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Progesterone Now in Phase III Clinical Trials to Treat TBI

Emory University neuroscientist Don Stein, PhD has been studying the benefits and mechanisms of the hormone progesterone as a treatment for TBI for nearly 3 decades. He first became interested in progesterone when he observed that female rats recovered more quickly and completely from TBI than male rats, and that the probable explanation

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TBI Affects The Elderly Differently

Elderly people don’t face the risk of TBI from wars or sports like young people. Their major risk factor for TBI is falls. One recent study in Finland by Niina Korhonen, B.M. stated that TBI from falls is a leading cause of death and disability in the elderly. Older persons tend to recovery

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Eye Tests Detect Traumatic Brain Injury

On 5/10/13 at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthamalogy in Seattle, Dr. Peskind described the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to detect traumatic brain injury and monitor healing from TBI. OCT uses near-infared light to create images of subsurface biological tissue in slices. Used on the

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Addressing Sexual Dysfunction After TBI

For the millions of Americans living with TBI, there is often an unspoken problem: many suffer from sexual dysfunction, something that is easily overlooked as patients struggle with overwhelming physical and emotional issues that can last for years, new research has found. Neuropsychologist Jhon A. Moreno at the University of Montreal says that

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TBI Increases Suicide Risk

Does TBI increase one’s risk of suicide? It would appear so. Earlier this year the Pentagon reported an extremely grim statistic: In the first months of the year, a soldier was more likely to die from suicide than from war injuries. From early January to early May 2012, the suicide rate averaged nearly

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Injured Brain Extra Vulnerable to New Brain Injuries

It is sometimes the case that a person who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury receives a second one before healing from the first. When this happens is the ultimate outcome worse than if the first MTBI had healed? Yes says recent research on rats by UCLA neuroscientists Mayumi Prins, Daya Alexander, Christopher

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A New Concussion Test That Uses Objective Factors

In March 2013 two neurologists at Mayo Clinic presented their research into finding an objective, biological marker for concussion that does not rely on subjective reporting of symptoms. Dr. David Dodick and Dr. Bert Vargas presented their findings at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in San Diego. These doctors found significant

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Tau Protein Clumps Found in Brains of People with TBI

In 2012 famed NFL linebacker Junior Seau killed himself and left a note asking that his brain be examined by neuroscientists to learn if abnormalities from concussions had caused his severe, unremitting depression with fits of rage. The conclusion of the researchers was that Seau’s brain had extensive lesions from multiple concussions and

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TBI Creates Significant Risk of Homelessness

Researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto conducted a meta-analysis on all available scientific data regarding the prevalence of TBI in homeless individuals. Previous research demonstrated that homeless people in Canada suffer from several serious health concerns, are more likely to visit the emergency room, and also require longer hospital stays and are

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