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Aug , 2024
Advanced MRI scans could predict persistent symptoms in concussion patients
Tag: Traumatic Brain Injury

Advanced MRI scans could predict persistent symptoms in concussion patients

Offering patients with concussion a type of brain scan known as diffusion tensor imaging MRI could help identify the one in three people who will experience persistent symptoms that can be life changing, say Cambridge researchers. Around one in 200 people in Europe every year will suffer concussion. In the UK, more than 1 million […]

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Mar , 2024
Is posttraumatic epilepsy associated with long-term dementia risk?
Tag: Traumatic Brain Injury

Is posttraumatic epilepsy associated with long-term dementia risk?

Long-term dementia risk is associated with both head injury and epilepsy. However, research has thus far documented the links between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and short-term cognitive outcomes. A new JAMA Neurology study explored the associations between dementia risk and PTE. Study: Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk. Image Credit: LightField Studios/Shutterstock.com Background PTE, which is characterized by unprovoked seizures for […]

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Dec , 2023
Experimental deep brain stimulation offers hope to treat cognitive deficits after traumatic brain injuries
Tag: Traumatic Brain Injury

Experimental deep brain stimulation offers hope to treat cognitive deficits after traumatic brain injuries

Five people who had life-altering, seemingly irreversible cognitive deficits following moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries showed substantial improvements in their cognition and quality of life after receiving an experimental form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a phase 1 clinical trial. The trial, reported Dec. 4 in Nature Medicine, was led by investigators at […]

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Oct , 2023
Homeless women see hope in street medicine
Tag: Traumatic Brain Injury

Homeless women see hope in street medicine

Five days after giving birth, Melissa Crespo was already back on the streets, recovering in a damp, litter-strewn water tunnel, when she got the call from the hospital. Her baby, Kyle, who had been born three months prematurely, was in respiratory failure in the neonatal intensive care unit and fighting for his life. The odds […]