THE IMPACT OF SPINAL CORD INJURY ON SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTH

The impact of spinal cord injury on South African youth

Approximately 500 South Africans, mainly young people, sustain a spinal cord injury every year leading to severe lifetime physical disabilities.With advances in medicine and assistive technology, these young people are able to reach adulthood.The physical, social and emotional adjustments, which determine the eventual successful outcome following i

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Transient Elastography and Video Recovery Narrative Access to Support Recovery From Alcohol Misuse: Development of a Novel Intervention for Use in Community Alcohol Treatment Services

BackgroundMortality from alcohol-related liver disease has risen significantly for 3 decades.Transient elastography (TE) is a noninvasive test providing a numerical marker of liver disease.Preliminary evidence suggests that TE can reduce alcohol consumption.The KLIFAD (does knowledge of liver fibrosis affect high-risk drinking behavior?) study has

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A comprehensive review on green synthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and their diverse biomedical applications

Metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have found a variety of applications in numerous industrial, tenga flip orb medical, and environmental fields s, attributable to recent advances in the nanotechnology field.Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) have gained importance as metal oxide NPs due to their potential in various fields, particularly nanome

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