In one civilian-hospital series, 84.6% of wound isolates were multidrug-resistant; in a military cohort, 60% of Pseudomonas isolates were extensively drug-resistant. The war is also a resistance event.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSIn the largest network meta-analysis, EMDR and trauma-focused CBT were the most effective treatments for adults with PTSD. The evidence is graded moderate-to-low, and the eye movements may not be why it works.
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A rare multicentre record from three Sudanese trauma centres finds penetrating injury in more than nine of ten patients, and civilians in the great majority.
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Global Burden of Disease data show prevalent traumatic brain injury cases in people aged 15-49 rose from 12.53 million in 1990 to 14.99 million in 2021, even as age-standardised rates fell.
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The first nationally representative analysis of the 2024 conflict in Lebanon draws on hospital and ministry records. Its most consequential number is how many of the dead arrived already dead.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSIn 99 men hospitalised for stress-related disorders, roughly four in five met probable criteria for trauma-associated sleep disorder — a condition that is not yet a recognised diagnosis.
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