Posts Tagged ‘traumatic brain injury’
By Paul Stone On June 26th, 2013
We’ve made great strides in improving our understandings of traumatic brain injury and educating many about the effects of an untreated concussion. Almost every athlete in America has to sit…
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By jasonmaddox On June 26th, 2013
A study supported by the Canadian Institute of Health Research found that over 20% of Ontario middle and high school students experienced a traumatic brain injury. The data was derived…
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By Paul Stone On June 25th, 2013
According to a recent study, children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are much more likely to develop a moderate disability or more significant symptoms following traumatic brain injury. Senior author…
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By Paul Stone On June 24th, 2013
Now that summer is really here, it’s hard to go very far in a city without seeing a person riding their bike. Some are on their way to work and…
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By jasonmaddox On June 24th, 2013
In November of 2011, Dr. Linda Papa, an emergency medicine physician, published a study she completed on utilizing lab testing to screen patients for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Dr. Papa…
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By Paul Stone On June 20th, 2013
The New York Times published an article last Sunday profiling two new sensors that can help detect high impact hits to the head in athletes. It is one of many…
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By Paul Stone On June 20th, 2013
Ever since the first studies started coming out suggesting that biomarkers in the blood may be an effective indicator of traumatic brain injury, researchers have been rushing to collect data…
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By jasonmaddox On June 18th, 2013
Your family receives the call no family wants to receive: “Your loved one has been in a terrible accident.” Your family rushes to the hospital where you are told by…
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By Paul Stone On June 18th, 2013
When you think of baseball, most people don’t think about brain injuries. With high profile more violent sports like hockey and football, baseball seems incredibly innocent and peaceful, aside from…
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By Paul Stone On June 17th, 2013
In continuing the efforts to treat the huge number of soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq with traumatic brain injury, the U.S. military has created one of the…
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