New Material Lowers Chance of Brain Injuries in Sports
New technology being used in Pittsburgh may finally offer a way to stem the dramatic rise in head injuries. The thin, lightweight material is called Unequal CRT or Concussion Reduction…
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Falling Is The Number One Cause Of TBI
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has released a Fast Facts report naming falls as the number one cause of traumatic brain injuries or TBI.…
ReadScientists Are Still Working To Define Concussions
It seems like everyone is familiar with concussions. We read about them all the time in sports, and most people know someone who has had one. It may be surprising…
ReadMaine Man Gives Insight into Living with a Traumatic Brain Injury
In a sad twist of fate, on October 24, 2000, the designated driver taking three friends home suffered a traumatic brain injury from a terrible wreck in Sanford, Maine. That…
ReadPlease Support The TBI Act
On March 21, 2012, Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. and Rep. Todd Russell Platts introduced The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act, H.R. 4238 to the House of Representatives. The act would…
ReadThe Importance of Education in Diagnosing Concussions
With every passing year, we have more evidence that repeated concussions lead to early-onset dementia and depression in professional athletes. This has raised numerous questions about the safety of what…
ReadStop Calling It a Mild Concussion
It isn’t uncommon for professional football players to get hit hard enough to forget where they are, what the score is, or what quarter it is. That’s what happened to…
ReadWhy Concussions Are So Hard To Diagnose
Eight years ago, 11-year-old Zack Pope got beaned during a little league game. He finished the game strong and everything seemed fine. It wasn’t until a month later he began…
ReadThe Quick and Simple Guide To Concussions
Anyone involved in sports should be able to spot when an athlete might have had a concussion and get them to the appropriate medical attention. There are three main signs…
Read6 Technologies That May Save Soldiers From Brain Injury
Scientists and doctors are working every day to help fight the most common injury for soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. That injury is traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Those…
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