A recent BBC News piece highlighted the need in the U.K. for a full review of the treatment facilities and protocols for treating and supporting traumatic brain injury patients from injury, through rehabilitation, and return to life among the general community in proper supportive environments. Jim Stewart, a traumatic brain injury patient at the Musgrave… Read More
Post-stroke treatment – Brain Injured Cells Showing Progress
Study results published recently in the online journal Nature Medicine reveal the discovery of the specific mechanism responsible for the death of brain cells in stroke victims. Researchers had already known that brain cells continue to die even after blood flow had been returned to the brain due to a complex cascade of chemical reactions… Read More
Traumatic Brain Injuries and the U.S. Military
Josh Decker is an American soldier from Osage, Iowa who joined the ranks of the hundreds¾perhaps even thousands and more¾of U.S. Military personnel who have suffered from blast-induced traumatic brain injuries during tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Decker suffered, like many of his fellow soldiers, from a brain injury and the long-term effects… Read More
Brain injury treatment with amino acids offers hope
Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have discovered positive evidence in animal research that reinforcing the diet of a victim of traumatic brain injury can produce positive results in the recovery process. Through a treatment of feeding amino acids to brain-injured mice, scientists found that the rodents were able to recover some of their… Read More
Spinal Cord Injury Device Designed to Stimulate Natural Breathing
An Ohio company, Synapse Biomedical, created a novel device designed to stimulate natural breathing processes in patients suffering from decreased and degenerating respiration due to upper spinal cord injuries. Dr. Michael DiMaio of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center told EurekAlert that, ‘Patients who have high-level spinal-cord injuries are unable to breathe efficiently because… Read More
Prosthetic Limbs with the Ability to be Moved By Thoughts Alone
Scientists continue to make progress toward fully functioning prosthetic limbs with the ability to be moved by thoughts alone. While a complete mind-machine interface is yet to be developed, neuroscientists in Jacksonville, Florida at the Mayo Clinic have made great strides toward such a goal. The National Science Foundation has sponsored the ongoing study on… Read More