The White House on Tuesday unveiled a $100 million research initiative to better understand how the human brain works, a bold undertaking with potentially life-changing ramifications for troops with debilitating combat injuries.
Considerable opportunity exists to improve interventions and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults, according to three studies published in the recent online issue of NeuroRehabilitation by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The American Academy of Neurology issued new guidelines last week for assessing school-aged athletes with head injuries on the field. The message: if in doubt, sit out.
According to three studies, considerable opportunity exists to improve interventions and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults. The studies were published in the recent online issue of NeuroRehabilitation by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
After a tragic accident left a young man needing long-term care, his family discovered the closest suitable place was out of state.
Considerable opportunity exists to improve interventions and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults, according to three studies published in the recent online issue of NeuroRehabilitation by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Maybe you didn’t realize it, but this month—March—has been National Brain Injury Awareness Month. During these 31 days, an estimated 140,000 people in the U.S. will have sustained some degree of traumatic brain injury (TBI), ranging from mild concussions to coma or death.
Recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) doesn’t follow the same course for everyone. Doctors, nurses, physical or occupational therapists, and counselors are a few of the providers that may be available to help patients recover after their TBI.
Former astronaut captain Mark Kelly spoke during a traumatic brain injury conference in Carlsbad on Saturday.
The combined use of hyperbaric oxygen and normobaric hyperoxia therapies provides better outcomes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) as compared to standard intensive neurosurgical care, researchers at the Hennepin County Medical Center, the University of Minnesota, and the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) report.