Papua New Guinea’s government has declared a state of emergency in three provinces ahead of next month’s general election, giving police and defence force troops greater powers. Video Rating: / 5
A post-mortem conducted on late Jennelyn Kennedy revealed that she died from head injuries and bruises to her internal organs due to direct blunt force trauma to her head and body.
This was revealed at the conclusion of a four-hour post-mortem conducted by Port Moresby General Hospital Chief Pathologist Doctor Seth Fose yesterday. Video Rating: / 5
Professor John D. Corrigan, PhD the director of the Ohio Brain Injury Program at Ohio State University, discusses the Long Term Care questionnaire, specifically focusing on the TBI questions. He goes on to share statics and information on traumatic brain injuries related to someone’s age and disabilities. Video Rating: / 5
Research into the pathology of vaping-associated lung injury is in its early stages, but a Mayo Clinic study published in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that lung injuries from vaping most likely are caused by direct toxicity or tissue damage from noxious chemical fumes.
Researchers reviewed lung biopsies from 17 patients, all of whom had vaped and were suspected to have vaping-associated lung injury. The study was the first to examine a group of biopsies from patients with lung injury due to vaping. Researchers found no evidence of tissue injury caused by accumulation of lipids — fatty substances such as mineral oils — which has been suspected as a possible cause of the lung injuries associated with vaping.
“While we can’t discount the potential role of lipids, we have not seen anything to suggest this is a problem caused by lipid accumulation in the lungs. Instead, it seems to be some kind of direct chemical injury, similar to what one might see with exposures to toxic chemical fumes, poisonous gases and toxic agents,” says Brandon Larsen, M.D., Ph.D., a surgical pathologist at Mayo Clinic Arizona, and a national expert in lung pathology. Video Rating: / 5
