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Sports Related Brain Injuries Sky Rocket in Last Decade, Says CDC
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says brain injuries among young athletes have escalated 60 percent during the last …
Department of Defense Reports on Brain Injuries in Troops
The Department of Defense (DoD) at the request of the Institute of Medicine recently issued a report on the efficacy …
Brain-Injured Troops at Risk for Early Dementia
Mild traumatic brain injury, until recently categorized only as a concussion, has the potential to cause early onset dementia in …
Man Sentenced For Brain Injury Accident
Clifford Bunnie, the driver who blew a stop sign and struck two mountain bikers, has been sentenced to 4.5 years …
Brain Injury Victim Recovering Slowly
On Nov. 18, 2010 John Mowery was riding on his motorcycle when he was hit by a car crossing into …
Large Cash Award for Brain Injury
An accident survivor and his family have been awarded 3.6 million pounds to help pay for care and lost income …
Assessing brain injury damage can be difficult
It can be very difficult to immediately evaluate and determine the amount of damage suffered in a brain injury. Every …
New brain injury drug on fast track status
The FDA recently awarded Pharmos’ traumatic brain injury drug a fast track status. The traumatic brain injury treatment is intended …
New brain injury treatment being studied
Scientists have been discussing what is being considered the world’s first clinical trial to use the hormone progesterone as a …
Brain Injury Association of Ohio making efforts to improve funding for patients
There are 5.3 Million Americans living with a traumatic brain injury, the fastest growing injury in the nation. Yet those …