Archive for June, 2013
By Paul Stone On June 28th, 2013
If a survey of students from Canada is accurate, traumatic brain injury may be much more of a problem than we thought. The study, published as a “research letter” in JAMA, surveyed 62% of students in grades seven through 12 via a computerized questionnaire, aiming to gauge drug and alcohol consumption patterns as well as…
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By Paul Stone On June 27th, 2013
It is extraordinarily rare that you hear someone call a traumatic brain injury a “blessing,” but for one student in Illinois, his brain injury might just live up to the term. Zak Lampl dove out of bounds for a ball during a freshman basketball game and smashed his head against the stands. The events that…
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By Paul Stone On June 27th, 2013
The dangerous nature of extreme sports is one of the big draws for the thrill seekers that excel at them, but it also interests researchers who are hoping to understand injuries, especially brain injury. Most snowboarders and skiers will attest to having at least one concussion throughout their career, and they occur more frequently when…
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By Paul Stone On June 26th, 2013
Almost all of us know what it is like to get caught up playing addicting games that are available for every type of smartphone available. We (rightly) assume that most of these games are absolute time-wasters, but they help us escape the world for a little while and shut off our brains. However, California-based studio…
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By Paul Stone On June 26th, 2013
We’ve made great strides in improving our understandings of traumatic brain injury and educating many about the effects of an untreated concussion. Almost every athlete in America has to sit through classes and seminars about brain injury, and most are tested before the season begins to help diagnose any brain injuries that occur as soon…
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By jasonmaddox On June 26th, 2013
A study supported by the Canadian Institute of Health Research found that over 20% of Ontario middle and high school students experienced a traumatic brain injury. The data was derived from 8,915 participants who were responding to a survey regarding substance abuse. 56% of the youth who reported experiencing brain injuries stated that they were…
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By Paul Stone On June 25th, 2013
According to a recent study, children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are much more likely to develop a moderate disability or more significant symptoms following traumatic brain injury. Senior author of the study Dr. Stephanie Greene began the study after noting that “some children with ADHD didn’t recover as well following a traumatic brain injury.”…
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By Paul Stone On June 24th, 2013
Now that summer is really here, it’s hard to go very far in a city without seeing a person riding their bike. Some are on their way to work and others are relaxing while a few train for competitive races. Unfortunately, according to recent statistics a fair amount of these people will suffer traumatic brain…
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By jasonmaddox On June 24th, 2013
In November of 2011, Dr. Linda Papa, an emergency medicine physician, published a study she completed on utilizing lab testing to screen patients for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Dr. Papa discovered that patients with TBI had a significantly higher amount of an acidic protein in their blood than those without TBI. The protein at issue is…
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By Paul Stone On June 20th, 2013
The New York Times published an article last Sunday profiling two new sensors that can help detect high impact hits to the head in athletes. It is one of many they have written helping to bring attention to the issue of brain injury in sports and highlights how technology is helping us diagnose and manage…
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