As a Hospice nurse my 12/24/07 car drive to see a near patient in thier home, resulted in a near death car accident. Apparently at 8am I avoided a deer crossing the road and my car tumbled down a roadside hill. I had many injuries but my biggest current aggrivation is my work/ins. people don’t… Read More
Alana Howard
Hello there! My injury is pretty frightening, but my recovery is pretty amazing. There are many answers I’m still trying to figure out regarding the difference between the two. I went sledding with two of my girlfriends from work one night. Long story short, I ran head first into a tree. I fractured my skull… Read More
Bill Shaner
Unintended Consequences July 11, 1989. While it was long ago, I can still close my eyes and relive almost every moment. It started out as a typical summer day and the warehouse my company was building was moving right on schedule. This particular day we would be setting wooden roof trusses with a span of… Read More
Hypothermia Lowers Paralysis Risk?
As we reported in an early article about Promising SCI Studies, one of the major barriers to proper spinal cord healing is the formation of scar tissue in reaction to the injury. It turns out, hypothermia therapy, which had been regarded as a possible immediate treatment for traumatic brain injury, may also be of use… Read More
Clinical Trial: Brain Laser
A new device is currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of stroke and other brain injuries. The hand-held device, called NeuroThera, generates a powerful infra-red laser beam to target damaged areas of the brain through the skull. It is thought that by delivering this concentration of energy to inactive mitochondria, these cells will be… Read More
Bicycle Helmets Cause Brain Damage?
According to one Australian man, bicycle helmets do more harm than good. Bill Curnow is set to publish a paper today that condemns helmet laws throughout Australia. He actually believes that wearing a helmet increases one’s risk of serious brain injury. He points to evidence in experimental studies where helmets were shown to grab the… Read More