British green papers highlight injury prevention

The 101 Most-cited Papers from the British Medical Jownd Highlight the Important Role of Epidemiology in Medicine

The British Medical Journal began publishing in 1840 as the organ of the Provincial Medical Association (PMA), a group of physiciartspracticing in the provinces outside England’s major cities. They had banded together in 1832 to share their individual medical experiences with one another in much the same fashion as the metropolitan physicians who had earlier formed their own society and journal...

Prevention of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by green tea extract.

These experiments were designed to determine whether green tea extract (GTE), which contains polyphenolic free radical scavengers, prevents ischemia-reperfusion injury to the liver. Rats were fed a powdered diet containing 0-0.3% GTE starting 5 days before hepatic warm ischemia and reperfusion. Free radicals in bile were trapped with the spin-trapping reagent alpha-(4-pyridyl-1-oxide)-N-tert-bu...

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O14: Trauma Surgery and Injury Prevention

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The Evolution of Falls and Injury Prevention Among Seniors In British Columbia, Canada

The need to prevent falls and related injuries among seniors is a significant public health issue in Canada and all nations where an aging demographic puts higher numbers at risk. In British Columbia (BC), falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospitalization and death among seniors. Seniors are BC’s fastest growing age group, with one in four reaching the age of 65 or older by 2036. To...