Posts Tagged ‘traumatic brain injury’
By Paul Stone On April 2nd, 2013
You would think the prevalence of brain injury in the armed forces would lead to extensive education on the issue for our soldiers, but researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB),…
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By Paul Stone On April 1st, 2013
While all the research about concussions are important, one of the best things those of us interested in informing the community about TBI can do is make sure everyone is…
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By Paul Stone On April 1st, 2013
If you think football is the only sport having major brain injury issues, you haven’t been playing close enough attention to the headlines lately. Soccer, boxing, basketball, and of course,…
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By Paul Stone On March 27th, 2013
There may be some relief for service members who have been through ineffective treatment for traumatic brain injury and other psychological ills. The Department of Defense their four-week intensive treatment program at…
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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 jasonmaddox On March 22nd, 2013
In his op-ed article, Arthur S. Levine, M.D., who is senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, states that one…
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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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