http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Repeat traumatic brain injury affects a subgroup of the 3.5 million people who suffer head trauma each year. Even a mild repeat TBI that occurs when the brain is still recovering from an initial injury can result in poorer outcomes, especially in children and young adults. A metabolic marker that could serve as the basis for new mild TBI vulnerability guidelines is described in an article in Journal of Neurotrauma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-period-vulnerability-traumatic-brain-injury.html Neuroscience Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:58:45 EST news277037912 More than half of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) in humans are cervical lesions, resulting in chronic loss of limb function. A better understanding of the link between the neurologic damage caused by SCI, spontaneous motor function recovery, and long-term motor deficits would lead to better therapeutic approaches, as discussed in an article in Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Journal of Neurotrauma website. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nerve-spinal-cord-injury-treatment.html Neuroscience Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:38:18 EST news276442691 The average incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among service members deployed in Middle East conflict zones has increased 117% in recent years, mainly due to proximity to explosive blasts. Therapeutic exposure to a high oxygen environment was hoped to minimize the concussion symptoms resulting from mild TBI, but hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment may not offer significant advantages, according to an article in Journal of Neurotrauma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-combat-related-mild.html Neuroscience Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:54:15 EST news272030004 A child who suffers a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have substantial functional disabilities and reduced quality of life 2 years after the injury. After those first 2 years, further improvement may be minimal. Better interventions are needed to prevent long-lasting consequences of TBI in children conclude the authors of a study published in Journal of Neurotrauma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-disability-traumatic-brain-injury-children.html Neuroscience Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:18:25 EST news267189482 For more than 1 million people in the U.S. living with spinal cord injury, the frightening days and weeks following the injury are filled with uncertainty about their potential for recovery and future independence. A new model based on motor scores at admission and early imaging studies may allow clinicians to predict functional outcomes and guide decision-making for therapy and care-giving needs, as described in an article published in Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-recovery-spinal-cord-injury.html Neuroscience Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:46:05 EST news263645156 Research led by Dr. Paul Harch, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that treatment with hyperbaric oxygen nearly three years after injury significantly improved function and quality of life for veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. The findings are available online now in the Journal of Neurotrauma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-rx-hyperbaric-oxygen-tbi-ptsd.html Neuroscience Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:04:24 EST news241707857 Bioengineering -- the application of engineering principles to understand and treat medical conditions -- is delivering innovative solutions for diagnosing and repairing damage to the brain caused by a traumatic injury. A broad sample of these new, cutting-edge techniques is presented in a special issue of Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-bioengineering-yields-approaches-traumatic-brain.html Medical research Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:40 EST news241185934 A history of psychiatric illness such as depression or anxiety before a traumatic brain injury (TBI), together with other risk factors, are strongly predictive of post-TBI psychiatric disorders, according to an article published in Journal of Neurotrauma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-factors-psychiatric-symptoms-traumatic-brain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:49:39 EST news229682961