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According to a new study, doctors may be able to assess patients for traumatic brain injuries (TBI) by using the patient’s sense of smell. The study involved 231 military members who were being treated for injuries at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The soldiers were all evaluated for brain injuries, and also had their...
Traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are life-changing injuries which may never completely heal. Unlike a broken arm, the brain has a limited ability to generate new cells, which means that the effects of a brain injury are often permanent. Though the victim of a TBI may never be completely back to normal, our brains are...
We’re all aware of the dangers of drinking and driving, but despite this awareness, impaired driving accidents continue to happen. Even with our increased knowledge of what happens when someone who’s been drinking gets behind the wheel of a car and drives, people continue doing it, and as a result, serious injury and death continue...
Traumatic brain injuries are a very common injury, accounting for approximately 30 percent of all deaths from injury in the United States. Severe traumatic brain injuries that don’t result in death are a common cause of disability, including a number of long-term disabilities. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, traumatic brain injuries...
As parents we try our best to protect our children, but accidents do happen, and in some cases, the consequences can be devastating. Unfortunately, traumatic brain injury (TMI) is the leading cause of both death and disability in children aged 19 and younger. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, in 2009 approximately...
When talking about the effects of traumatic brain injury, it can be easy to overlook one of the most significant impacts on the family of the patient. Often when a loved one suffers from a brain injury, someone in the home takes on the role of caregiver. A recent study published in the journal Biological...
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are injuries to the brain caused a sharp blow or jolt to the head. While there will be other, more immediate concerns in the aftermath of a motor vehicle accident or fall which has resulted in a TBI, there are also, unfortunately, a number of potential long-term problems. According to the...
Motor vehicle accidents are a major source of traumatic brain injury. Car crashes and other traffic-related accidents are also the leading cause of deaths related to traumatic brain injury. In addition to the individual costs of a severe traumatic brain injury, there are also large societal and economic costs as well. Severe traumatic brain injury...
You were involved in a motor vehicle accident and received a blow to the head. And now you’ve been diagnosed with concussion. A concussion is a form of mild traumatic brain injury and while most people recover from concussions, the time it takes to recover varies from individual to individual, depending on factors such as...
Traumatic brain injuries are caused by sharp blows or jolts to the head, but researchers are now looking at what mechanisms cause the long-term effects related to traumatic brain injury. While a lot of focus has been on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been found in some former professional football players, there may be...
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