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THE HUFFINGTON POST

Marian Salzman: The Brains That Bind Us

It's Memorial Day weekend and many of us are preparing for barbecuing, beaching or just hanging out.

AOL HEALTHY LIVING

Preventing Degenerative Brain Disease in Our Children

An editorial in this week's Science Translational Medicine about traumatic brain injuries, genetics and the long-term risks for degenerative brain disease caught my eye.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

MAJOR QUESTIONS

The debate about what happened the night of Trayvon Martin's death is becoming increasingly complex after details of the investigation, including new information about shooter George Zimmerman's injuries and the screaming heard on 911 recordings, were released Thursday.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - CULTURE

Is Football To Blame For Players' Suicides?

High-profile suicides of professional football players have mounted in the past several yearsâTerry Long (2005), Andre Waters (2006), Dave Duerson (2011) and Ray Easterling (2012) all killed themselves following retirement and bouts with diagnoses likely related to the thousands of hits they fearlessly underwent as...

NOISECREEP

Axl Rose Suffers Injury in Russia

Axl Rose has been left with a serious bruise â and no, we're not talking about the Guns N' Roses ' singer's ego, either- after a trip to Russia.

wounds and injuries News From the Web

06/04/12 3 students still hospitalized Source: Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE Three of the eight Broken Bow students injured in a Friday afternoon crash near Ansley remained hospitalized Sunday in Kearney.
06/04/12 Man Accused In Baby Abuse Case In Court Source: CBS - KKTV 11 - Colorado Springs CO An 8-month-old fought for his life after suffering multiple skull fractures and ingesting cocaine.
06/04/12 Girl, 5, falls from 5th-floor window Source: ABC - WCVB 5 - Boston MA A 5-year-old girl who plunged to the ground from a fifth-floor window at a Springfield apartment building Sunday taken to the hospital with multiple broken bones.
06/04/12 Indore's Baby Falak: Cigarette burns, multiple... Source: NDTV 18-month-old Baby Shireen has been admitted to a hospital in Indore with horrific signs of abuse.
06/04/12 Man badly injured in road collision Source: GazetteLive.co.uk - North Yorkshire - UK A YOUNG Middlesbrough man suffered fractures to his skull, face and spine after being hit by a car.

Background on wounds and injuries

Trauma (from Greek τραῦμα, "wound") refers to "a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident." It can also be described as "a physical wound or injury, such as a fracture or blow." Major trauma (defined by an Injury Severity Score of greater than 15) can result in secondary complications such as circulatory shock, respiratory failure and death.

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