Posts Tagged ‘TBI’
By Paul Stone On March 26th, 2013
The long-term link between repeated brain injuries and anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems is well established, but it appears children with sports-related concussions don’t have to grow up to deal…
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By Paul Stone On March 25th, 2013
There have been recent studies showing that homeless people have higher rates of traumatic brain injury, but until a recent study there hasn’t been a detailed review of all this…
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By Paul Stone On March 25th, 2013
The NFL is making a lot of changes this off-season in an attempt to fight the brain injury problem plaguing their current and former players. First, they announced they would…
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By Paul Stone On March 20th, 2013
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…
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By Paul Stone On March 20th, 2013
Medical treatment for traumatic brain injury symptoms consists pretty much entirely of resting and using over the counter medication to manage headaches and migraines, or antidepressants to manage emotional issues…
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By jasonmaddox On March 20th, 2013
Sanjay Gupta, MD interviewed Sergeant Antwain D’Angelo Vaughn, an Iraq War vet who received a severe TBI in an IED explosion during his second tour of duty. Sergeant Vaughn’s injury…
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By Paul Stone On March 19th, 2013
If you still don’t believe brain injury is a serious issue, consider that more than a million American athletes experience a brain injury every year, and every one of those…
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By Paul Stone On March 18th, 2013
Since the end of the season the number of current and former professional football players speaking out about brain injury and the NFL has dwindled to the short comments some…
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By Paul Stone On March 18th, 2013
Anyone who has dealt with traumatic brain injury will tell you “every one is different.” Symptoms vary, the injury can last from a week to a month or so, any…
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By Paul Stone On March 14th, 2013
In late February, I predicted that this year will be a historic year for brain injury research, and so far scientists seem determined to prove that prediction true. The past…
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