Is there a period of increased vulnerability for repeat traumatic brain injury?
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 ...
Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2013 |
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New understanding of nerve damage caused by spinal cord injury could improve treatment design
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 ...
Neuroscience
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Should hyperbaric oxygen therapy be used to treat combat-related mild traumatic brain injury?
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 ...
Neuroscience
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Disability caused by traumatic brain injury in children may persist and stop improving after 2 years
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 ...
Neuroscience
Sep 18, 2012 |
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A new model for predicting recovery after spinal cord injury
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. ...
Neuroscience
Aug 08, 2012 |
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Rx with hyperbaric oxygen improved TBI and PTSD in vets
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 ...
Neuroscience
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Bioengineering yields new approaches for diagnosing and treating traumatic brain injury
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 ...
Medical research
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Risk factors predictive of psychiatric symptoms after traumatic brain injury
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 ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 12, 2011 |
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