Vacations are treasured by most of us, and yet the groans when it comes to planning for them are universal. If you are disabled the typical difficulties (flight time, cruise type, package deals, time of year, luggage regulations, etc.) are the tip of the ice berg. You need to worry about handicap access when you… Read More
Bicycle Helmets and Traumatic Brain Injury – Friday’s Fact
Bicycle Helmets and Traumatic Brain Injury Bicycle crashes are a common cause of head injury and death. Studies show that wearing a bicycle helmet significantly reduces the severity of traumatic brain injury, and results in fewer deaths. Here are some statistics regarding bicycle helmets and traumatic brain injury: The typical bicyclist killed on the road… Read More
Neural Prosthesis – Your Weekly Tech Report
Man Meets Machine Remember those science fiction television shows like the “Bionic Man” where technology was used to combine man and machine? Well, that no longer exists just in the imagination of a screenwriter. It’s become a reality. Today, science has made it possible for people with paralysis to stand and walk, grasp things with their… Read More
How Many More Ways Can Alcohol Cause Brain Damage?
It seems like lately researchers are starting to see how the brain ticks on alcohol. Story after story has been coming out with new developments regarding brain damage and the role alcohol plays. The latest study, using postmortem human brain tissue, found that the genes needed for brain cells to respond to insulin and IGF… Read More
U.S. National Institutes of Health – Your Resource for the Week
www.ClinicalTrials.gov ClinicalTrials.gov, a service by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials, both in the United States and throughout the world. Extremely user-friendly, ClinicalTrials.gov makes it easy to search for traumatic brain and spinal cord injury clinical research trials using the specific medical condition or other… Read More
How to Help Yourself through TBI Recovery
Electrolytes such as magnesium, calcium and phosphate are important to our health as they help prevent hypertension, heart rhythm fluctuation, and muscle weakness. Researchers are finding that patients with traumatic brain injury are at risk for hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia due to the loss of these valuable electrolytes. One of the primary causes of this… Read More