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Women Found To Be More Vulnerable Than Men Regarding Persistent Mild TBI
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A recent study published in JAMA Neurology explored whether post-acute mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) symptoms differ between men and women. In this cohort study, a total of 2,000 patients with mild traumatic brain injury (1,331 men and669 women) were included. These mTBI patients were then compared to 299 patients… Continue reading
Brain Injury Awareness Month is Here
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Did you know at least 2.8 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year, and at least 5.3 million Americans live with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)-related disability? Every year when March comes around we observe Brain Injury Awareness Month. The Brain Injury Association of America’s (BIAA) theme for the… Continue reading
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a Risk Factor for Dementia
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Traumatic brain injuries are considered risk factors for other neurologic diseases such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy. A recently published, British Journal of Psychiatry article discusses “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a Risk Factor for Dementia.” The researchers from the University College of London, UK, Division of Psychiatry, conducted a… Continue reading
Long Term Post Concussion Symptoms
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I recently took the deposition of a neuropsychologist who maintained that all patients having sustained a mild traumatic brain injury recover within six months. When presented with recent studies demonstrating the inaccuracy of that opinion, he acknowledged that he was unfamiliar with those studies. Rather, he relied on a 2004… Continue reading
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) for mTBI and PTSD
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I recently was sent an article entitled “Magnetoencephalography for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” published in the Journal of Neuroimaging Clinical North America. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive technique for investigating human brain activity. It allows the measurement of ongoing brain activity on a millisecond-by-millisecond basis as… Continue reading
Traumatic Brain Injury and Homelessness
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A case study published in the Lancet, Public Health looked at the growing public health concern of homelessness and its relationship with traumatic brain injury. The systematic review and meta-analysis examined original research studies that reported data on the prevalence or incidence of traumatic brain injury, or the association between… Continue reading
CDC Reports Suicide is Top Cause of Death Tied to Traumatic Brain Injury
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In a new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the CDC reported that suicide is the top cause of deaths tied to traumatic brain injury. The CDC reported there were 61,000 traumatic brain injury linked deaths in 2017 and that nearly half of these deaths… Continue reading
mTBI Recovery: The First Year will be Expensive
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Experts hired in defense of mild traumatic brain injury claims often allege that mild traumatic brain injury recovery is uneventful in 6 to 12 months. Hearing a defendant’s courtroom doctor testify could lead one to believe that mild traumatic brain injuries are relatively benign and minor. A new study published… Continue reading
Real Recovery Time for mTBI: New Study Concludes Difficulties at 1 Year Post-mTBI are Common
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A new study published in JAMA Neurology further debunks the myth often heard by defense doctors in litigation: everyone recovers from an mTBI within 6 to 8 weeks.
Cognitive Reserve and Age Predict Cognitive Recovery after Traumatic Brain Injury
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Researchers from Melbourne, Australia looked at cognitive reserve and age as factors to predict the cognitive recovery after a mild to severe traumatic brain injury. Recognizing that the persistence of injury-related cognitive impairments can have devastating consequences after traumatic brain injury, the researchers undertook a longitudinal study to examine the… Continue reading
