Archive for November, 2012
By Paul Stone On November 30th, 2012
A new device is being developed by researchers from Singapore and the United States to immediately diagnose traumatic brain injury. Today Online has announced that teams from Singapore’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME)…
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By Paul Stone On November 30th, 2012
The road to a consistent brain injury treatment faces another setback after a major study has found that a supplement the U.S. military had hoped would help wounded troops offers…
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By Paul Stone On November 29th, 2012
Can music help people with brain injury or disease regain cognitive function or motor coordination? Music therapy advocates believe it might, and now Patricia Kime reports they have the opportunity…
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By Paul Stone On November 29th, 2012
New research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center in New York may have found evidence for the brain compensating after injury. Using…
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By jasonmaddox On November 29th, 2012
Citicoline, an endogenous compound found in neural tissue, has not proven to have the neuroprotective qualities as was hoped prior to the conclusion of the most recent study involving the…
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By Paul Stone On November 28th, 2012
Resting state functional MR imaging could be a new tool for diagnosing traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to findings by Yulin Ge, MD, from the NYU School of Medicine and…
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By jasonmaddox On November 27th, 2012
Functional MRI has improved the clinician’s ability to pinpoint areas of dysfunction in the brain following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). The symptoms associated with Mild TBI have been difficult…
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By jasonmaddox On November 27th, 2012
The Gulf War Syndrome with its myriad deficits has been an illusive disease to identify. Recent advances in the diagnosis of Gulf War Syndrome point in the direction of neurological…
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By Paul Stone On November 22nd, 2012
A small study of soccer players suggests that repetitive hits to the head below the threshold for causing a traumatic brain injury may still result in changes to the brain’s…
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By Paul Stone On November 20th, 2012
For the first time in history, a severely brain-damaged, uncommunicative patient has been able to give direct answers to those caring for him, all thanks to Functional Magnetic Resonance…
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