Posts Tagged ‘TBI’
By Paul Stone On August 5th, 2014
Researchers may have found a treatment option which minimizes brain and tissue damage in the moments after a traumatic brain injury. According to an experimental study published in the August…
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By Paul Stone On July 28th, 2014
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.…
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By Paul Stone On July 23rd, 2014
It wasn’t too long ago that the last state in the nation signed concussion protocols for school age children into effect and already California has raised the bar with a…
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By Paul Stone On July 21st, 2014
The common concussion is typically thought to be of little risk, but a new study published in Neurology shows that even mild traumatic brain injury can cause brain damage, including…
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By Paul Stone On July 18th, 2014
In a perfect world all treatment options for brain injuries would be equal and available for patients in need. Unfortunately that is often not the case. Individuals with brain injuries…
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By Paul Stone On July 16th, 2014
I don’t know anyone without at least a loose idea of what concussions are, but when it comes to the details things get a bit messier. Due to a combination…
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By jasonmaddox On July 15th, 2014
Recently I had the privilege of conversing with the parents of an Afghanistan war veteran who tragically lost his life in a shooting encounter with Tulsa police. In many of…
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By Paul Stone On July 11th, 2014
Emotional symptoms like anxiety and depression have been associated with concussions and traumatic brain injuries for years, but brain injuries are far from heterogeneous. While some brain injury victims experience…
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By Paul Stone On July 10th, 2014
This weekend the World Cup will come to an end as Germany and Argentina square off for the championship, but this year’s tournament has created its fair share of controversy…
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By Paul Stone On July 8th, 2014
The NCAA has received harsh criticism for their lax concussion rules, and they have finally taken a step towards addressing the complaints by releasing a new set of guidelines for…
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