A Blood Test For TBI May Not Be Possible After All
Despite huge efforts from the U.S. government and private sector, new research published in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests the Holy Grail in brain injury diagnosis may not be possible…
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FDA Approves New Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis Test
A new traumatic brain injury diagnosis tool may be available for widespread use in the near future as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Defense Automated Neurobehavioral…
ReadCan a Set of High-Tech Goggles Identify Brain Injury?
One of the biggest hurdles in properly diagnosing athletes with brain injuries is the desire to outsmart tests or avoid detection in order to stay in the game. However, a…
ReadCan a Breathalyzer Type Test Detect Brain Injuries?
One of the most persistent issues following the heightened focus on preventing and better treating brain injuries, both in and outside of sports, is the lack of objective test to…
ReadA New Report Claims Three Brain Injury Tests Identify 100 Percent of Concussions
New research claims that a battery of three tests are able to detect 100 percent of concussions that occur during a football game and assumedly any similarly brutal sporting event.…
ReadCan a Mouthguard Help Identify Concussions on the Field?
Given the regular occurrence of stories about athletes attempting, and often succeeding, at hiding concussions so they can get back onto the field, it has become clear that we need…
ReadNew Study Says Brain Injuries May Be Identified By a Protein in the Blood
Clinical evidence for a blood test that may be able to identify brain injuries quickly continues to grow, as Swedish researchers say the presence of high-levels of tau proteins in…
ReadTwo Brain Biomarkers May Be The Best TBI Indicators
Ever since the first studies started coming out suggesting that biomarkers in the blood may be an effective indicator of traumatic brain injury, researchers have been rushing to collect data…
ReadThe Mayo Clinic Finds Physiological Response To Brain Injury
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…
ReadNew Device Tests Blood To Diagnose TBI
There have been a few different hand-held diagnostic devices coming out for traumatic brain injury over the past year or two, but they all rely on either standardizing subjective questions…
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