TDNet Discover

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a leading cause of death and disability in pediatric patients, disrupts the brain's normal functioning. The symptoms and severity of TBI can vary widely from patient to patient;therefore, treatment should be…

Background: Postpartum depression is a prevalent disease that affects many women. Research is lacking on whether physical activity during pregnancy can help prevent postpartum depression (PPD). There are currently no guidelines for the prevention of…

Psychiatric illness confers significant morbidity and mortality to female adolescents who are affected. To expertly combat this issue, risk factors for psychiatric illness specific to adolescent females must be explored and identified. This research…

Background: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) requires timely intervention with thrombolytics to provide increased survivability and decreased disability. Telestroke is a new and growing technology used to increase access to thrombolytics within 3-4.5 hou…

Background: More than two million military personnel have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, many of whom come home to a family. The significant others of these service members(SM) are to some unknown extent also subjected to the effects of war. Object…

Background: Total knee arthroplasties (TKA) have long been considered the standard when looking at venous thrombotic events (VTE) risks. Such operations are rated as a high-risk procedure by the American Heart Association when analyzing prophylaxis …

The most recent guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia include not only antipsychotic regimens, but therapy. Therapy comes in the form of individual and family interventions. Current research for the cultural-adaptation of family intervention…

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to determine if the use of elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor (ETI) therapy is associated with improvement in morbidity and surrogate clinical data for people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) with at…

Background: Increasing sensitizations to food amongst rising generations has created a challenge for the health care system to determine the correct path of assessing the degree of allergic response in patients. Currently the gold diagnostic standar…

Dementia affects the physical and mental health and thereby reduces the quality of life of persons affected. With an aging population, the incidence of dementia is increasing, but the pathophysiology of the disease is still under investigation. Curr…