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News tagged with brain injury
Brain's immune system may cause chronic seizures
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic seizures caused by traumatic head injuries may result from chemicals released by the brain's immune system attempting to repair the injured site, according to a study led by the University of Colorado ...
New findings encourage more vigilant monitoring of seizure activity among intensive care patients
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Two new studies published by neurologists at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital demonstrate a need for more vigilant monitoring for seizure activity among intensive care patients who may ...
Could standard treatment for traumatic brain injury be wrong?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 03, 2009 |
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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, ...
Minor league hockey players unable to identify concussion symptoms, study says
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 27, 2009 |
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When Chicago Blackhawk's leading scorer Martin Havlat returned to the ice for game four of the Western Conference Final after sustaining a concussion only two days earlier, questions were raised surrounding his swift return. ...
New study may help understand how Alzheimer's robs sufferers of episodic memory
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 18, 2009 |
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Memory loss is love's great thief. Those who suffer aren't just the ones who can't remember—family, friends and loved ones agonize over how to react when the disorder begins its often inexorable progress.
Brain's organization switches as children become adults
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 15, 2009 |
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Any child confronting an outraged parent demanding to know "What were you thinking?" now has a new response: "Scientists have discovered that my brain is organized differently than yours."
Study shows traumatic brain injury haunts children for years
May 13, 2009 |
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the single most common cause of death and disability in children and adolescents, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Now, according to a new study by UCLA researchers, the effects ...
Policies on organ donation after cardiac death vary considerably among children's hospitals
May 12, 2009 |
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Although a large number of children's hospitals have developed or are developing policies regarding organ donation after cardiac death, there is considerable variation among policies, including the criteria for declaring ...
Children with concussions require follow-up care before returning to play, say researchers
May 04, 2009 |
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Children hospitalized with concussions should wait until they are seen by a clinician in a follow-up exam before returning to regular sports or playtime activities, according to researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Pediatricians adopt new term for shaken baby abuse
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to stop using the term "shaken baby syndrome" in favor of something more scientific.
Genetic Variations May Give Clues to Intracranial Aneurysms
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international study led by University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers has detected two genetic variations that could provide insight into why intracranial aneurysms develop.
Fishy fight-or-flight response may hold answers to human nerve damage
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Alberta are looking to the tiny zebrafish for a way to regenerate damaged nerve cells in people.
Army officials say war concussions overdiagnosed
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Mild brain injuries - once considered an under-recognized problem in returning military troops - are being overdiagnosed because the government is using soft criteria instead of hard medical evidence, an Army doctor ...
New research reclaims the power of speech
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A UQ researcher has revealed a new treatment for a speech disorder that commonly affects those who have suffered a stroke or brain injury.
Listening to pleasant music could help restore vision in stroke patients, suggests study
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Patients who have lost part of their visual awareness following a stroke can show an improved ability to see when they are listening to music they like, according to a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of ...
