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By jasonmaddox On July 11th, 2013
The long-term study of brain injury in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans remains unfunded and limited in its scope. The 273,000 troops identified by the military with brain injury will need…
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By jasonmaddox On July 8th, 2013
Chase Curtiss, founder of Sway Medical, LLC based in Tulsa, has developed an application compatible with iPhones to screen for concussions. The app utilizes the iPhone’s accelerometers to objectively measure…
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By jasonmaddox On June 26th, 2013
A study supported by the Canadian Institute of Health Research found that over 20% of Ontario middle and high school students experienced a traumatic brain injury. The data was derived…
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By jasonmaddox On June 24th, 2013
In November of 2011, Dr. Linda Papa, an emergency medicine physician, published a study she completed on utilizing lab testing to screen patients for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Dr. Papa…
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By jasonmaddox On June 20th, 2013
A new study out of Australia reviewed by Science World Report has found that using certified to AS/NZS 2063 standards bicycle helmets effectively reduced serious brain injury, contrary to anti-helmet rhetoric. …
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By jasonmaddox On June 18th, 2013
Your family receives the call no family wants to receive: “Your loved one has been in a terrible accident.” Your family rushes to the hospital where you are told by…
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By jasonmaddox On June 14th, 2013
I am and have always been a “motorhead” and I find sitting down with a car magazine to be a highly relaxing experience. Rarely do I find much of a…
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By jasonmaddox On June 4th, 2013
Susan and her friends at college purchased a “designer” drug online. It was legal, so how bad could it be, right? Wrong! Susan began having seizures within minutes of ingesting…
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By jasonmaddox On May 30th, 2013
Too often the families of traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors are forgotten. The doctors and nurses are busy tending to the needs of the patient, which is to be expected. …
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By jasonmaddox On May 22nd, 2013
A Canadian research team from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto led by Dr. Tomislav Svoboda found that homeless men who drink heavily face a 400% greater chance of brain injury…
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