Contrary to popular belief, a new study suggests that anti-depressants may not be useful when depression has already had its onset in patients with traumatic brain injuries. In a paper…
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Searching Out Tsunamis to Help Brain Injury Patients
University of Cincinnati researchers are looking deep inside the brain to figure out why some head injury patients recover and others do not. It appears linked to what’s called a “brain…
New Study will Examine the Link between Head Injuries, Degenerative Brain Disorders
UPMC’s Brain Trauma Research Center, Pitt’s Department of Critical Care Medicine and Drug Discovery Institute, and CMU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are preparing to study treatments for traumatic brain injuries…
Relief Comes for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries
WASHINGTON (VA) – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald has granted equitable relief to more than 24,000 Veterans following a national review of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) medical examinations conducted…
Systemic Review: Prevalence and Epidemiology of Combat Blast Injuries
A recent systematic review of the current medical literature on blast-related injuries among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) service members from 2001…
Traumatic Brain Injury has Lasting Effect on Sleep
Sleep-wake disturbances are a persistent problem in people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and one that is underestimated by patients, study data indicate. “[O]ur data suggest that…
Brain Imaging Scans Show Some Vegetative Patients are Living on the Edge of Consciousness
Maggie Worthen was a week away from graduating from Smith College in May 2006 when she suffered a massive stroke. Her classmates found her unconscious on the floor of her…
Veterans Find Camaraderie in Reading
CHAPEL HILL Even before John Howell left for Iraq in 2009, he loved Walt Whitman’s poetry. As a soldier, he identified with Whitman’s description of the injured he saw in…
Computerized Rehabilitation Aids those Suffering from Brain Injuries
For the first time, researchers have shown that computerized cognitive rehabilitation (a program to help brain-injured or otherwise cognitively impaired individuals to restore normal functioning) can improve attention and executive…
MRI improves diagnosis of microbleeding after brain injury in military personnel
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Imaging patients soon after traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs can lead to better (more accurate) detection of cerebral microhemorrhages, or microbleeding on the brain, according to…