Posts Tagged ‘senior TBI’
By Paul Stone On December 4th, 2015
A new study from the Helsinki Hospital Department of Neurosurgery suggests all hope is not lost for people over 75 who experience severe traumatic brain injury. It has become widely accepted with the Nashville attorneys for elder law to the fact that elderly patients with TBI-related acute subdural hematoma have little chance of surviving surgical…
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By Paul Stone On July 8th, 2015
A recent study from St. Michael’s Hospital in Canada suggests individuals over 65 are at far higher risk of hospitalization due to traumatic brain injuries. When evaluating data from the Hospital Morbidity Database, the researchers saw a disproportionate number of individuals hospitalized with TBI in Canada were 65 years or older. The age group makes…
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By Paul Stone On June 4th, 2015
Individuals over the age of 55 who experience traumatic brain injury (TBI) face an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a study recently published in Annals of Neurology. For the study, Raquel C. Gardner, MD, from the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues used data from inpatient and emergency departments from California…
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