With healthcare reform dominating the news lately, many brain and spinal cord injury patients have to be pondering the question- what does this all mean for those of us with existing injuries? Will we get improved coverage? Or will we be left in the dust, worse off than we were before? Will Obama deliver on his… Read More
Can Football Concussions Lead to Degenerative Brain Disease?
The NFL and high school football have come into focus in the traumatic brain injury world lately, as studies pile up demonstrating the serious risk of degenerative brain disease to players who suffer multiple concussions. The Boston Globe reported that the NFL’s own study showed that retired football players from age 30 to 49 had… Read More
Pathways: From Brain Injury to Hope – An Inspirational Documentary
A little girl named Alexis Verzal is poised to become a rising documentary film star at only two years old. Her mother, Tiffany Verzal, began filming Alexis at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. The little girl has been in treatment and rehabilitation from a brain injury since April 13, 2008, when her day… Read More
The Laser Spine Institute Offers Pain Relief for Back & Neck Injuries
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) recently recognized and accredited Laser Spine Institute (LSI) Tampa as a facility that provides the ‘highest quality of care for patients and a safe work environment for medical staff and employees,’ said a recent PRNewswire release. LSI are industry leaders in providing elite care, and resort-like rehabilitation… Read More
High School Senior Helps with Traumatic Brain Injury Research
A senior at Troy High School in Detroit, Gayathri Kollipara, is the recipient of an immensely powerful and educational gift from assistant professor Christian Kreipke. Kreipke is employed as a cell biologist at Wayne State University’s medical school. In March, Kreipke began conducting a study on a new drug that may prove useful in the… Read More
Research Links Beta Waves to Uncontrolled Movements
Researchers at University College London (UCL), London, UK, published new brain wave research findings online October,1 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The scientists were astounded to discover the powerful influence that brain waves exert on voluntary human motor functions. The EurekAlert report quoted Peter Brown of the Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and… Read More