Articles related to: traumatic brain injury
1: Helmets May Increase Traumatic Brain Injuries Among Soldiers Following IED Explosions
Recently, the American Institute of Physics reported a grave new discovery that U.S. soldier helmets may be acting as "focusing mechanisms" during improvised explosive device (IED) explosions and thus..
2: Fatal Brain Injury May Be Caused By Viral Meningitis
A recent issue of the science journal Nature described a paradigm shift among lethal infections that may be "ravaging the brain" and causing the development of serious traumatic brain injuries (TBI) a..
3: Medical Journal Reports on TBI Therapy That May Improve Cognitive Recovery
In an October 2008 issue of Neurosurgery scientists revealed that a new treatment known as Oxycyte may "improve cognitive recovery" and have protective effects on the brain's neurons among individuals..
4: Study Finds Victims of TBI and Depression Show Signs of Remission With Treatment
A study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Psychopharmacology recently discovered that anti-depressants among traumatic brain injury victims who also suffered from symptoms of depr..
5: Medical Journal Finds Jaundice Treatment Decreases TBI Among Infants
The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported in its October issue that if an infant is given an aggressive jaundice treatment early on, that infant will be less likely to suffer from a brain ..
6: Scientists Study Simple Polymer Treatments for TBI Patients
A recent issue of The Journal of Biological Engineering highlighted the work of two scientists from Purdue University who have been studying the effects of a simple polymer on treating traumatic brain..
7: We Beat Harvard in Full Recovery of Traumatic Brain Injury!
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), also called Severe Brain injury (SBI), can be very torturing and painful. You still remember your dream. However, you may never be there, for your freedom and opportuni..
8: Sports Injuries May Cause Increase in Traumatic Brain Injuries
Professional athletes are paid to win, to entertain, to train and, at times, to endure the brunt of much physical abuse because of their profession. However, several recent studies and news outlets ha..
9: Train Accidents Can Cause Brain Injuries, Fatalities
During a three-year period, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Safety Analysis reported an increase of train collisions in the United States. The increase, which occurred from June 20..
10: University Studies Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury
Recently, the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) School of Medicine received a $60 million dollar grant for a five-year study to determine better prevention and treatment methods of po..
11: War Veterans and Traumatic Brain Injury
Each year the number of U.S. veterans increases as soldiers returning from America's most recent wars come home. However, as the survivors are welcomed home after pursuing a dutiful career serving the..
12: Speech Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can cause about a lot of speech and language disorders that would entail the need of speech therapy. That's why the role of speech therapy in the rehabilitation process of..
13: Wearable Technology Helps Victims of Brain Injury, Stroke
Victims suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) or TBI caused by a stroke-induced brain injury were recently introduced to new technology enabling improvements of motor and physical skills among v..
14: Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Research and Methods Increase
Each year in America, there are millions of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that severely debilitate citizens from a number of common, everyday activities that often depend on the severity of their in..
15: Demographics Reveal The Truth About Traumatic Brain Injury
They may seem like mere numbers, but statistics and demographics information can give important information on who is affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) - and possibly shed light on how to preve..
16: Automobile Accidents and Traumatic Brain Injury
Of the 1.4 million Americans who sustain a traumatic brain injury each year, half of them will be involved in an automobile or motorcycle accident. The National Institutes of Health cite automobile ac..
17: Aiding a Family Member Healing from a Traumatic Brain Injury
A recent study noted that nearly half of traumatic brain injury sufferers struggle with depression. As the family member of a person with traumatic brain injury, you take on a condition that can have ..
18: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Substance Abuse
Medical practitioners commonly acknowledge that substance abuse plays a part in many cases of traumatic brain injury. A victim may have engaged in recreational drug use or alcohol abuse before the inj..
19: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Sports
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when the head strikes or is stuck by an object. The head does not have to experience an external blow for the brain to be injured. Brain damage can occur when the h..
20: Seat Belt Use and Traumatic Brain Injury
Because traumatic brain injuries cannot be cured in the traditional sense, preventive measures are the best weapons against them. And because the number-one cause of traumatic brain injuries among Ame..
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