A Jefferson fracture, or atlas fracture, is a bone break within the anterior and posterior arches of the C1 vertebra, named after the British neurosurgeon (Sir Geoffrey Jefferson) who wrote reports about the fracture in 1920. This type of C1 fracture stems from axial loading along the axis of the cervical spine. Axial loading occurs when the head […]
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[profileleft][/profileleft]The public would be outraged if researchers announced that injuries related to a toy had jumped 1,100 percent in four years. That’s exactly what happened between 2010 and 2014 in the United States at trampoline parks. According to a recent study, the problem of trampoline park injuries is getting much worse very quickly. Parents whose
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Applications, or apps as they are now known worldwide, are dominating the attention span of people across the globe. It would now seem there is an app for everything. Apps are useful, they are fun and they are efficient. There is also a downside, as all of these apps can be quite distracting. That’s perhaps
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