The American Chemical Society reports that “eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other changes.” The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry notes that as our nation’s baby boomers continue to get older, age-related diseases are becoming increasingly prominent. Despite… Read More
Spinal Cord Injury Cure May Soon Come Out of China
As reported in Outcome Magazine, Agence France-Presse GmbH (AFP) reports that Doctor Wise Young, a leading researcher into spinal cord injury, believes that the cure for spinal cord injuries may come out of China in the future. This nation, once lagging far behind the United States in such biomedical research, has become a leader in… Read More
BIAA Release Updated Issue Briefs to Help Promote Essential Issues
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has announced the release of its updated issue briefsthatadvocates are encouraged to use when “meeting with national, state and local government officials.” The press release explains that these five issue briefs address essential public policy issues and provide important information about the following brain injury concerns: Military care Access… Read More
March Is Brain Injury Awareness Month: Learn How You Can Support The Millions Impacted
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), the nation’s oldest and largest brain injury advocacy organization, reports that March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. This association joins a nationwide network of affiliated brain injury groups dedicated to raising awareness and support for those who suffer such an injury, which includes both military and civilian populations…. Read More
New Method of Delivering Electric Stimulation May Ease Chronic Back Pain
For chronic back pain sufferers who have undergone unsuccessful back surgery, relief may be on the way. The medical journal, Neurosurgery, reports in their March issue that a new technology has overcome past limitations in the delivery of spinal cord stimulation (SCS), which has already been proven effective at relieving radicular pain. Researchers at Poitiers… Read More
New Brain Imaging Scan Highlights Fiber Damage, Offers Treatment Hope
The Journal of Neurosurgery recently published an article addressing the difficulty in locating and determining the extent of traumatic brain injury (TBI), noting current technologies generally do not “provide highly detailed information about the location of axonal injury, severity of injury, or expected recovery.” An Associated Press article explains that if doctors cannot “see or… Read More