Category Archives: Brain Injury Treatment

A TEENAGER tried to take his own life after he was left unstimulated with a brain injury in a nursing home. The wheelchair-bound lad, 18, is one of 900 young people with brain injuries who are currently being forced to live in old folks homes around the country Continue reading →

A Scarborough man who had a 30 per centchance of survival after being hit by a speeding car has been shortlisted for a national award for his efforts to help prevent accidents on the road. Continue reading →

Our understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), until now, is that it is a mental health disorder that occurs as a consequence of exposure to extreme, life-threatening stress, and/or serious injury. This exposure, by definition, is requisite for the development of PTSD, but not all those who face trauma necessarily develop it the individual susceptibility to PTSD varies widely. Since the turn of the century, scientists have been trying to find evidence for genetic influence on PTSD risk, with the last decade witnessing concerted efforts to identify specific DNA variants that can influence ones genetic susceptibility to develop PTSD. Continue reading →

The Defense Department plans to expand a program that transitions veterans of the war on terror in the Middle East from Pentagon health care to the Department ofVeterans Affairs to include traumatic brain injuries, a signature wound of the 17-year war. In a letter sent to Congress over the summer, the Pentagons assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs, James N Continue reading →

Football remains one of the most popular sports in America, but participation at the high school level in South Dakota is falling steadily as the risk of brain injuries becomes clearer. Participation in 11-player boys football in South Dakota fell by 5.2% over the past three years and 16.6% over the past decade, according to data from the National Federation of State High School Associations, which has done annual surveys for more than 25 years Continue reading →

What killed Michael Hutchence? Mystify: Michael Hutchence brings new information to light. According to then-girlfriend Helena Christensen, in 1992 the INXS frontman got into an altercation with a taxi driver which led to him falling and hitting his head Continue reading →

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following a 15 day trial, a Los Angeles County jury has awarded $6,126,000 to 62-year-old Chung Wu Hsu who suffered severe and traumatic injuries after her vehicle was broadsided by a box truck whose driver had ran a red light after he dozed off behind the wheel. Plaintiff was represented at trial and in the case by Kevin Boyle, Andrew Owen and Matthew Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP Continue reading →

Tackle football remains one of the most popular sports in America, but participation in high school football in South Dakota and across the United States is falling steadily as the risk of brain injuries from the sport becomes clearer. Participation in 11-player boys football in South Dakota fell by 5.2% over the past three years, and dropped by 16.6% over the past decade, according to data from the National Federation of State High School Associations, which has done annual participation surveys for more than 25 years. Continue reading →

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A baby who was unable to breathe when he was born suffered 40 seizures in four days because his brain was starved of oxygen. Parents Laura O'Sullivan and Steven Griffiths could only watch as their boy Jac Patrick Griffiths was put into a hypothermic state in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan, Wales. He was wrapped in a "cooling mat" for 72 hours as part of treatment known as therapeutic hypothermia, which helps limit the extent of any brain injury Continue reading →