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MINNEAPOLIS/ST.PAUL (04/26/2021) A new study by five doctoral students in neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School calls attention to a lack of regulation and unknown long-term health effects of tear gas. Based on their research, the group recommends changing the protocols around the use of tear gas as a crowd control measure at both the local and national level. Following the murder of George Floyd and the protests in our city, we felt compelled to dig into the police force used during those protests. We are trained to look at data and draw conclusions, said Jennifer Brown, a graduate student in the U of M Medical School s Graduate Program in Neuroscience and lead author of the study. Investigating the use of tear gas on crowds was something we felt we could contribute to this social justice movement.
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BOSTON - New research from Boston Medical Center identifies elevated mortality risk for women with back pain when compared to women without back pain. Back pain was not associated with mortality among men indicating long-term consequences of back pain may differ by sex. The overall findings suggest that mild back pain (pain that does not keep a person from exercising or doing daily activities) is unlikely to impact the length of one s life, but risk of mortality was increased among adults with more severe back pain. Published in the
Journal of General Internal Medicine, this new study raises the question of whether better management of back-related pain and disability, over time, may extend life.
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Philadelphia, April 15, 2021 - Early and accurate diagnosis leads to optimal recovery from concussion. Over the past year across a series of studies, the Minds Matter Concussion Program research team at Children s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has systematically evaluated the use of the visio-vestibular examination (VVE) and its ability to enhance concussion diagnosis and management. The latest of these studies published online today in the
Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
The VVE involves a series of brief eye movement and balance tests intended to identify deficits in brain function involving the visual and vestibular systems. Researchers found that the VVE presents several advantages over current clinical measures, moving beyond subjective symptoms with a rapid, repeatable and quantifiable clinical exam. The team also found that the VVE is easy to administer across various clinical settings where children are initially seen following head injury when a concussio