Category Archives: Brain Injury Treatment

Source: BrainScope Co. via Bloomberg Researchers in Bethesda, Maryland, have spent eight years developing a handheld device to quickly assess potential brain trauma in injured U.S. soldiers and athletes with concussions. Jean Case and her husband Steve, who co-founded AOL Inc. (AOL), invested in BrainScope Co., the devices developer, through their family office in 2008. The billionaire couple say they are using some of their fortune to help ease some of societys ills while hopefully making a profit. They committed in June to spend $50 million in the coming years on mission-driven investments. A new generation of investors is emerging that wants more than just a financial return, Jean Case, 54, said in an interview. Billions more will go into it. With private wealth at a record, rich investors such as the Cases, members of the Pritzker family and Pierre Omidyar are increasingly looking for ways to put their money to work and do good. Its an investing niche previously limited to a sprinkling of mutual funds that avoided stocks such as tobacco and gun manufacturers. The number of money managers offering impact-investing products has surged 155 percent in the past five years. Impact investing is still a fraction of … Continue reading →

NEWS Sgt. Anson Curry seeking treatment after being injured in Afghanistan Posted September 03, 2014, 10:30 PM Updated YESTERDAY, 4:31 AM SAN ANTONIO - Purple Heart recipient Sgt. Anson Curry and his wife Minie arrived by plane to San Antonio. Curry, a U.S. Army soldier was injured on Aug. 5, 2011. He suffered a brain injury when a grenade went off and shrapnel penetrated his head. "He's still fighting and even though he can't verbalize I know my husband is still there and he wants to fight and he wants to get better," said Curry's wife Minie. Following his injuries the 26-year-old sergeant received treatment in Afghanistan, Germany, Maryland and California. Curry comes to the Alamo City seeking additional treatment. His flight here was donated by AeroCare Air Ambulance. The pilots and flight paramedics also donated their time to help a hero in need. Go here to see the original: Purple Heart recipient to make Alamo City new home … Continue reading →

London, GB (PRWEB) September 05, 2014 Many aging people experience worsened memory, sleepiness, depression, dizziness and vertigo, i.e. the symptoms related to dementia and cerebral atherosclerosis. A unique Dr. Allens Device for the Treatment of Head and Brain can help to treat these annoying symptoms gradually. It is not surprising, as a recent article White Matter Integrity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea before and after Treatment has shown that structural neural injuries in the brain are reversible, Fine Treatment reveals. According to the article White Matter Integrity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) before and after Treatment, in the Journal Sleep, volume 37, issue 9, 2014, recovery of cognitive deficits after treatment is consistent with the presence of a reversible structural neural injury in OSA in patients who were compliant with treatment. Dr. Rosenberg, medical consultant from Arizona, in his article Restore Your Brain by Treating Sleep Apnea, dated September 3, 2014, in the Everyday Health, made remarkable notes about Italian research: This study demonstrates that sleep apnea can, and does, cause serious damage to our brains. It also shows that these changes are reversible when one adheres to therapy. The most important realization I took away from this study, is the … Continue reading →

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 3-Sep-2014 Contact: Shelly Kirkland shelly.kirkland@utdallas.edu 972-883-3221 Center for BrainHealth Traumatic Axonal Injury is a form of traumatic brain injury that can have detrimental effects on the integrity of the brain's white matter and lead to cognitive impairments. A new study from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas investigated white matter damage in the acute and chronic stages of a traumatic axonal injury in an effort to better understand what long-term damage may result. The study, published online July 21 in the Journal of Neurotrauma, looked at 13 patients ages 16 to 60 with mild to severe brain injuries from the intensive care unit at a Level I trauma center. This group was matched to a cohort of 10 healthy individuals resembling the age, gender, and ethnicity of the patients. White matter integrity was measured using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in the acute stage of injury, at day one, and again at the chronic stage, seven months post-injury. In addition, neuropsychological assessments measured cognitive performance including processing speed, attention, learning and memory at both stages after injury. "We intended to determine whether DTI could not only identify early compromise to white matter, but … Continue reading →

Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 03, 2014 To improve treatments of babies with perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a major cause of brain injury in newborns, Childrens National Health System researchers have focused on a physiological biomarker, Heart Rate Variability (HRV), which can help better predict neurological outcomes, including whether different cooling patterns can improve care. Their study was published in June in the Journal of Perinatology. A key finding is the recommendation to tailor therapies to an individuals biological profile and ongoing response to treatment and evaluate whether heart rate variability measures can be predictive of a childs neurological outcome. The study showed that biomarkers can change at different times, and the cooling process may need to change as well. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is most impacted in brain-injured patients during two key periods, at 24 hours after birth and after 80 hours. Cooling procedures have been the hallmark of treating babies with HIE, but 40 percent of children treated this way continue to have moderate-to-serve disabilities or die. HIE is a major cause of long-term neurological complications, from mild to severe, including mental retardation and cerebral palsy. The studys authors included members of Childrens National staff representing a joint … Continue reading →

Failing memory is one of the (many) drawbacks of old age, but can also impact younger people suffering stroke, early-stage Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury and cardiac arrest. In a breakthrough that opens up the potential for new treatments for memory impairments in the young and old, researchers at Northwestern University in the US have shown that electrical stimulation of the brain can improve memory, with the benefits lasting long after treatment. Unlike Deep Brain Stimulation, in which electrodes are implanted into the brain and which has also shown promise for enhancing memory as well as for the treatment of depression, the Northwestern study involves a non-invasive method called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). This uses magnetic pulses to induce electrical activity in particular regions of the brain and has previously been shown to enhance the learning ability of rats and shown promise in the treatment of migraines. For their study, the Northwestern team enlisted 16 healthy adults between the ages of 16 and 40 and took a detailed anatomical image of their brains as well as using an MRI scanner to record their brain activity for 10 minutes as they lay quietly. This provided an overview of the individuals' brain … Continue reading →

The High Court this afternoon ordered the garda to apprehend a 16-year-old boy who had absconded from hospital, bring him back and remain with him until a brain scan is carried out on him. Barrister Felix McEnroy, SC, counsel for the HSEs Child and Family Agency, told Mr Justice Kevin Cross that the boy was at the high end of disturbed children and had previously suffered a brain injury. He had undergone a surgical operation and had suffered a very worrying deterioration of his condition. While in care detention he had started dropping cups, suffering headaches and had developed a problem with his speech and memory. Mr McEnroy said the boy had been brought back to hospital where, following observation, he had undergone a brain scan and medical assessment. He had absconded twice from the hospital today and while he had been apprehended the first time he was now still missing. The boy had a history of absconding from care and had been detained in a care facility in Co Dublin. Mr McEnroy said garda believed they were in a position to apprehend him quickly again and the agency was seeking a court order directing them to return the boy … Continue reading →

Stimulating a particular region in the brain via non-invasive delivery of electrical current using magnetic pulses, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, improves memory, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. The discovery opens a new field of possibilities for treating memory impairments caused by conditions such as stroke, early-stage Alzheimers disease, traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest and the memory problems that occur in healthy aging. We show for the first time that you can specifically change memory functions of the brain in adults without surgery or drugs, which have not proven effective, said senior author Joel Voss, assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. This non-invasive stimulation improves the ability to learn new things. It has tremendous potential for treating memory disorders. The study, published August 29 in Science, also is the first to demonstrate that remembering events requires a collection of many brain regions to work in concert with a key memory structure called the hippocampus similar to a symphony orchestra. The electrical stimulation is like giving the brain regions a more talented conductor so they play in closer synchrony. Its like we replaced their normal conductor with Muti, Voss said, referring to Riccardo Muti, … Continue reading →

Eric Valor, 45, at his home in Aptos, Calif. He uses an eye-tracking camera to help him communicate and a sensor taped to his cheek to alert an attendant. James Martin/CNET All of a sudden, Eric Valor struggled to surf. His left foot started dragging while he tried to pop up on his board, causing more wipeouts than normal for the avid wave rider. What started as a visit to the foot doctor resulted in an eventual diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, an incurable neurodegenerative condition with few known causes that bit by bit takes away a person's ability to control muscle movements and leads to death. Valor out surfing, once a regular hobby along with snowboarding and scuba diving. Courtesy of Eric Valor "The gravity of that day," he said of when he was diagnosed, "of the terrifying fear, volcanic anger, the inconsolable sorrow for the loss of the perfect life my wife and I had built -- still remains as a stark and adrenaline-inducing memory." Valor -- a 45-year-old former information technology professional living outside Santa Cruz, Calif., who is now paralyzed -- built a new life as an advocate for … Continue reading →

Brain injury can have cognitive, behavioural and emotional consequences, which differ from person to person, Peter McCabe, chief executive of Headway UK, told The Telegraph. It can lead to people exhibiting unpredictable, impulsive or erratic behaviour, particularly when in a stressful or unfamiliar environment. Mr Busey is exhibiting challenging behaviour in the house, which may well be as a result of his brain injury. Busey, who lives in Los Angeles, starred in the action films Lethal Weapon and Point Break and was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story. Now more famous for his eccentric behaviour and his appearance on reality TV shows, he has attracted the opprobrium of a number of his fellow contestants in the Big Brother house, including Ricci Guarnaccio, who stars in the MTV show Geordie Shore, and James Jordan, a professional dancer who has appeared on BBC Ones Strictly Come Dancing. He has been the butt of several jokes and last night was singled out for stinging criticism by a number of his fellow housemates in face-to-face evictions, in which each contestant was asked to name the person they most wanted to leave the show. In … Continue reading →