Keeping Your Brain Safe In Winter Weather
Much of Oklahoma just received its first snow for the season. While it isn’t likely to stick around long, there’s a good chance we will see more winter weather before…
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Happy Holidays from NeuroNotes
On behalf of the editors and writers of NeuroNotes, I want to say “thanks” to our readers for following our blogs and participating with your comments and “likes”. Please…
ReadChildren With Sports-Related Concussions Show Impairments Two Years Later
As football has brought the long-term risks of brain injury into the limelight, it has helped researchers better explore and understand concussions through increased funding for research projects. However, most…
ReadPeer Resources Bring About Change
Access to peer support resources can greatly improve the lives of people living with brain injury disabilities. Peer support programs can be found through the state and provincial Brain Injury…
ReadTips for Surviving the Holiday Season with a Brain Injury
The holidays can be overwhelming for those without the added challenge of the effects of brain injury. Our friends at the Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa recently published a list…
ReadAthletes Face Higher Risk For Other Injuries After A Concussion
In the past few years, much attention has been paid to the long-term mental and physical risks of traumatic brain injury, especially in football. In the noise, it can be…
ReadDr. Bennet Omalu Says Banning Children From Football Is Key To Preventing CTE
The upcoming movie “Concussion” profiles the work of Bennet Omalu, the first person to find a link between football players and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and how much the NFL…
ReadAdvanced Imaging Detects Slowed Blood Flow Following Concussion
An advanced imaging technique may be able to detect signs of brain injury, even after symptoms have subsided, according to a recent findings presented at the annual meeting of the…
ReadGenetics May Make Concussion Recovery More Difficult
When you experience a concussion, few things are certain. You are likely, but not guaranteed to experience a number of symptoms, and they may come on immediately or develop over…
ReadMaryland Teen Creates Software To Diagnose Concussions
A Maryland high school senior is working to develop software that could help detect brain injuries, four years after experiencing a severe concussion himself. In eighth grade, Urbana High senior…
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