Category Archives: Traumatic Brain Injury

Police officer Peter Laboy made a miraculous recovery after being shot in the head while on duty. Now he and his family are learning to live with his traumatic brain injury.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the U.S. for over a decade. It compiled a report about TBI in the U.S. between 2002 and 2006 and found that 218,934 people went to the emergency room for TBI treatment after a motor vehicle accident during that period. Over 12,000 were children under 5 years old. This is a huge number, and it doesn’t even include two important categories of people: those who were hospitalized or died as a result of the accident, and those who had delayed symptoms.

Two women living in separate North Dakota cities have made a connection through traumatic brain injury and a peer mentorship program that matches survivors with others who’ve lived it firsthand.

More than a million people are treated for mild traumatic brain injuries in U.S. hospitals and emergency rooms each year. Yet few receive appropriate psychological and social follow-up care that can make the difference in whether or not they fully recover.

A new study finds that almost half of homeless men surveyed suffered a traumatic brain injury in the past — most of which occurred before the men lost their homes.

David Wassarman, professor of cell and regenerative biology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, described flies as “humans with wings” at the McArdle Seminar in Cancer Biology Wednesday.

A new study of homeless men found that 45 percent of the subjects surveyed had experienced traumatic brain injuries in the past. Brain injuries can cause both cognitive and personality problems that researchers don’t yet fully understand.

About half of all 16- to 18-year-olds coming into New York City’s jails say they had a traumatic brain injury before being incarcerated, most caused by assaults, according to a new study that’s the latest in a growing body of research documenting head trauma among young offenders.

Teenagers who have suffered a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion have a significantly higher risk of attempting suicide, being bullied and seeking help for mental-health issues from crisis help lines, a study has found.

Fort Irwin and the UCLA Health System have formed a partnership to help soldiers suffering from traumatic brain injuries.