Scans 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…
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More Student-Athletes are Following Concussion Guidelines
The vast majority of recent studies on school-age athletes and brain injuries have been worrisome. Last year, one study reported that nearly half of all high school athletes claimed they…
ReadHow Reliable Are Concussion Apps?
A huge number of app developers have found their names in headlines recently, as each week seems to bring another app that claims to be able to diagnose concussions and…
ReadPutting the Recent MMA Brain Injury Study In Context
Late last week I reported on a study that claims almost a third of all professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fights result in a concussion for at least one of…
ReadConcussions Are More Serious Than You Probably Think
It is crazy to think that just a few years ago a mild traumatic brain injury was considered an insignificant injury. Concussions are common in sports and athletes were raised…
ReadNational Brain Injury Awareness Month – Resources For the Rest of the Year
Today marks the last day of the annual National Brain Injury Awareness Month, but that doesn’t mean we should forget about the injury sustained by an estimated 1.7 million children…
ReadStudy Claims Almost a Third of MMA Fights End in Concussions
It is no surprise that concussions are common for mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters. It is a sport built around fighting after all. But, you may be surprised by just…
ReadNavy Football Player Dies After Falling Into Coma During Practice
Over the weekend, Navy football player Will McKamey was hospitalized after collapsing during practice. The 19-year-old freshman running back and Fourth Class Midshipman fell into a coma, and three days…
ReadHigh Rates of Veterans Struggle With TBI-Related Uncontrollable Laughing and Crying
Traumatic brain injury may be called the signature injury of veterans coming back from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean we understand the cause and effects…
ReadFirst Soccer and Rugby Players Diagnosed With CTE
Repeated brain injuries is a big topic of concern for organized sports right now. While the NFL gets the spotlight for denying the seriousness of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, reports are…
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