On September 8, Devon Walker smashed helmets with defensive tackle Julius Warmsley in Tulsa, fracturing his spine and causing him to lay motionless on the field. Medical personnel from both teams tended to Walker, and he was taken Saint Francis Hospital where he underwent surgery for edema in the neck and a cervical spine fracture…. Read More
Nanoparticle Research Shows Significant Results In Antioxidant Treatments For TBI
A great deal of the attention that traumatic brain injuries receive in the news is focused on professional athletes and soldiers, and while that sometimes overshadows the reality that so many people are needlessly exposed to and suffer from TBI, it also serves as a blessing in the fields of research and treatment. Case in… Read More
Retinal Imaging Proves Successful In Determining Causes, Severity Of Brain Injuries In Children
Study Determines That Canadian C-Spine Rule Is More Efficient In Cervical Spinal Injury Diagnosis
When it comes to discovering and diagnosing cervical spine injuries, there are two commonly employed methods – the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study and the Canadian C-spine rule. Typically, neither method is preferred over the other, as there has previously never been a distinct difference between the two processes; however, a study published in this… Read More
New Findings Reveal Brain Stimulation May Help Treat Spinal Injuries
At the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, researchers from the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine reported that stimulating the brains of rats suffering from spinal cord injury improves their ability to walk. While this kind of brain stimulation has proven to be an effective treatment for easing the movement symptoms of… Read More
Doctors Taking Advantage Of New Fiber Tracking Process In Predicting Brain Injuries
Back in March, it was reported in the Journal of Neurosurgery that a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh had developed the new imaging technique High Definition Fiber Tracking as a tremendous breakthrough in the way doctors could examine traumatic brain injuries. The tracking process allows doctors to look directly at broken neural… Read More