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The American Legion has completed an investigation of the quality of care that veterans receive for TBI and PTSD by the Department of Defense and the VA. The seven-member committee that drafted the report includes a retired Army colonel who served on the Joint Staff Wounded Warrior Integration Team and a public health
In early October 2013 Ksenia Ustinova, PT, PhD, an associate professor of physical therapy in the School of Rehabilitation and Medical Sciences at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, told the World Congress of Neurology about her success with virtual reality (VR) therapy with young TBI patients. Dr. Ustinova used VR therapy over
Stem cells harvested from adult bone marrow can be cued to grow into brain cells and then transplanted into the brain of a mammal in hopes of repairing brain damage from TBI or stroke. In the past there were two theories regarding how the repair was done. One theory was that the transplanted
People who sustain a severe TBI sometimes develop epileptic seizures – either temporarily or permanently. Have you ever wondered what a seizure sounds like? To do that you have to find a way to listen to the patient’s neuronal circuitry when it fires normally in synchronous rhythm and when it fires abnormally in
On October 1, 2013, Luoxis Diagnostics (a subsidiary of Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc) announced the results of its five year multi-center study on the use of a device at bedside to predict the outcome of severe TBI. The results confirmed that measurement of ORP is an accurate gauge to outcome. ORP stands for oxidation-reduction-potential.
Research on older U.S. veterans with a TBI shows a doubling of the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia over people of like age without a TBI. How can someone with a TBI cut their risk of Alzheimer’s? New research by Dr. George Bartzokis, a professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and
British medical researchers led by Dr. Tony Goldstone published a study in September 2013 in the journal Annals of Neurology that compared 19 soldiers who had suffered moderate to severe TBI from blast injuries with 39 people who suffered the same level of brain injury from traffic accidents. Using neuroimaging and hormonal testing
Various studies of suicide rates among survivors of TBI, especially those who served in the military, have shown a significant increase in their suicide risk.Most probably this is associated with psychiatric, emotional, and substance abuse problems triggered by TBI. Although nearly all people who take their own lives are depressed not all depressed
Kristine Yaffe, M.D., a professor of neurology and psychiatry at UCSF Medical Center is an expert on epidemiology and geriatric medicine who treats patients at the V.A. Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. Yaffe and colleagues have done studies on the effects of TBI and PTSD on older veterans and found that both
A common obstacle to recovery after TBI is persistent inflammation of the brain with reduced brain energy metabolism. To explore a behavioral solution to this problem a group of researchers put one group of brain-injured rats in a cage with an enriched environment (one with opportunities for multiple, cognitively challenging activities) and one