Trauma/Injuries News

Oestrogen helps trauma victims

Gender-specific hormones may explain why premenopausal women are more likely than men to survive severe physical injuries, say researchers.

Roets paralysed after crash

South African singer Matthys Roets is paralysed from the navel down after a motorbike accident last week.

Silence OK after trauma

People who don't talk about their feelings after a traumatic event are no more likely to have problems down the road than those who do express them. They may even be better off.

Neck injury paralyses actor

Actor Eric Holm (25) is recovering well after sustaining a chronic spinal cord injury when he dove into a lake in Secunda - damaging his neck at the C-5 vertebrae.

Don't get burned by heat stroke

Heat stroke – injury to internal organs caused by an excessively high body temperature – is a serious and potentially deadly illness that can usually be prevented.

More brains getting injured

the rate of hospitalisation for traumatic brain injury in the US rose significantly from 2002 to 2003, according to a new report.

Drug harming US soldiers?

The US Defence Department should look into the use of the blood-clotting drug Factor VII on wounded troops in Iraq, two US Senators say.

SA emergency rooms to change

A new emergency unit protocol will soon be introduced at emergency facilities at state and private hospitals across South Africa, says Medi-Clinic.

Blood shortage alert

A blood shortage alert has been declared by the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) as staff and donors have been struck down with flu.

Glitch in head injury treatment

After some years of research, it was found that corticosteroids (cortisone-like medicines) used to treat head injuries, might be doing more harm than good.