A recently published study found that quantitative computed tomography (CT) scans improve outcome prediction in acute traumatic brain injury. “We believe that objective computational tools and data-driven analytical methods hold great promise for neurotrauma research, and may ultimately have a role in image analysis for clinical care,” an abstract on..
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A recent study has determined that cerebral blood flow measured six to 12 hours after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be used to gauge the 6-month outcome for a patient. The research, “Outcome Prediction within Twelve Hours after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury by Quantitative Cerebral Blood Flow,” was published..
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It never ceases to amaze me how the brain can survive the most exotic, and unwanted, intrusions into its tissue. The latest such incident to make headlines is the story of Andy Parton, a 31-year-old English man. Parton was playing pool when he lost his footing and fell onto a..
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching an initiative that is in some ways very similar to my own project, TBI Voices. The CDC is asking people who have suffered traumatic brain injury, TBI, to submit their own videos about their experiences, according to Stars and Stripes. I’ve..
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It happens so often with the elderly: They stumble and hit their heads, sustaining traumatic brain injury. And last week it happened to Joyce Dreyfus, the wife of former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Dreyfus. And it was fatal. Dreyfus, 85, fell and hit her head at an assisted living facility in..
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be a extraordinarily difficult condition to rebound from. And now there’s a report that a lot more people may be suffering from TBI than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are the one who have raised..
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New York City is liable for $19 million of a $36 million verdict awarded to a boy bicyclist who sustained brain damage when he was hit by a car, the New York Post reported Sunday. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/jury_hits_city_for_K4dhuTynjmBPy8cWP9omZP The city’s responsbility for $19 million would be the biggest legal award paid by the..
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What seems like a cut and dry answer to a simple question to many, have people on the inside of boxing touting the benefits of kids and boxing. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44310083/ns/health-childrens_health/#.TlvCTDvZ9Qc The American Academy of Pediatrics “vigorously oppose boxing for child or adolescent”. That statement was applauded by other experts world-wide. Boxing..
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The NHI will partner with the Department of Defense to build a database will enable experts in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of TBI. The central repository will include new data, current databases and will allow for study comparisons. The DoD involvement is crucial due to vast number of combat..
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It was a clear and sunny day when suddenly a storm front came through the Indiana State Fair Grounds on Saturday. Thousands of concert goers were just minutes away from watching the group Sugarland take to the stage. Just minutes after an announcement warning of the possibility of severe weather..
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