Could standard treatment for traumatic brain injury be wrong?
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 10:14
in Health & Medicine
Traumatic brain injury - not heart disease, stroke or cancer - is the number one cause of death and disability in people under 45. Each year, some 1.5 million Americans, including soldiers, athletes, the elderly and children, sustain head injuries, and nearly half of them will be hospitalized and treated in an emergency room or intensive care unit.
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