Category Archives: Brain Injury Treatment

The lungs are ground zero, but COVID-19 also tears through organ systems from brain to blood vessels. Continue reading →

Among the patients I care for at the hospital is a young woman recovering from COVID-19. Continue reading →

Fionnuala Mahoney kept her secret hidden from her mother, her teachers and the other children at school.She sat in the back of the class with her shoulders slumped and her face covered by her long, brown hair, hoping to escape her teacher's gaze.When finally asked to read a passage from her textbook, shed remember how her mom had done it the night before. Continue reading →

"After I finished a round of anti-seizure medications, there weren't any other pharmaceuticals available to help me with my brain injury," Frankel said. "All of the neurosurgeons [who] I consulted said I needed bed rest until the inflammation goes down." As a mother and wife who needed to function, Frankel became restless as she struggled with pain due to the swelling in her brain. Continue reading →

Karine Lagace opened Neuro Physio to help the community and that is exactly what she will continue to do, albeit, a little further from her clients than she would prefer amidst the pandemic. For a little more than a month, Lagace has been offering free physiotherapy appointments over the phone to not only her regular clientele but anyone seeking advice relating to her area of expertise Continue reading →

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. We have underestimated and misunderstood COVID-19 since it first appeared. And as we learn more, it's clear that COVID-19 can be more than just a respiratory disease. Continue reading →

CBS NEWS/ CNET On a warm New York City summer morning a few years back, Jacob LaMendola, then in his late 20s, smelled chocolate for the first time. It was, as far as he can tell, the first time hed smelled anything Continue reading →

Proteostasis dISRupted Despite their importance, many crucial networks for protein quality control within cells diminish with age. The resulting loss of proteostasis, the process by which the health of a cell's proteins is monitored and maintained, is associated with a wide range of age-related human diseases. Costa-Mattioli and Walter review the integrated stress response (ISR), a central signaling network that responds to proteostasis defects by tuning protein synthesis Continue reading →

Just before the big break up, Drogheda Institute of Further Education Level 6 Culinary Arts students held an afternoon tea, with all proceeds going to Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. One of their very own students in the Culinary Arts course, Denise Sullivan, has had her fair share of brain related illnesses. Denise is near the end of her two year Culinary Arts course in Drogheda Institute, two decades on from a massive stroke Continue reading →

As cases related to the novel coronavirus continue to strain hospitals, doctors face difficult choices about rationing scarce medical resources like ventilators choices that will likely determine who lives and who dies. Several states policies tell providers to allocate scarce resources to those most likely to benefit. Continue reading →