Latest Brain Injuries Stories
In recent months, sports-related brain injuries have made headlines nationwide, in part because of concerning new information regarding the long-term severity of head injuries. In his latest article, “Cutting off Your Nose to Protect Your Head: Banning Sports Is Not the Only Answer to Preventing Brain Injuries,” attorney Richard P. Console, Jr., urges researchers and the sports industry to consider other ways to prevent or reduce the amount of sports-related brain injuries rather than...
The flip of a single molecular switch helps create the mature neuronal connections that allow the brain to bridge the gap between adolescent impressionability and adult stability. Now Yale School of Medicine researchers have reversed the process, recreating a youthful brain that facilitated both learning and healing in the adult mouse. Scientists have long known that the young and old brains are very different. Adolescent brains are more malleable or plastic, which allows them to...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A brain injury can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world. According to the Brain Injury Association of California, approximately 1.7 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury each year, and a brain injury occurs somewhere in the U.S. every 21 seconds. "Brain injuries are permanent and create devastating and life-altering conditions for those affected for the rest of their lives," states Elsa Quezada, Chair of the...
North Carolina injury lawyer continues to advocate for victims of traumatic brain injuries RALEIGH, North Carolina (PRWEB) February 06, 2012 Attorney Thomas Henson Jr., has been invited to join the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina’s (BIANC) board of directors. Henson, who focuses on traumatic brain injury litigation at local law firm HensonFuerst, will work with other BIANC board members to raise funds and give attention to the life-changing impacts of brain injuries. “I am...
Yes, it is true, brain injuries can result in awards of millions of dollars. Attorney Michael Ehline of Ehline Law Firm PC uses this recent Dodger's lawsuit case as a prime example of types of brain injuries and their causes. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 28, 2011 There are many types of brain injuries and causes. Some are more subtle than others. But it typically takes an issue of public concern to bring focus on an issue so serious as head injuries. Michael Ehline of Ehline...
STUART, Fla. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS) today announced that final certificate of need approval has been received from the state of Florida for a new comprehensive medical rehabilitation hospital in Martin County. The 34-bed hospital will be a partnership with Martin Memorial Health Systems and will provide comprehensive physical rehabilitation to patients who have experienced stroke, trauma, brain and orthopedic injuries or other...
PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (NKI) (www.neuro-kinetics.com), manufacturers of noninvasive medical diagnostic equipment used worldwide for neurophysiologic/neurotologic testing, said today that it will showcase its eye-tracking I-Portal® technology and the company's collaborative push with the military to develop earlier diagnosis of combat injuries, at the upcoming 2011 Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The March 16th event...
Less Than 10 Percent of Survey Respondents are Aware that Involuntary Laughing and Crying--Pseudobulbar Affect--is a Treatable Condition VIENNA, Va., Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the field of medicine continues to understand the complexities of brain injury, a survey released today by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) indicates that approximately 80 percent of survey respondents experience symptoms of an additional neurologic condition called pseudobulbar affect...
A team of world expert researchers from London "“ funded by children's health charity Action Medical Research with support from WellChild, the national charity for sick children "“ has just started an innovative project to develop a groundbreaking new way of taking MRI scans during pregnancy. (PRWeb UK) November 24, 2010 A team of world expert researchers from London "“ funded by children's health charity Action Medical Research with support from WellChild, the national charity...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (NKI) (www.neuro-kinetics.com), manufacturers of noninvasive medical diagnostic equipment used worldwide to test for vestibular and neurological conditions, said today that it has received a two-part grant under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to further the company's ongoing clinical studies to collect data for the objective diagnosis of sports concussions. The Therapeutic Discovery grant was...
