Close to 50 percent of all traumatic brain injuries are due to accidents involving vehicles, including cars, motorcycles and bicycles, according to a recent study published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These reports conflict with information that states most TBIs result from explosive devices that afflict United States soldiers fighting in Iraq. Moreover, [...]
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Abc Reporter Bob Woodruff’s Incredible Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury
December 22nd, 2010 
admin Copyright (c) 2008 SharpBrains You have may have seen a few weeks ago the interview between former US presidential contender John Edwards and reporter Bob Woodruff. All the resulting media coverage centered on Edwards’ declarations. However, there is something much more remarkable that surfaced at that interview: Bob Woodruff’s spectacular recovery. This is the same [...]
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No Comments »The Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Team: the Occupational Therapist
December 22nd, 2010 admin Copyright (c) 2008 David Bressman An important member of the brain injury treatment team will likely be an occupational therapist. Occupational therapists help patients improve their ability to perform tasks in living and working environments. This kind therapy focuses on enabling individuals who suffer from mental, physical, developmental, or emotionally disabling conditions to do, and [...]
Posted in Treatment Tags: Brain, Injury, Occupational, Team, Therapist, Traumatic, Treatment No Comments »Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Research and Methods Increase
December 22nd, 2010 admin Each year in America, there are millions of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that severely debilitate citizens from a number of common, everyday activities that often depend on the severity of their injury. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), common TBI disabilities include difficulties with cognition affecting memory and reasoning; [...]
Traumatic Brain Injury and Its Effects on Balance
December 22nd, 2010 admin Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can have a serious impact on many aspects of the human body’s ability to function normally, including a person’s ability to maintain balance. A TBI is defined as brain damage caused by a severe trauma to the head and can cause a large number of problems. Balance impairments (also sometimes called [...]
Stem Cell Treatment for Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury
December 22nd, 2010 admin Damage and Disability caused by Stroke At present, ischemic stroke is the third leading cause of death in industrialised countries. With an annual incidence of 250–400 in 100 000 inhabitants, around 1 million people suffer from a stroke each year in the United States and in the European Union(1). Approximately a third of cases are [...]
Scientists Study Brain Injury Treatment
December 21st, 2010 admin While research into prevention and treatment for traumatic brain injuries (TBI), it still continues to be a top condition affecting millions of Americans annually. The side effects of TBI are severe and can range from a coma or death to cognitive disorders to social and behavioral issues to mental and physical disability. According to the [...]
What Is A Brain Injury?
December 21st, 2010 admin Some of the symptoms of brain injury are: short-term memory loss; fatigue, insomnia, apathy, social withdrawal, irritability, frustration and anger, slowed thinking, inability to carry out routine tasks, inability to learn new facts, disorganization, diminished attention span, poor concentration when there is two or more stimuli, impaired judgment, depression, anxiety, lack of motivation, perseveration, lack [...]
