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Traumatic Brain Injuries Sustained in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars When traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs simultaneously with more obviously life-threatening wounds, it may go unrecognized. It's important that all nurses know how to use TBI screening and assessment tools effectively. |
Sports Central May 8, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Junior Seau and CTE Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has become an epidemic in contact sports. It's most prominent in football, but this also applies to ice hockey, boxing, mixed martial arts, and other contact sports. |
Sports Central December 8, 2011 Mike Chen |
Fighting, Head Hits, and New Responsibilities In a two-week span, the NHL faced a bevy of coaching firings and hirings and major realignment changes for next season. |
Managed Care June 2007 Lisa A. Higgins |
Sobering Stats Invite Insurers To Fight Alcoholism Effectively Health plans may not be able to control problem drinking by their members. They can, however, affect the way their contracted providers approach the problem. And that may be what makes the difference. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2001 David S. Kushner |
Concussion in Sports: Minimizing the Risk for Complications Mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, is a common consequence of collisions, falls and other forms of contact in sports. The physician's responsibilities in assessing an athlete with concussion include offering guidance about the athlete's ability to return to play... |
Nursing May 2010 Sharon M. Valente |
Assessing patients for suicide risk This article will help you update your knowledge of suicide risk factors and prevention strategies, and provide guidelines for effective intervention. |
Sports Central August 23, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Hines Ward and Head Injuries Once upon time, Hines Ward had all the qualities sports fans admire. He was a great player with a well-rounded skill set, a college quarterback turned Pro Bowl wide receiver. |
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Ted D. Epperly |
Health Issues in Men: Part II. Common Psychosocial Disorders During screening examinations and, when appropriate, other health-related visits, family physicians should be alert for signs and symptoms of common psychosocial disorders in men. Health issues of concern include alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence, midlife crisis and depression. |
AskMen.com November 1, 2001 Ian Lee |
Preventing Sports Injuries You don't need expensive gear to prevent injuries; just the basics and a bit of knowledge... |
American Journal of Nursing January 2011 Vicky Keys |
Alcohol Withdrawal During Hospitalization For a chronic drinker, sudden alcohol withdrawal because of an unexpected hospitalization can lead to escalating withdrawal symptoms and even death if unrecognized and untreated. |
American Family Physician January 1, 2007 Shashi & Subhash Bhatia |
Childhood and Adolescent Depression Safe and effective treatment of major depression in this age group requires accurate diagnosis, suicide risk assessment, and use of evidence-based therapies. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 John W. Whiteside |
Management of Head and Neck Injuries by the Sideline Physician Injuries to the head and neck are common in sports. Sideline physicians must be attentive and prepared with an organized approach to detect and manage these injuries. |
American Family Physician April 1, 2003 David J. Mersy |
Recognition of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Ten percent of the population abuses drugs or alcohol, and 20 percent of patients seen by family physicians have substance-abuse problems, excluding tobacco use. These patients can be identified by relying on regular screening or a high index of suspicion based on "red flags." |
American Family Physician July 15, 2002 John W. Thompson, Jr. |
A Pregnant Woman Victimized by Physical Abuse Domestic violence in the United States is a problem of enormous proportions and represents a significant health concern. Here's how a physician can respond. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2003 Stovall & Domino |
Approaching the Suicidal Patient In an attempt to help the family physician prevent suicide, this article reviews known risk factors and offers a strategy for assessing and addressing these factors in individual patients. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Substance Abuse Questions and answers on substance abuse. |
Managed Care April 2005 Martin Sipkoff |
Insurers Give Substance Abuse New Identity: It's a Disease After years of short shrift from payers and insurers, substance abuse services get renewed interest. Health Plans in particular are re-evaluating their approach. |
National Defense October 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Scientists Hope Bomb Blast Research Can Lead to Better Helmets Scientists are now taking a closer look at exactly what a shockwave does in the milliseconds it takes for it to pass through a helmet, skull and brain. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Mental Health For Men Greater understanding of new and emerging mental illnesses for men is important, and hopefully the following will help to raise your awareness. |
Sports Central February 12, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
How to Simply Fix the NHL The solution to professional hockey's problems isn't found in salary caps or luxury taxes or franchise players or "cost certainty." |
Sports Central July 6, 2005 Mark Chalifoux |
Why Hockey Needs a Hero One man's thoughts on how to rescue the NHL. |
Sports Central May 26, 2008 Andrew Jones |
The Top 10 Cities For Hockey Fans These ten cities have winter and great hockey to watch. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Rink on the Brink ESPN is dropping the NHL, and that could add damage to an already battered league. Investors, take note. |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
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