Posts Tagged ‘traumatic brain injury’
By Paul Stone On March 16th, 2015
Concussions can impact numerous aspects of cognition that are likely to influence a person’s driving ability, including vision, reaction-time, and coordination. However, there has been very little research on just…
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By Paul Stone On March 12th, 2015
Diagnosing a concussion can be a tricky process. While there are tools hitting the market proclaiming to help diagnose traumatic brain injuries, the majority of the process still relies on…
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By Paul Stone On March 10th, 2015
Early symptoms related to post-traumatic stress such as anxiety, emotional numbness, irritability, and flashbacks are the strongest predictors of later disability for military members effected by blast-related mild traumatic brain…
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By Paul Stone On March 4th, 2015
A new imaging study claims to have found another potential new biomarker for predicting outcomes of individuals after brain injuries. According to the findings published in JAMA Neurology, cerebral blood…
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By Paul Stone On March 2nd, 2015
Every year traumatic brain injury affects nearly 2 million people in the United States alone, and countless more brain injuries are experienced around the world. However we have only began…
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By Paul Stone On February 26th, 2015
Johns Hopkins researchers claim to have found significant evidence to link specific memory deficits found in former NFL players with accumulated brain damage using an assortment of imaging and cognitive…
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By Paul Stone On February 23rd, 2015
New research from University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth finds that individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience significantly more difficulty with gist reasoning than traditional cognitive tests,…
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By Paul Stone On February 17th, 2015
While the governing bodies for sports leagues like the NFL and the NCAA are being regularly criticized for dragging their feet on concussion safety, many of the actual teams are…
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By Paul Stone On February 13th, 2015
The United States hit a big milestone in health and safety once all 50 states enacted youth-concussion laws, but many states around the country are taking a progressive stance by…
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By Paul Stone On February 10th, 2015
The wide variety of ways traumatic brain injury impairs and holds back those who have been injured are well-documented, but new research shows TBI can also have a distinct impact…
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