Posts Tagged ‘TBI’
By Paul Stone On June 17th, 2013
Helmets have been getting some confusing reviews lately, as contact-sports and the concussions associated with them are getting more press coverage and researchers are looking everywhere for ways to prevent…
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By Paul Stone On June 13th, 2013
A group of Boston doctors is proposing to join a study that would offer emergency care and treatment to brain injury patients without first obtaining the patient’s consent. They argue…
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By Paul Stone On June 13th, 2013
Across the world, the hunt is on for scientists to find a reliable medical treatment for the huge number of traumatic brain injury patients suffering every year. Think twice before…
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By Paul Stone On June 11th, 2013
Dr. Michael Lipton, associate director of Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, isn’t the first doctor to suggest that repeated “heading” of a soccer ball…
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By Paul Stone On June 10th, 2013
The risk of repeated brain injuries continues to get worse as a new study from Matthew A. Eisenberg, M.D., and his colleagues from Harvard Medical School has found that children…
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By Paul Stone On June 10th, 2013
I recently shared information about the sport most related to traumatic brain injury both world-wide and within the U.S. alone: cycling. After spending Friday evening watching one of Tulsa’s biggest…
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By Paul Stone On June 7th, 2013
Marijuana’s path from illicit street drug to possible medical treatment tool continues to be confusing as a recent study, published in Behavioural Brain Research and Experimental Brain Research, suggests that ultra-low…
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By Paul Stone On June 6th, 2013
Can the GyroStim help cure a host of disorders including traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and Asperger’s syndrome? No one is quite sure, but the machine is credited by more…
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By Paul Stone On June 6th, 2013
One of the most popular new additions to concussion guidelines may actually be putting youth athletes at risk if new research is correct. A new study has shown that kids…
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By Paul Stone On June 5th, 2013
It turns out, using those ImPACT tests on the sidelines might not be such a good idea after all. In the rush to protect football players from going back out…
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