News tagged with facial injuries

Finding our color center

The colorful Australian film Strictly Ballroom has been used in a breakthrough scientific experiment to locate the colour processing center in the human brain.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

7th surgery shows face transplants gaining ground

(AP) -- Five years ago, it was the stuff of science fiction: Replace someone's face with one from a dead donor. But on Thursday, Boston doctors performed the world's seventh such transplant - less than a week ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Dog bites a particular threat to young children, especially as temperatures rise

Young children are especially vulnerable to severe dog bites in the head and neck areas, and there is a correlation between cases of dog bites and rising temperatures, according to new research published in the March 2009 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

No method in traffic madness

Tourists often assume the chaos on Vietnam's roads does not translate to a high crash rate. Nothing could be further from the truth, writes Anna Hollows.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Risk of facial fractures in motor vehicle crashes decreasing

Facial fractures from motor vehicle crashes appear to be decreasing, most likely due to design improvements in newer vehicles, according to a report in the May/June issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0