How Can Parents Protect Their Child’s Head If Helmets Can’t?
Over the past year, several studies have come out exposing the fact that the helmets currently used in the majority of sports and activities with a high risk of brain…
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Custom-Made Mouthguards May Help Prevent Sports-Related Brain Injuries
Mouthguards play several important roles for athletes, especially in aggressive contact sports. The most obvious benefit is protecting your teeth and preventing mouth injuries. They can also reduce the risk…
ReadBrain Injured Mice Offer Insight on Traumatic Brain Injuries and CTE
A new study published in the Journal of Neurotrauma may offer insight into the behavioral changes and problems caused by repeated brain injuries, as well as offering a model for…
ReadBlood-Pressure Drug May Prevent Epilepsy Following Brain Injury
Nearly a fifth of all cases of epilepsy are the result of traumatic brain injuries, but a team of researchers from UC Berkeley, Ben-Gurion University in Israel and Charité-University Medicine…
ReadOklahoma Lawmakers Approve Experimental Treatment to Veteran TBI Patients
Oklahoma legislators have approved a bill that would give free access to hyperbaric oxygen treatment to any Oklahoma veteran who has been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, but experts on…
ReadOklahoma House Votes Down Latest Sports-Related Concussion Bill
Oklahoma was one of the earlier states to pass legislation regulating how traumatic brain injuries and concussions are handled in youth athletics, but lately activists have been urging the state…
ReadHow Long Does Postconcussive Syndrome Last?
Without fail, one of the first questions any person diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury asks is when they will be better. It is natural to want to know how…
ReadScans May Predict Vegetative State Recovery Chances In Brain Injury Patients
Doctors claim to have found a new way to assess the condition of patients in a vegetative state as the result of a severe brain injury. Most notably, the new…
ReadBrain Injuries Can Damage a Child’s Social Skills
All of the currently accepted symptoms of mild traumatic brain injuries (more commonly referred to as concussions) are expected to fade within a relatively short time following the initial injury.…
ReadImpacts Cause Brain Changes Even Without a Concussion
While the NFL has been fighting a “concussion crisis”, more worrying findings have been coming out of other sports, and now the issue of so-called subconcussive hits is reaching the…
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