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By Paul Stone On March 27th, 2013
There may be some relief for service members who have been through ineffective treatment for traumatic brain injury and other psychological ills. The Department of Defense their four-week intensive treatment program at…
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By Paul Stone On March 26th, 2013
It is important to be concerned about your child’s health, and to take possible concussions seriously, but it appears sometimes being anxious about your child’s well being can cause doctors…
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By Paul Stone On March 26th, 2013
The long-term link between repeated brain injuries and anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems is well established, but it appears children with sports-related concussions don’t have to grow up to deal…
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By Paul Stone On March 25th, 2013
There have been recent studies showing that homeless people have higher rates of traumatic brain injury, but until a recent study there hasn’t been a detailed review of all this…
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By Paul Stone On March 25th, 2013
The NFL is making a lot of changes this off-season in an attempt to fight the brain injury problem plaguing their current and former players. First, they announced they would…
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By Paul Stone On March 20th, 2013
In the past few months it has been discovered that there are likely biomarkers in the blood signaling when a traumatic brain injury, there are new ways to identify brain…
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By Paul Stone On March 20th, 2013
Medical treatment for traumatic brain injury symptoms consists pretty much entirely of resting and using over the counter medication to manage headaches and migraines, or antidepressants to manage emotional issues…
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By Paul Stone On March 19th, 2013
If you still don’t believe brain injury is a serious issue, consider that more than a million American athletes experience a brain injury every year, and every one of those…
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By Paul Stone On March 18th, 2013
Since the end of the season the number of current and former professional football players speaking out about brain injury and the NFL has dwindled to the short comments some…
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By Paul Stone On March 18th, 2013
Anyone who has dealt with traumatic brain injury will tell you “every one is different.” Symptoms vary, the injury can last from a week to a month or so, any…
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