Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Boxing, Bombs, and Brain Injury
Two weeks after the tragic blasts in Boston that shook the world, we still know very little about the motivation behind the attacks. We have learned much about the two…
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Is the NCAA Better Than The NFL At Fighting TBI?
Many keeping up with brain injuries in football, myself included, have considered rule changes as an unlikely solution to the huge numbers of concussions on the field, because we have…
ReadDoes Traumatic Brain Injury Contribute To Violent Behavior?
Out of all of the issues that can haunt a traumatic brain injury patient, behavior control seems to be a common and extraordinarily tragic part of the puzzle. From depression, addiction, anxiety,…
ReadTBI Related Hormone Deficiency Mimics PTSD
Close to one fifth of the soldiers returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq are diagnosed with blast concussions, but many of these may actually have a rare hormone deficiency so…
ReadSeverity of Symptoms Indicates Prolonged TBI Recovery
Despite the previous ideas that age and amnesia are the primary indicators of prolonged recovery time for traumatic brain injury, a new study suggests that severity of a broader range…
ReadThe Basics Everyone Should Know About TBI [Infographic]
Sometimes writing about traumatic brain injury facts doesn’t get the point across well enough. Saying that more than 1.7 million cases of TBI occur every year, as the CDC has…
ReadHormone helps brain to heal
Donald Stein, PhD of Emory University has worked tirelessly for over ten years to study the healing capacity of Progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone (click this website for hormone imbalance…
ReadToo Much Soccer Heading Leads To Brain Injury
New evidence is making it more and more clear that heading a soccer ball could be a problem over a prolonged period of time. Previous research has suggested this, and…
ReadWhat Is The Cause of the Gender Gap in Concussions
While almost all of the coverage about traumatic brain injury lately seems to focus on well-paid adult males, there are many more young men and women suffering concussions during competitive sports. Women…
ReadHeading towards brain injury: soccer study points to needed changes
A small study of soccer players and the potential for brain injury has indicated that the potential exists for players who “head the ball” over 1400 times a year. Now…
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