Thousands of Americans suffer from episodes of acute or persistent neck pain each year as a result of injury, strain, overuse or aging. Problems in your cervical spine (the first seven bones in the neck running from the base of the brain to just past the shoulder blades) require assessment and treatment to prevent further, [...]
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Helmets Cause Increased Brain Injury
January 9th, 2011 
admin Traumatic brain injury has been deemed the signature wound of the war in Iraq among Americans and now, new research has surfaced, which states that U.S. soldier helmets may actually be increasing the severity of a TBI following an IED blast. IED’s are improvised explosive devices that have caused many American soldier injuries. The study [...]
Viral Meningitis May Cause Fatal Brain Injury
January 3rd, 2011 admin A recent issue of the science journal Nature described a paradigm shift among lethal infections that may be “ravaging the brain” and causing the development of serious traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and TBI side effects such as brain swelling, seizures and epilepsy. Infections such as meningitis have been thought to cause damage to the brain, [...]
Sports Injuries May Cause Increase in Traumatic Brain Injuries
December 26th, 2010 admin Professional athletes are paid to win, to entertain, to train and, at times, to endure the brunt of much physical abuse because of their profession. However, several recent studies and news outlets have reported an increasingly disturbing number of athletes, both professional and non-professional, developing traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as related to concussions. These injuries [...]
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No Comments »Train Accidents Can Cause Brain Injuries, Fatalities
December 25th, 2010 admin During a three-year period, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Safety Analysis reported an increase of train collisions in the United States. The increase, which occurred from June 2005 to June 2008, accounted for a 13.3 percent jump in the number of wrecks occurring throughout the country. This figure is only heightened after [...]
Leading Cause of a Traumatic Brain Injury are Motorcycle Accidents
December 22nd, 2010 admin During the year of 2003, motorcyclists were 32 times more likely than a passenger in a car to die in an auto accident, according to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Motocycle and auto accidents are together, a main cause in traumatic brain injury in America. Of the motorcycle accidents that occur, almost one out [...]
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