body’s blood vessels, from the tiniest capillaries to the largest ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 03, 2016Cardiology
Vascular Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Vascular Medicine, has dedicated its June 2016 issue to resea ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital broke new grounds as they announced the first penis transplant in U.S. history ...
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 07, 2016
Neuroscience
For amputees, in addition to dealing with the trauma of their injury and lost limb, as many as 80% of patients who have
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people, but the disorder is notoriously difficult to treat. Ev
...
NOV 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mini Planet. It has been edited for publication purposes. On December 4, hu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 22, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s not quite Christmas Eve yet, but everyone has heard the line from the holiday poem “ while visions of s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 08, 2016
Neuroscience
The research and science behind head injuries and professional football has been well known for years. Chronic Traumatic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 01, 2016
Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi
...
OCT 26, 2016
Neuroscience
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been the focus of mental health professionals and researchers for quite some t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 07, 2016
Videos
Even as it's protected inside a thick skull, the brain remains a fragile organ. When we bump our heads or otherwise sust
...
SEP 20, 2016
Neuroscience
Can we train our brains? While there has been some controversy over pay-to-play brain training games and programs that p
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 24, 2016
Cardiology
Of all the different cell types circulating through the bloodstream, platelets are the cells we have to thank for instig
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
About two years ago, a friend told me she was going on an ayahuasca retreat in Peru. She mentioned frog venom, shamans,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Recent studies estimate that nearly 70 percent of Americans have experienced some type of post-traumatic stress disorder
...
AUG 02, 2016
Videos
Skeptics tend to regard hypnosis as deceptive magic acts. At its worst, hypnosis may be entirely staged with apparent "v
...
JUL 26, 2016
Cardiology
Trauma patients rushed into the hospital are at a great risk for complications from blood clots, and some researchers be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 22, 2016
Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the leading cause of death and disability for Americans under the age of 45. Specific
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUL 12, 2016
Immunology
Researchers developing temporary implants for facial reconstruction are incorporating a unique way to deliver time-relea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 27, 2016
Cardiology
Endothelial cells form the lining of all of our body’s blood vessels, from the tiniest capillaries to the largest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2016
Cardiology
Vascular Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Vascular Medicine, has dedicated its June 2016 issue to resea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital broke new grounds as they announced the first penis transplant in U.S. history
...