Thursday, May 5, 2011

Studies That Really Make You Think


I always like to point out where your research dollars are going. Bob Andrews, a long-time Placebian, sent this one in:



Traumatic Injury Ups Risk of Early Death



Patients who suffer a traumatic injury are more likely to die within the next three years than people in the general population even if they survive the initial hospitalization, a retrospective study showed.






As Bob says, it is true that if you get hurt you could die. Who would have thought it?