The self-reported outcomes of each trauma center's cervical spine clearance protocols were assessed. Level I (n=15), II (n=30), and III (n=11) trauma centers in California were contacted. Each available protocol was reviewed for four scenarios: clearing the asymptomatic patient, the initial...
Saint Francis Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center in Evanston, IL and is home to the North Shore's first and only accredited Chest Pain Center. Saint Francis Hospital is a part of Resurrection Health Care, a family of health care services providing advanced medical care and exceptional ...
Sometimes referred to as “sweeps,”“clearings,” or “cleanups,” displacement is often done without connecting people to services or housing and without regard for past trauma.4 People experiencing homelessness are often forced to disperse away from services, resulting in loss of personal ...
Approximately one third of subjects ≥65 year old and half of subjects ≥80 years old sustain a fall injury each year. We aimed to study the outcomes of fall from a height (FFH) among older adults. We hypothesized that in an elderly population, fal
Schools increasingly provide mental health services to students, but often lack access to implementation strategies to support school-based (and school professional [SP]) delivery of evidence-based practices. Given substantial heterogeneity in implementa
(Inflammation has its purpose when you have a physical trauma or infection that needs to be sealed off from the rest of the body and healed – but is overkill as a reaction to food choices, stress, and small environmental inputs. More on inflammation another time!). HERE’S WHY “LDN”...
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by an expanded CGG repeat (> 200 repeats) in the 5' untranslated portion of the fragile mental retardation 1 gene (FMR1), leading to deficiency or absence of the FMR1 protein (FMRP). FMRP is an RNA carrier protein th
Although longitudinal assessments may offer improved measurements of cognitive decline due to any reason (e.g., trauma and tumors), this study focuses on age-related cognitive decline. This ranges from healthy aging to MCI to the dementia family of diseases, including AD. The utility of ...
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) affects the outcome of millions of patients each year. Aging is a risk factor for POCD. Here, we showed that surgery induced learning and memory dysfunction in adult mice. Transplantation of feces from surgery m
the cost of living in fact varies widely, leading to geographical disparities in the value of a dollar. For example, an item that costs $1.10 in California costs 92 cents in Oklahoma based on regional price parity21. Thus, living in a region with a high cost of living may enhance financi...