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Continue reading...Brain Injury Awareness Day
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
March 17, 2010: Sports and Concussion The Brain Injury Association of America encourages state affiliate leaders and advocates across the country to participate in Brain Injury Awareness Day at events hosted by the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force on Capitol Hill. Schedule of Events: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Brain Injury Awareness Fair First Floor Foyer of the Rayburn [...]
Continue reading...Children who are slow to recover from sports-related concussion need specialized rehabilitation
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Some children and adolescents who suffer from a sports-related concussion may recover more slowly than adults. Therefore, clinical professionals have long recommended that rehabilitation programs specific for children be developed. The Montreal Children’s Hospital Trauma Programs developed a set of guidelines specific for children, called the Montreal Children’s Hospital Rehabilitation After Concussion (MCH-RAC). Instead of the [...]
Continue reading...What happens to the brain after electrical injury?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Even when the head is not in direct contact with an electrical power source, head injuries can occur by means of an electrical surge to the peripheral nervous system (from contact to an extremity such as arm or leg). Electrical injury survivors often show mental deficits and slowed motor skills as a result of the [...]
Continue reading...What can stem cells do for spinal cord injury?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
One of the major consequences of spinal cord injury is death of neurons after the injury and the inability of surviving neurons to regenerate and repair their connections. This secondary injury can continue for even years after the incident and much research has been focused on promoting regeneration.
Continue reading...Women and traumatic brain injury.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Women are more likely to be depressed in the early stages of traumatic brain injury. An article by Michigan researchers in The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing recently reported that women are more likely than men to suffer from depression after traumatic brain injury. Additionally, women are more likely than men to have post-traumatic difficulties with memory, [...]
Continue reading...Who is more likely to get depression after traumatic brain injury?
Monday, January 11, 2010
Depression is a common complication following traumatic brain injury and it affects a person’s ability to function well. Depression may also lead to problems with sleep, memory, and social skills—creating a complicated tangle of post-traumatic symptoms. Past research has shown conflicting evidence about the relationship between depression and brain injury, especially when addressing a history [...]
Continue reading...CT scan is not a good predictor of outcome in mild traumatic brain injury.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Traumatic Axonal injury associated with mild traumatic brain injury can be either hemorrhagic or non-hemorrhagic. While the axons themselves do not necessarily bleed when torn, small vessels in the vicinity may. The below article discusses the utility of CT scan as it applies to outcome and predictive outcome in mTBI. The authors confirm that other [...]
Continue reading...URGENT – CALL TO ACTION
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
In a process that has taken more than 3 years to accomplish, California Brain Injury Association (CALBIA) has arranged for Senate Hearings before the following committees to educate our State Senators about brain injury. Our goal is to secure additional hearings which will lead to the introduction of legislation and address the many health care [...]
Continue reading...Health Care Reform Update for November 20, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
This week, The Senate released and began debate on their Health Care Reform leadership measure. As many of you may know, originally, rehabilitation was not included in the Senate Finance bill as a minimum benefit. Due to the lobbying efforts of BIAA, largely supported and funded by our Business and Professional Council, we [...]
Continue reading...- Hormone problems after traumatic brain injury
- Hearing loss prevalent in traumatic head injury
- A concussion is a brain injury
- Mitochondrial dysfunction involved in age-related decline in traumatic brain injury
- Trends of spinal injury and spinal cord injury of the last twenty years.
- Blood alcohol levels in severe traumatic brain injury
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