Studies and Analyses

CT with multiplanar reconstruction provides a clear multi-dimensional view of tibial triplane fractures of the ankle–a view that alters what is found in many medical textbooks and changes the way physicians understand these complex fractures, a new study shows.

The study included 51 young people, ranging in age from 10 to 17 years old. Triplane fractures, (fracture lines occur in three planes of the ankle) account for about 6%-10% of ankle fractures in young people, says Stephe

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for hundreds of millions of years, then disappeared so completely that to find even a partially complete skeleton of a single multi-ton animal is rare. Meanwhile, the Virginia Museum of Natural History has scores of fossils of Tanytrachelos ahynis, a 12 to 18-inch reptile that also lived millions of years ago, at the same time as the earliest dinosaurs.

Tanytrachelos is a long-necked reptile that was related to the perhaps better-known nine-foot (up to t

Study appears in the November issue of the Journal of American Dietetic Association

The popular DASH diet, established by the National Institutes of Health as a way to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, may have health benefits that go beyond its stated purpose of lowering people’s risk of heart disease, according to research published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center

It’s difficult to define

While children and adults have similar intellectual definitions of bullying, they may differ when applying them in reality, says a U of T researcher. “There are complexities that can interfere with how we view bullying incidents,” says Professor Faye Mishna of the Faculty of Social Work. “While we’re identifying important strategies and tips on how to deal with bullying problems, it’s important to also acknowledge how confusing it can be

New research shows that almost 3 percent of patients who went to hospital emergency rooms with chest pain – but who weren’t initially diagnosed with heart problems – went on to have heart attacks or other heart-related events within a month.

The study, by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researchers and colleagues from seven other medical centers, will be reported in the December issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine and is currently available on-line. “Not all

Study shows weight-based REBETOL dosing in combination with PEG-INTRON significantly improves viral clearance in African-American patients with most-difficult-to-treat form of hepatitis C. WIN-R study provides important insights on improving hepatitis C treatment among African-Americans.

Twice as many African-American patients infected with the most difficult-to-treat form of chronic hepatitis C successfully cleared the virus when given a weight-based dose of REBETOL® (ribavirin,