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Arizona first responders helping study brain injury treatment
Nearly three years after he survived a traffic accident that claimed the lives of four other motorcyclists, former Phoenix fire captain Ernie Lizarraga knows how lucky he is to be alive – let alone...
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Linked to Brain ‘Potholes’
A recent study has found that U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) have measurable abnormalities in the white matter of their brains — described by...
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Mouth Device in Clinical Trials as TBI Treatment
The tongue is an amazing organ. Thousands of nerve fibers in it help us eat, drink and swallow. Without them, we would not taste. The tongue helps us speak. Quietly, its surface defends our bodies from...
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Head injuries a rising danger for snowboarders, skiers
The dumbest ride Kevin Pearce ever took down the halfpipe wasn't the one that ended his snowboarding career. That run on Dec. 31, 2009, the one that resulted in a traumatic brain injury less than two...
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Can nerve endings in the tongue help us treat traumatic brain injury?
The human tongue is an extraordinary bit of flesh. It's alternately squishy and tense, at times delicate and others powerful. It helps us taste, talk and tie cherry stems, all the while avoiding two...
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Concussions: Even one can change the brain, study finds
Even a single concussion appears to cause changes in the structure of the brain that may make cognitive problems and depression a higher likelihood, a new study has found. The study, which used...
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Traumatic brain injury impacts victim’s family, too
Rachel Stovall doesn’t get mad – she gets organized. When Stovall met Josh Wells in November 2010, the damage from his time with Alpha Company, 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, in Iraq...
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Should science on brain injury inspire a ban on boxing?
When Ireland's Katie Taylor was taking hits and striking blows for boxing's Olympic debut in an east London ring last year, John Hardy did not want to look. To this leading neuroscientist and molecular...
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Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Depressive Symptoms in TBI
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) reduces symptoms of depression in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), new research suggests. A randomized controlled trial conducted by...
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Sex lives and traumatic brain injury
For the more than 3 million Americans living with traumatic brain injury, there is often an unspoken problem: many suffer from sexual dysfunction, something that is easily overlooked as patients...
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Facing a Traumatic Brain Injury and Debt. What Do We Do?
"Dear Steve, My husband has a traumatic brain injury and currently in therapy. He was on the job and he does get the workman's comp pay each week. I have been told that when my husband goes back to his...
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‘Something Happened to My Head. I Couldn’t Get Focused’
Steve Maharidge had no use for hillbillies. Jim Laughridge disliked Yankees. About the only thing they had in common was being in the same U.S. Marine unit during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II....
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Concussion, TBI, Alzheimer’s: Is There a Link?
Mild traumatic brain injury can lead to damage in the white matter of the brain that closely resembles some of the abnormalities found in the brains of patients with early Alzheimer dementia,...
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Military sharpens new tools to deal with brain injuries
Blood tests revealing hidden brain injuries. Drugs that stem the damage. Differences in men and women who suffer head blows. Even a new app to help people determine whether they've suffered a...
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From Brain Injury to Inspiring Entrepreneur
When Greg Marischen woke up in a hospital bed in 1991, the first question he asked was, "Will I play basketball again?" The doctors said no. The University of Minnesota law student had been run over by...
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Pregnancy Hormone Can Help Treat Traumatic Brain Injuries
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are often sudden and change and end lives without warning. Almost two million people each year have a traumatic brain injury. Around the world, it is a leading cause of...
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Pregnancy hormone could help traumatic brain injury patients
It can happen in an instant and change lives forever. Close to two million people are affected by traumatic brain injury every year. Worldwide, it’s a major cause of death and disability. Now,...
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The concussed brain at work: fMRI study documents brain activation during...
For the first time, researchers have documented irregular brain activity within the first 24 hours of a concussive injury, as well as an increased level of brain activity weeks later—suggesting that...
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Behavior Changes Show Up Early in Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients with chronic trauma-related brain disease may develop in two distinct ways, one involving mood and behavioral disorders and the other by cognitive impairment, according to a study that...
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PTSD doesn’t cause mass shootings
With his death on Monday, Aaron Alexis took with him to the grave all the answers to what was going on his head before he opened fire at the Washington navy yard, killing 12 people. But in the wake of...
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