Posts Tagged ‘brain injury’
By Paul Stone On January 16th, 2013
A former Cleveland Browns quarterback has been touting a recent treatment he has been receiving for the brain damage he suffered across 13 years playing in the NFL. Bernie Kosar…
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By Paul Stone On January 14th, 2013
Here is a frightening statistic: nearly 90-percent of boxers suffer a brain injury of some extent during their career, according to the Association of Neurological Surgeons. The repeated hits to…
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By Paul Stone On January 9th, 2013
Despite all the literature on the topic, brain injury is still largely a mystery to the medical community, That is slowly changing thanks to Scientists like Douglas Smith, head of…
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By Paul Stone On December 12th, 2012
New tests on a biomaterial that is implanted into the brain to favor neuroregeneration in areas with brain damage look favorable for the material, according to Medical Xpress. Animal testing in rats…
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By Paul Stone On November 30th, 2012
The road to a consistent brain injury treatment faces another setback after a major study has found that a supplement the U.S. military had hoped would help wounded troops offers…
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By Paul Stone On November 22nd, 2012
A small study of soccer players suggests that repetitive hits to the head below the threshold for causing a traumatic brain injury may still result in changes to the brain’s…
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By Paul Stone On November 6th, 2012
According to scientists from the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the University of California, Davis, high blood pressure may lead to brain injury and premature brain aging, even among people with…
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By Paul Stone On November 6th, 2012
Even the most life-changing days in a person’s life begin the same – completely ordinary. Just ask Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, the mother of Neil Bornstein, who was run down by a…
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By Paul Stone On November 2nd, 2012
Reebok and MC10, a startup from Massachusetts, have a new, easy way to measure impacts to the head in the form of an unobtrusive skullcap filled with sensors and stretchy…
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By Paul Stone On November 1st, 2012
Neal Sandifer, 34, lives in a nursing home in Columbia, unable to care for himself. Once an athletic individual with a passion for hunting, Sandifer’s life dramatically changed in 2008…
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