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Depression is a common consequence of traumatic brain injury. Zoloft is one of the most commonly prescribed anti-depressants for mild depression. If you have suffered depression or an aggravation of pre-existing depression from a TBI and your doctor has prescribed Zoloft, make sure you do not drink any grapefruit juice. Compounds within the
Some studies have indicated that TBI sustained early in life raises the risk of dementia during one’s elderly years. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai wanted to know if patients with dementia who had a TBI earlier in life had a distinct clinical profile from dementia patients with no
The Notre Dame team Athletic Dept. has developed a tablet-based testing system that captures the voice of an individual and analyzes the speech for signs of a potential concussion anytime, anywhere, in real time. The benefit of this technology is that nearly 90 percent of concussions go unrecognized when they occur. The way
Ivica Ducic, MD, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery and the Director of Peripheral Nerve Surgery at Georgetown is a pioneer in surgery to eliminate or reduce headaches following concussion. Dr. Ducic says that two different kinds of pain-producing nerves may be affected by a concussion: intracranial nerves that traverse the membranes covering the
On March 20, 2013 neurologist Gunjan Parikh, M.D. presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology on MRI evidence of brain damage following mild TBI. Dr. Parkh works at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Unit in Baltimore. He used MRI to evaluate 256 people with an average
A study published in the March 2013 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry shows that mild TBI significantly increases the risk for alcohol addiction for a period of six months following injury with the risk gradually declining to normal thereafter. The findings come from a study of 5065 active-duty airmen who had
According to an article in Volume 15, Issue 3 of the journal Pituitary published in Sept. 2012 there is evidence that about 30% of all children who suffer a traumatic brain injury show reduced pituitary output for up to 5 years post-injury. Hypopituitarism in children can be accompanied by reduced output of HGH
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