Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) announced an agreement of collaboration with the neuroscience specialists of the Brain Injury Group. The groups of scientists and researchers plan to compare their data on brain injuries, including strokes, head trauma, and other areas of research. They also plan to determine any links between brain injuries and later developments… Read More
Paraplegic Raises Valid Questions Regarding Health Care Reform
A recent story in the Chicago Tribune caught our attention, and is worth repeating: George Flores is a 39-year-old paraplegic harp technician from Chicago. He remains one of only a dozen or so harp technicians in America. Flores crashed his motorcycle on September 12, 2004 on Highway 55 in the suburbs of Chicago. The crash… Read More
Advances are Made in Studying War-Related Head Injuries
Soldiers returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq suffering from a high rate of traumatic brain injury due to exposure to explosive blasts have prompted research projects to determine exactly how brain injury occurs during an explosion in which direct impact to the head does not occur. Researchers from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center… Read More
Can Progesterone Help Heal Severe Head Injuries?
BHR Pharma has recently announced plans for a study to begin in early 2010. The study will be a multi-clinic trial to test the power and effectiveness of BHR-100, an intravenous progesterone infusion product, as an outcome-enhancing treatment option for patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Currently, there are no FDA approved medications for use… Read More
Scientists Discover Important Factors in Preventing Blast Injuries
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Rochesterrecently released a report on the results of a cutting-edge computer study on the correlation between non-impact bomb blasts and traumatic brain injuries in military personnel. The researchers used advanced 3-dimensional computer simulations to identify the specific mechanisms by which brain injury occurs in soldiers… Read More
There is New Hope for Brain Injury-Related Vegetative Patients!
The Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious of its kind, announced that it has begun a 3-year-long extensive study on the effects and the potential of the common sleep drug zolpidem (formerly marketed as Ambien) in restoring vegetative patients back to consciousness. An initial pilot study of 15 patients… Read More