Health
Cycle safe: Find the right bike helmet for your child
Wearing a bike helmet can save the life of your young child or teenager, but it needs to fit well to really do its job.
Jul 11, 2022
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News tagged with traumatic brain injury
Neuroscience
Head injuries in children linked to reduced brain size and learning difficulties
Traumatic brain injury may lead to reduced brain size in some children and teenagers, which can be linked to cognitive problems, a new study shows.
Jul 08, 2022
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Medical research
Gestures can improve understanding in language disorders
When words fail, gestures can help to get the message across—especially for people who have a language disorder. An international research team has now shown that listeners attend the gestures of people with aphasia more ...
Jul 07, 2022
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Neuroscience
Brain stimulation can rewire and heal damaged neural connections, but it isn't clear how
The connections between the neurons in your brain enable you to do amazing things, from brushing your teeth to solving calculus equations. When these connections become damaged, often as a result of conditions like stroke ...
Jul 07, 2022
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Medical research
Pathway deep in the brain makes it resilient after injury
For days, and even years, after someone suffers a stroke or traumatic brain injury, they have an increased risk of developing epilepsy. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes discovered that star-shaped cells called astrocytes ...
Jul 06, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Death by choking on food: A new review of coronial findings
Researchers have recently examined coroner reports of deaths in residential care where choking or aspiration pneumonia was a factor in the person's death. In every case examined, the coroner considered the death was preventable. ...
Jul 06, 2022
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Neuroscience
Pre-TBI headache affects diagnosis of posttraumatic headache
Individuals with headache before traumatic brain injury (TBI) are less likely to receive a diagnosis of posttraumatic headache (PTH), according to a study published online May 20 in Headache.
Jun 30, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study explores employment, economic consequences of mTBI
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has employment and economic consequences for patients, according to a study published online June 29 in JAMA Network Open.
Jun 30, 2022
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Medical research
Dementia: Blood levels could point to early loss of neuronal connections
Researchers from DZNE and Ulm University Hospital have identified a protein in the blood that may indicate the degradation of neural connections years before the onset of dementia symptoms. If these findings are confirmed, ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientists create maps of the brain after traumatic brain injury
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered that an injury to one part of the brain changes the connections between nerve cells across the entire brain. The new research was published this week in ...
Jun 17, 2022
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