Latest traumatic brain injury Stories
Popular media perspectives on traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in sports like ice hockey has changed over time and may influence people's attitudes towards these injuries, according to research published April 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Michael Cusimano and colleagues from St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada. The authors compared articles published in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Toronto Star and Vancouver Sun from 1998-2000 and 2009-2011. They found the Canadian...
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) announced that CEO and President, Richard Garr, will take part in a comprehensive Bio Maryland panel, introduced by Lt. Governor, Anthony Brown, on Maryland's leadership in traumatic brain injury prevention, diagnosis and treatment at the BIO International Convention in Chicago, Ill., on April 24. Mr. Garr's panel, from 2:30 - 3:30, will discuss "Treatment--What's Working and What is Under Development." He...
Investigational Treatment for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury to be Studied in Phase I Trial Later This Year BANGKOK, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Besins Healthcare (Besins) and Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL), a global leader in hormonal products, announced today that they have completed a licensing agreement to use SNBL's proprietary intranasal drug delivery system, Muco(TM) System, to further develop its BHR-310 investigational agent containing progesterone for...
Neurological Wellness Center Comments on Alzheimer’s Care Assisted Living Expenses Costing $90 to $200 Per Day According to a Recent Article in the Los Angeles Times* (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 Implementing the treatment detailed in Perispinal etanercept: a new therapeutic paradigm in neurology by Dr. Tobinick can enable a severely impaired person needing full time assisted living care who is unable to recognize their own children or even count to ten to, after a single dose, recognize...
Research grant provides foundation to propel additional financial support of One Mind's inaugural brain research program SEATTLE, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- One Mind for Research announced today that Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has pledged $3.5 million in support of One Mind's "Gemini Program," contingent upon One Mind securing additional funding. "The Gemini Program" is a multi-year study of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS). One Mind is...
Study Evaluating Intravenous Progesterone Formulation BHR-100 Aims to Bring First-Ever Approved TBI Treatment to Market; Patient Enrollment Set to Complete in 2013 HERNDON, Va., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BHR Pharma, LLC announced today that the 1,000(th) patient has been enrolled in its SyNAPSe® clinical trial, a global phase III study evaluating the effectiveness of its proprietary intravenous progesterone infusion agent, BHR-100, to treat severe traumatic brain...
The 14-minute segment that aired on 60 Minutes Australia features a man, Charlie Giales, with severe Alzheimer’s receiving a perispinal injection of the drug Enbrel. Within minutes of receiving this injection, Charlie regains his mental faculties. (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 This 60 Minute show, which aired October 16, 2011, powerfully demonstrates that Alzheimer’s disease no longer has to be the long good-bye that it was for Ronald Reagan. Substantial recovery of memory and cognitive...
RICHMOND, Va., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In the wake of the phenomenally successful Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, one author hopes that the erotic romance genre's newly-expanded popularity can be used to raise awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury or 'TBI', an invisible but life-changing injury that is estimated to affect at least 19% of American veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130409/CG91482) Erotic romance author...
Preventive measures, genetic risks, new diagnostic tools needed to identify effects of traumatic brain injury in athletes, soldiers One of the most controversial topics in neurology today is the prevalence of serious permanent brain damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Long-term studies and a search for genetic risk factors are required in order to predict an individual's risk for serious permanent brain damage, according to a review article published by Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, from the...
Sports Health and Research Program a Partnership with NIH and NFL Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) April 04, 2013 The FNIH today announced that the Sports and Health Research Program (SHRP) is seeking NIH grant proposals from experts in the field to study the detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of sports-related brain injuries. The SHRP -- sponsored by the NFL in collaboration with the NIH and announced last September – is conducting research focused on the long-term health effect of...
