WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many Iraq war veterans with traumatic brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of ...
... help predict a patient’s degree of recovery. In brain injuries sustained when the head suddenly stops moving – ... hour, you’re going to have this kind of injury,” Dr. Díaz-Arrastia said. “It may account ...
MELBOURNE, June 4 (UPI) -- An Australian study brain imaging shows long-term, heavy use of marijuana can cause significant brain injury.
... and social policy, including whether or not harsh prison sentences for the perpetrators of traumatic brain injury in young children is the most beneficial way for society to deal with this problem.
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... The elderly fear breaking a hip when they fall, but a government study indicates that hitting their head can also have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for half of all deaths from falls....
... PEG treatment.
According to Borgens "These data suggest that PEG may be clinically useful to victims of traumatic brain injury if delivered as rapidly as possible after an injury". Such a treatment ...
... oxygen deprivation, known as hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, is one of the most common causes of death and long ... resuscitation actually worsens white-matter injuries."
Dr. Kernie said adding pure oxygen ...
... suggesting an immediate and important change to guidelines used in the care of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The researchers say that following TBI, patients should be given nutritional ...
... malaria have long-term cognitive impairment, which means more than 200,000 children a year may have significant long-term brain injury because of cerebral malaria."
John and Boivin are ...
... involved with the research, argue that this model and other prognostic models for traumatic brain injury will be useful for "clinical decision making and the counselling of patients' relatives, but ...
A colour-changing crystal attached to a soldier's uniform could help doctors decide if they might need treatment for a brain injury, researchers say.
Nearly one out of five delinquent youths suffer from traumatic brain injury, which can contribute to wide ranging mental illnesses, a new University of Michigan study shows.
... sample sizes.
Health care professionals need to ask homeless people if they have had traumatic brain injuries when providing health care. Neuropsychological screening, referral to rehabilitation ...
... currently no treatment for spinal cord or brain injury, says Zhigang He, PhD, Associate ... kind of mechanism might also prevent regeneration after injury."
The key pathway for controlling cell growth ...
... , 2008 – "How will our loved one come out of this?" After an accident that results in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), the answer to this simple question can change everything for a family. The ...
