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Assessing head injuries

WUSM doctors use neurocognitive test to quickly identify concussions (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10660.html)

Nov. 29, 2007 -- In most hospital emergency rooms, patients with head injuries typically receive computed tomography (CT) scans to assess the damage. But brain injuries that lead to concussions rarely show up as abnormalities on such scans. So Washington University physicians at Barnes Hospital's Charles F. Knight Emergency and Trauma Center have decided to go one step further. They are the only doctors in the St. Louis area who give a simple neurocognitive test to head injury patients to quickly identify concussions.


Saving starving children

Peanut-butter program could restore health to thousands of starving children (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10033.html)

Sept. 11, 2007 --
Mark Manary, professor of pediatrics, assesses patients for malnutrition at a clinic in Malawi, Africa.
Mark Manary, professor of pediatrics, assesses patients for malnutrition at a clinic in Malawi, Africa.
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An enriched peanut-butter mixture given at home is successfully promoting recovery in large numbers of starving children in Malawi, according to a group of researchers at the School of Medicine. Malnutrition affects 70 percent of all Malawian children with an estimated 13 percent of children dying from it before the age of five.


Spring cleaning brings hazards

Improperly stored or used chemicals can have fatal consequences (http://mednews.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/9236.html)

April 12, 2007 --
Bottles without original labels pose risk.
Bottles without original labels pose risk.
With spring comes cleaning — the house, the yard, the basement and the car. And with cleaning comes potential hazards. People use them every day, but if common cleaners and pesticides are stored or applied incorrectly, they can have fatal consequences, say experts in environmental safety and emergency medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/9236.html)



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