A study published in the September issue of Archives of Surgery on data from the National Trauma Databank held implications that may inspire further research into possible healing functions of alcohol in the bloodstream of traumatic brain injury patients. The study compared and analyzed data from a database of 72,294 people. The researchers were only… Read More
Is Your Body Making Your Spinal Cord Injury Worse?
The Ohio State Medical Center (OSMC) recently published a study online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The study explored the effects of the body’s immune response after a spinal cord injury. It was already widely known that immune cells gather and release large amounts of antibodies in spinal fluid around a fresh injury site…. Read More
Does Torture Injure the Brain’s Ability to Function Properly?
Last week, Newsweek’s Sharon Begley reported that neuroscientists have built up a body evidence which demonstrates that extreme stress and pain can physiologically inhibit the brain’s ability to communicate truthful and accurate information. The data collected by neuroscientists goes contrary to the commonly held assumption that the use of torture is a necessary tactic for… Read More
Coping with Paralysis & Lessons on Life
Lauren Barkwick, a former worker at an elite horse ranch known for providing horses for movies and television in Canada, learned an extremely tough lesson about the value of life and freedom of movement. Barwick had competed with and defeated other applicants to land an internship at the Mission, British Columbia studio ranch. She was… Read More
Using CT Scans to Diagnose Brain Injuries May be a Thing of the Past
Hundreds of thousands of earlier blog posts on this site explored the use of monitoring NSE protein levels in the blood and DTI scans as possible diagnostic tools that reveal subtle data undetectable by the high radiation CT scans. Monitoring NSE protein levels in the blood enabled doctors to uncover subtle forms of brain damage… Read More
Paralysis Research Gets a Little Help from a Lizard
Anthony Russell, a professor at the University of Calgary, and his colleague, Tim Higham from Clemson University in South Carolina, observed movement in gecko tails after they were severed and were inspired to explore possible ramifications and applications to humans paralyzed by complete spinal cord injuries. The professors noted that there is a great similarity… Read More