World report on child injury prevention.

Injury prevention and the attainment of child and adolescent health.

Urgent attention is required to tackle the problem of child and adolescent injury across the world. There have been considerable shifts in the epidemiological patterns of child deaths; while great progress has been made in preventing infectious diseases, the exposure of children and adolescents to the risks of injury appear to be increasing and will continue to do so in the future. The issue of...

Fragile brain, handle with care.

Jonathan Dart and Sarah Cumberland report on a form of child abuse that is not instantly recognizable, but the consequences can be dire. In the absence of treatment, Australian doctors are trying to improve diagnosis and agree the focus must be on prevention. in the Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability at the World Health Organization (WHO). Three months of group rehab is...

A trip on the world wide web.

Chronic Wounds in Burn Injury: A Case Report on Importance of Biofilms

According to the National Institutes of Health and the Center for Disease and Prevention, it is estimated that 65 to 80 percent of the human infectious are caused by biofilms. Antibiotics and drainage of purulent discharge are the main treatment measures. But in chronic infections sometimes these findings are not easy to recognize. Biofilm is an extracellular polymeric conglomeration generally ...

New injury and violence research website open to the world.