Some Important TBI Incidence Statistics: TBI occurrence is strongest in the following age groups: Five years and younger, between 15 and 24 years and over 70 years old. The death rate is 30 per 100,000, with 50 percent of those dying within the first two hours after their injury. It is estimated that 50,000 people… Read More
Give Your Brain a Nutritional Advantage
ScienceDaily published a recent article discussing a nutritional study from Nature ReviewsNeuroscience, Brain foods: the effects of nutrients on brain function. This study was focused on how food and exercise affects the brain, going so far as to say they can stave off mental disorders. According to the study, UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological… Read More
Poor Car Restraints Risk Kid’s Lives
A recent press release from the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute is bringing attention to the increased risk of death or injury to children through the use of car restraints that are the wrong size or are improperly secured. Considering that automobile accidents are one of the main sources of traumatic brain and spinal… Read More
More on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilites
Now it looks like even Russia is getting on board with the UN push for official disability rights. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Russia has much to do still, if they are to fully implement the UN’s provisions, but that their experts are helping develop the convention and the legislation. Putin admits that Russia… Read More
Deep Brain Stimulation – Your Weekly Tech Report
Pain management technology for chronic back pain: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical treatment involving the implantation of a “brain pacemaker”, a device that sends electrical impulses to areas of the brain, primarily the sensory thalamus, in order to relieve chronic pain. This procedure is used for pain that medication has had no effect… Read More
New Research Linking Cholesterol Drugs and Brain Cell Repair
We have mentioned before studies that link dementia and eventually Alzheimer’s with a traumatic brain injury, so this recently published study from the University of Rochester Medical Center on BrightSurf.com was of some interest. Statins, also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol levels by inhibiting the enzyme… Read More