http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Head-Injury-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:09:38 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/neurological-damage-of-a-traumatic-brain-injury-survivor-being-modelled-101560-1.htm In 1848, railroad worker Phineas Gage survived a severe brain injury when a tamping rod shot through his skull, resulting in significant behavioral changes. Researchers have used CT images of his skull in conjunction with MRI and connectomic brain imaging data of living subjects to reconstruct the injury and investigate which regions of the brain were affected to result in the behavioral changes in a new study, reported May 16 in the open access journal iPLoS ONE/i. The research team, led ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/neurological-damage-of-a-traumatic-brain-injury-survivor-being-modelled-101560-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/oestrogen-hormone-may-possess-protective-ability-post-traumatic-brain-injury-100687-1.htm Scientists have probed into the biomarkers and novel therapies for traumatic brain injury, in a new study. With more than 1.7 million people sustaining a traumatic brain injury each year, the need to identify processes to limit inflammation and subsequent damage is critical. Approximately 275,000 people are hospitalised annually with traumatic brain injury, leaving 85,000 with long-term disabilities and taking the lives of more than 50,000. More than 5 million people live with disabilities ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/oestrogen-hormone-may-possess-protective-ability-post-traumatic-brain-injury-100687-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-stem-cell-in-brain-that-may-cure-diseases-and-heal-brain-injury-identified-100525-1.htm A new stem cell in the adult brain has been discovered by scientists that can hopefully be used to develop methods that can repair diseases and injury to the brain. These cells can proliferate and form several different cell types - most importantly, they can form new brain cells. Analysing brain tissue from biopsies, the researchers at the Lund University for the first time found stem cells located around small blood vessels in the brain. The cell's specific function is still unclear, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-stem-cell-in-brain-that-may-cure-diseases-and-heal-brain-injury-identified-100525-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/mechanical-tissue-resuscitation-technology-reduces-severity-of-damage-in-brain-injury-100286-1.htm Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found that a new device can reduce the size and extent of damaged tissue in traumatic brain injury by preventing cell death. The research, the focus of a three-year, (Dollor) 1.5 million study funded by the Department of Defense, was recently published in the journal INeurosurgery/I. The technology, tested in rats, is called mechanical tissue resuscitation (MTR) and uses negative pressure to create an environment that fosters cell survival....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/mechanical-tissue-resuscitation-technology-reduces-severity-of-damage-in-brain-injury-100286-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/increase-observed-in-traumatic-brain-injury-rates-among-the-elderly-99748-1.htm New research indicates that traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulting mainly from falls is on the rise among the elderly. This has introduced new complications and treatment challenges, according to an article in IJournal of Neurotrauma, /Ia peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available free on the IJournal of Neurotrauma /Iwebsite. Nino Stochetti and colleagues from University of Milan and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, and San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/increase-observed-in-traumatic-brain-injury-rates-among-the-elderly-99748-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/us-girl-recovers-from-critical-brain-injury-thanks-to-cord-blood-99043-1.htm Cord blood stem cells have helped a little girl in US to get out the vegetative state she was reduced to after a brain injury. When Sparrow Morris fell into the family's swimming pool, she was left unconscious and without oxygen for 45 minutes. It caused severe brain damage and she was left in a vegetative state unable to sit or speak. "She had a contorted body," Fox News quoted Tonya Morris, Sparrow's mother, as saying. The Morris', who have 8 children, had decided to bank Sparrow's ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/us-girl-recovers-from-critical-brain-injury-thanks-to-cord-blood-99043-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/cost-effectiveness-of-aggressive-treatment-of-severe-traumatic-brain-injury-98543-1.htm Aggressive treatment of severe traumatic brain injury produces better patient outcomes than less aggressive measures and is cost-effective in patients no matter their age, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated. Aggressive treatment which includes invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) and decompressive craniectomy. These important findings can be found in the article "Is aggressive treatment of traumatic brain injury cost-effective? ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/cost-effectiveness-of-aggressive-treatment-of-severe-traumatic-brain-injury-98543-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/link-between-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-and-postconcussion-symptoms-98419-1.htm Kids with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to have postconcussion symptoms, which affects quality of life, states report published in Archives of Pediatrics (and) Adolescent Medicine. Mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are common in children and adolescents, and each year more than 500,000 young people under the age of 15 sustain TBIs that require hospital care, the authors write in their study background. Keith Owen Yeates, Ph.D., of Nationwide Children's Hospital and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/link-between-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-and-postconcussion-symptoms-98419-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/harm-caused-by-traumatic-brain-injury-exposed-by-new-high-definition-fiber-tracking-pitt-team-98397-1.htm High Definition Fiber Tracking (HDFT),a potent new imaging technique will let doctors distinctly observe for the first time neural connections broken by traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other disorders, similar to X-rays showing a fractured bone, state researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in a report published online today in the iJournal of Neurosurgery/i. In the report, the researchers describe the case of a 32-year-old man who wasn't wearing a helmet when his all-terrain vehicle crashed....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/harm-caused-by-traumatic-brain-injury-exposed-by-new-high-definition-fiber-tracking-pitt-team-98397-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/association-between-traumatic-brain-injury-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-97882-1.htm A correlation exists between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), reveals study. However, scientists at University of California at Los Angeles provide new evidence from an animal model of a mechanistic link underlying the association between TBI and PTSD-like conditions. Using procedures to separate the physical and emotional traumas, Dr. Maxine Reger and colleagues trained rats using fear conditioning techniques two days after the rats had a concussive brain trauma....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/association-between-traumatic-brain-injury-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-97882-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/latest-treatment-for-traumatic-brain-injury-prove-promising-in-animals-study-97815-1.htm Novel drug bears promise in protecting against the destructive effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats, according to a study. The study will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012. "There are currently no primary treatments for TBI, so this research provides hope that effective treatments can be developed," said study author Michael Kaufman, a second year medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/latest-treatment-for-traumatic-brain-injury-prove-promising-in-animals-study-97815-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/How-Stem-Cell-Implants-Help-Heal-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-96123-1.htm Results of animal experiments with stem cells have tantalized researchers seeking new therapies for traumatic brain injury. In numerous studies, stem cell implantation has substantially improved brain function in experimental animals with brain trauma. But just how these improvements occur has remained a mystery. Now, an important part of this puzzle has been pieced together by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. In experiments with both laboratory rats and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/How-Stem-Cell-Implants-Help-Heal-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-96123-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-may-Cause-Headaches-Later-on-in-Adolescents-and-Girls-94496-1.htm Many adolescent children complain of headaches after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), recent research has revealed. The study indicates that headache can be a significant problem for some children (ages five to 12 years) after TBI. Three months after a mild TBI, 43 percent of children reported headaches, compared to 37 percent of children who had a moderate to severe TBI, and 26 percent of children in the control group (patients with arm fractures). Study authors conclude that the response ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-may-Cause-Headaches-Later-on-in-Adolescents-and-Girls-94496-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Novel-Approaches-for-Diagnosing-and-Treating-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-93879-1.htm Bioengineering technique offers innovative solutions for diagnosing and repairing brain damage caused by a traumatic injury. These new techniques are presented in a special issue of iJournal of Neurotrauma/i. The issue captures the broad scope of current and future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies being developed based on novel biomaterials, innovative applications of biomechanics, and advanced simulation and computational technology. Guest Editors Michelle C. LaPlaca, PhD, Associate ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Novel-Approaches-for-Diagnosing-and-Treating-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-93879-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Spinal-Bleeding-With-Brain-Injury-in-Child-Abuse-Victims-Study-93194-1.htm Spinal bleeding is found often in young children who are victims of abusive trauma, a new study found. The findings support performing complete spine imaging for children undergoing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for moderate or severe traumatic brain injury and suggest a pathway for distinguishing between abusive and accidental injury. The study is published online in the journal iRadiology/i. According to the researchers, abusive head trauma is the leading cause of significant ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Spinal-Bleeding-With-Brain-Injury-in-Child-Abuse-Victims-Study-93194-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Potential-Roles-for-Cognitive-Rehabilitation-Therapy-in-Treating-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-91901-1.htm A new report from the Institute of Medicine acknowledges that there is some evidence about the potential value of cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT) for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI). However it adds that overall it is not sufficient to develop definitive guidelines on how to apply these therapies and to determine which type of CRT will work best for a particular patient. Research has yielded promising data on the effectiveness of some forms of CRT for helping patients with TBI, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Potential-Roles-for-Cognitive-Rehabilitation-Therapy-in-Treating-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-91901-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Brain-Injury-In-Fish-Due-to-Nanoparticles-90799-1.htm Scientists at the University of Plymouth have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system. They subjected rainbow trout to titanium oxide nanoparticles which are widely used as a whitening agent in many products including paints, some personal care products, and with applications being considered for the food industry. They found that the particles caused vacuoles (holes) to form in parts of the brain and for nerve cells in the brain to die....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Brain-Injury-In-Fish-Due-to-Nanoparticles-90799-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Recurring-Headaches-Common-In-Women-With-Traumatic-Brain-Injury--89391-1.htm Women more likely to report recurring headaches in the year following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), regardless of the severity of the TBI, according to an article in iJournal of Neurotrauma/i, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. More than 70% of patients who had suffered a TBI reported having headaches during the first year after their injury. This finding is a result of a multi-center study described by Jeanne Hoffman, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Recurring-Headaches-Common-In-Women-With-Traumatic-Brain-Injury--89391-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Brain-Injury-Linked-to-Increased-Stroke-Risk-88419-1.htm Stroke risk increases tenfold in those suffering from traumatic brain injury, reveals study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. /I"It's reasonable to assume that cerebrovascular damage in the head caused by a traumatic brain injury can trigger either a hemorrhagic stroke [when a blood vessel bursts inside the brain] or an ischemic stroke [when an artery in the brain is blocked]," said Herng-Ching Lin, Ph.D., senior study author and professor at the School of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Brain-Injury-Linked-to-Increased-Stroke-Risk-88419-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Identify-The-Cellular-Mechanisms-Of-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-88144-1.htm Researchers for the first time have identified the mechanism for diffuse axonal injury and explained why cerebral vasospasm is more common in blast-induced brain injuries than in brain injuries typically suffered by civilians. The research addresses two major aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI), with significant implications for the medical treatment of soldiers wounded by explosions. Two papers, published in the journals iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i (iPNAS/i) ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Identify-The-Cellular-Mechanisms-Of-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-88144-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Tranexamic-Acid-to-Prevent-Head-Injury-Deaths-87183-1.htm The administration of tranexamic acid shows promising results in preventing people dying from head injuries, suggests study. The CRASH-2 Intracranial Bleeding Study highlighting the potential of the cheap, off-patent drug to help people suffering from brain trauma is published online by the IBMJ/I today. According to the collaborators led by the London School of Hygiene (and) Tropical Medicine - the results provide strong grounds to test the effect of this treatment in a larger and definitive study....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Tranexamic-Acid-to-Prevent-Head-Injury-Deaths-87183-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Reduced-Responsiveness-to-Anger-may-be-Caused-by-Lack-of-Empathy-Following-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-87118-1.htm Research has shown that social problems often arise in people with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). These have been attributed in part to a loss of emotional empathy, the capacity to recognise and understand the emotions of other people. Given that traumatic brain injuries are becoming more common, and resulting empathy deficits can have negative repercussions on social functioning and quality of life, it is increasingly important to understand the processes that shape emotional empathy....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Reduced-Responsiveness-to-Anger-may-be-Caused-by-Lack-of-Empathy-Following-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-87118-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Red-Wine-Compound-for-Treating-Brain-Injury-in-Pro-Boxers-Research-85514-1.htm Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center are engaging the help of professional boxers and trainers to study if a component in red wine and grapes could help reduce the short-and long-term effects of concussions. Researchers plan to recruit about two dozen professional boxers to take the neuroprotective compound resveratrol after a fight to see if it reduces damage to the brain after impact and helps restore subtle brain functions and connections via its antioxidant effects. If successful, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Red-Wine-Compound-for-Treating-Brain-Injury-in-Pro-Boxers-Research-85514-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Diet-Helps-Treat-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-84591-1.htm After a head trauma, patients require a higher-than-normal amount of protein and calorie intake to reduce the swelling and inflammation of brain, says study. This procedure should be followed for at least two weeks. Erdman, a member of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (IOM), led a committee tasked with providing nutritional recommendations for TBI patients to the U.S. Department of Defense. The IOM reports that in one estimate 10 to 20 percent of returning veterans ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Diet-Helps-Treat-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-84591-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Symptoms-Alleviated-With-Protein-and-Calories-84063-1.htm To help alleviate the effects of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), the U.S. Department of Defense should ensure that all military personnel with this type of injury receive adequate protein and calories immediately after the trauma and through the first two weeks of treatment, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Evidence from several studies of severely brain-injured patients shows that providing energy and protein to patients early reduces inflammation and improves their outcomes, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Symptoms-Alleviated-With-Protein-and-Calories-84063-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Soldiers-Recovering-from-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Need-Adequate-Protein-and-Calories-84053-1.htm A new report from the Institute of Medicine says military personnel who suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) must receive adequate protein and calories immediately after the trauma and through the first two weeks of treatment. This is the only nutrition-related approach to treating TBI that the committee recommended the U.S. Department of Defense implement at this time based on its review of the possible benefits of nutrients, dietary supplements, and specific diets to improve outcomes for TBI ranging from mild to severe....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Soldiers-Recovering-from-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Need-Adequate-Protein-and-Calories-84053-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Surgery-in-Brain-Injury-Leads-to-More-Damage--82833-1.htm Traumatic Brain Injury patients, who go through Decompressive Craniectomy surgery face a high risk of mental impairment, conclude Australian researchers after a seven-year long research. The study led by Dr. Jamie Cooper, an intensive care specialist at The Alfred Hospital and Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne compares the surgery to conventional treatment through a drug-induced coma and reports that the risk of damage is certainly higher with surgery. Dr. Cooper ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Surgery-in-Brain-Injury-Leads-to-More-Damage--82833-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Early-Neuropsychological-Treatment-For-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Suggested-82466-1.htm Scientists are suggesting early neuropsychological treatment for traumatic brain injury and ictus, a sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure. Researchers at the University of Granada have proved that such treatment helps in significantly reducing cognitive, emotional and behavioral after-effects. These patients should not wait to be treated later by the social services, since early intervention (within six months after the trauma) reduces further after-effects. Despite the prevention campaigns launched ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Early-Neuropsychological-Treatment-For-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Suggested-82466-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/LED-Therapy-to-Treat-Brain-Injury-82443-1.htm The lives of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who require assisted living can be improved with the help of self-administered light therapy. This study was carried out by Dr. Margaret Naeser from Boston University School of Medicine and colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. With daily use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the scalp and forehead, improvement was noticed in the cognitive functioning and it also ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/LED-Therapy-to-Treat-Brain-Injury-82443-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Acupuncture-can-Treat-Mild-Traumatic-Injury-81592-1.htm Mild traumatic brain injury can be effectively treated with acupuncture, a new report published in the January issue of the Journal of Neurotrauma reveals. Researchers from the University of Colorado studied the effect of an acupressure treatment which involved stimulating particular points on the body. The treatment, known as Jin Shin, was studied on 38 volunteers, half of whom were placed in a control group which involved the same experts conducting the treatment on other points of the body that did not come under the treatment....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Acupuncture-can-Treat-Mild-Traumatic-Injury-81592-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Acupressure-Effective-In-Brain-Injury-Recovery-Study-81591-1.htm A new study has shown that an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury. The study involved a treatment known as acupressure in which one's fingertips are used to stimulate particular points on a person's body - points similar to those stimulated with needles in standard acupuncture treatments, said University of Colorado Boulder Professor Theresa Hernandez and lead author. The results indicate a link between the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Acupressure-Effective-In-Brain-Injury-Recovery-Study-81591-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Head-Injury-Cause-for-Trauma-Deaths-80237-1.htm A head injury decreases the chances of survival up to 13 years after the event, in specific among young adults, finds research. The research team tracked over 2,000 people, 757 of whom had sustained a head injury. In all, 40% of people (305) who had sustained a head injury were dead within 13 years of the event. This was higher than the rate among those admitted with other injuries (28%) and those in the community, almost one in five of whom died (19%). Finally the data evidence shows that head injury accounts for most trauma deaths....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Head-Injury-Cause-for-Trauma-Deaths-80237-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Insight-into-Neuron-Survival-After-Brain-Injury-79403-1.htm In a recent study a molecule that serves as an important regulator of neuronal survival after ischemic brain injury identified.The research, published by Cell Press in the January 13 issue of the journal INeuron/I, may lead to new therapies that reduce damage after a stroke or other injuries that involve an interruption in blood supply to the brain. Ischemic brain injury is damage caused by a restriction in blood supply. Neuronal death after an interruption in the supply of oxygen and glucose ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Insight-into-Neuron-Survival-After-Brain-Injury-79403-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Intake-Of-Omega-3-Fatty-Acids-Could-Prevent-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-79244-1.htm A recent research has suggested that treatment with omega-3 fatty acids could help to improve the outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Regular intake of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexanoic acid (DHA) might offer a new way of protecting against traumatic brain injury (TBI). Docosahexanoic acid is one of the main fatty acids found in the brain, where it may play a number of "neuroprotective" roles. Although only preliminary, the results raise the "intriguing" possibility ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Intake-Of-Omega-3-Fatty-Acids-Could-Prevent-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-79244-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/First-Screening-Tool-for-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Developed-79116-1.htm A group of researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed the first web-based screening tool for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). This instrument been used by soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who participated in the Sixth Annual Road to Recovery Conference and Tribute in Orlando to determine if they sustained a TBI. "Traumatic brain injury is underdiagnosed, and left untreated can have long-term cognitive, behavioral and physical effects," said Wayne Gordon, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/First-Screening-Tool-for-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Developed-79116-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Lowering-Body-Temperature-For-Brain-Injury-Treatment-Helps-79001-1.htm Lowering the body temperature of patients soon after they have suffered a severe brain injury may reduce neurologic complications and improve outcomes. The safety of therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury (TBI) has already been demonstrated in national studies. According to a Roundtable Discussion of renowned experts in the field, when and how it is administered should depend on the clinical condition of individual patients. The Roundtable was published online ahead of print in the new ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Lowering-Body-Temperature-For-Brain-Injury-Treatment-Helps-79001-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Turmeric-May-Hold-Promise-For-Ischemic-Stroke-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-78182-1.htm Two new studies suggest that a compound derived from curry spice turmeric may have clinical promise for ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI), which currently lack good therapies. A synthetic derivative of turmeric, made by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, dramatically improved the behavioral and molecular deficits seen in animal models of these conditions. In previous studies, David R. Schubert, and Pamela Maher in the Salk Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Turmeric-May-Hold-Promise-For-Ischemic-Stroke-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-78182-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Face-Shields-Could-Avoid-Brain-Injury-In-US-Troops-77096-1.htm After tracking how an explosive blast impacts the skull and brain, researchers said Monday that adding a face shield to the US military helmet could help prevent traumatic brain injury in soldiers. Explosions cause more than half of all combat injuries, and some 130,000 US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have sustained traumatic brain injuries ranging from concussion to death according the the US Department of Defense. The current helmet, which leaves a soldier's face exposed, could be improved ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Face-Shields-Could-Avoid-Brain-Injury-In-US-Troops-77096-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-The-Consequences-76150-1.htm What happens after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is better understood through positron emission tomography (PET) together with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), powerful imaging techniques. Researchers make a report of their study in the November issue of The IJournal of Nuclear Medicine/I (JNM). "The results provide new insights into the progressive nature of the brain changes occurring following TBI, demonstrating that changes in brain structure and function after TBI are dynamic and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-The-Consequences-76150-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Patients-may-Recover-from-Brain-Injury-Thanks-to-New-Research-75117-1.htm People who have lost their ability to remember due to brain injury or disease may be helped by the findings of a new study. By examining how we learn and store memories, scientists from UCLA and Australia have shown that the way the brain first captures and encodes a situation or event is quite different from how it processes subsequent similar events. Memories are formed in the part of the brain known as the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped structure that plays critical roles in processing, storing and recalling information....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Patients-may-Recover-from-Brain-Injury-Thanks-to-New-Research-75117-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-may-be-Treated-by-Drug-Combo-74272-1.htm Drugs in combined doses that could help treat traumatic brain injury have been discovered by researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Centre. While the majority of TBIs are concussions or other mild forms, traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability and currently, there are no drugs available to treat TBI. A variety of single drugs have failed clinical trials, suggesting a possible role for drug combinations. Peter J. Bergold and his ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-may-be-Treated-by-Drug-Combo-74272-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Drug-Combination-That-may-Treat-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Found-by-Researchers-at-SUNY-Downstate-74184-1.htm One of the most dangerous public health concerns is traumatic brain injury (TBI). Recent data show that approximately 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury annually. While the majority of TBIs are concussions or other mild forms, traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. Currently, there are no drugs available to treat TBI: a variety of single drugs have failed clinical trials, suggesting a possible role for drug combinations....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Drug-Combination-That-may-Treat-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Found-by-Researchers-at-SUNY-Downstate-74184-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Could-Also-Mean-Poor-Sleep-69934-1.htm Traumatic brain injury could also mean poor sleep, say Australian researchers. Scientists with the Monash University's School of Psychology and Psychiatry measured in a laboratory setting the sleep of 23 patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with 23 healthy people who had not suffered trauma. Study leader, Associate Professor Shantha Rajaratnam said patients with TBI showed increased sleep disturbance and reported poorer sleep quality, and higher anxiety and depressive symptoms than healthy volunteers....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Could-Also-Mean-Poor-Sleep-69934-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Headache-Dizziness-Caused-by-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Can-Be-Potentially-Eliminated-69775-1.htm A new study has found that symptoms of headache, dizziness and anxiety in some patients with traumatic brain injury could be alleviated, and maybe even eliminated, with specialized eyeglass lenses containing prisms. The investigators included doctors from three southeast Michigan hospitals and one in private practice, and involved 43 patients with TBI. "This represents a new approach to the treatment of post-concussive symptoms," says Mark S. Rosner, adjunct clinical instructor in the Department ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Headache-Dizziness-Caused-by-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Can-Be-Potentially-Eliminated-69775-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/More-Than-Fifty-Percent-of-Patients-With-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Suffer-Depression-69119-1.htm More than fifty percent of patients with traumatic brain injury, experience depression in the year following their injury. Researchers led by Charles Bombardier of the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle found that 53 percent of patients with traumatic brain injury, or around eight times the rate in the general population, suffered major depression at least once in the year following their injury. But fewer than half the study participants -- 44 percent -- received antidepressants or counseling for their depression....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/More-Than-Fifty-Percent-of-Patients-With-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Suffer-Depression-69119-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-can-Cause-Loss-of-Smell-and-Taste-66841-1.htm The ability to taste and smell can be lost or impaired after a head injury, finds a new study by scientists from the Universite de Montreal, the Lucie Bruneau Rehabilitation Centre, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal. Published in the journal IBrain Injury/I, the investigation established that mild to severe traumatic brain injury could cause olfactory loss. "The study clearly demonstrates that olfactory deficits can occur in mild traumatic ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-can-Cause-Loss-of-Smell-and-Taste-66841-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Blindness-from-Glaucoma-Starts-Due-to-Brain-Injury-66578-1.htm Researchers have claimed, blindness from glaucoma starts with an injury in the brain, not the eye. According to a team, headed by David Calkins, director of research at Vanderbilt University's Eye Institute, the disease - the leading cause of irreversible blindness - shows up first in the brain, not the eye. The researchers made the discovery after injecting glaucoma-afflicted rodents with a special fluorescent dye that illuminated sections of the middle of the brain where ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Blindness-from-Glaucoma-Starts-Due-to-Brain-Injury-66578-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nothing-Mild-About-Mild-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-65318-1.htm Information on the molecular mechanism at play in mild TBI (mTBI), commonly called concussions will be presented by Douglas Smith, MD, director of the Center for Brain Injury and Repair and professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Although mTBI affects over 1 million people each year in the United States, it is generally ignored as a major health issue. However, this 'mild' form of injury induces persisting neurological and cognitive problems in many of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nothing-Mild-About-Mild-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-65318-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Phase-III-Clinical-Trial-Tests-Progesterone-for-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-65317-1.htm The hormone progesterone will be used by researchers at 17 medical centers across the country to treat patients who experience traumatic brain injury (TBI). The treatment is part of a randomized, double-blind Phase III clinical trial that will enroll approximately 1,140 people over a three- to six-year period beginning in March, 2010. The trial is funded by a grant to Emory University from the National Institutes of Health. The clinical trial is led by David Wright, MD, associate professor ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Phase-III-Clinical-Trial-Tests-Progesterone-for-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-65317-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Tool-to-Determine-Need-for-CT-Scans-in-Children-With-Minor-Head-Injury-64808-1.htm A new tool may help standardize the use of computed tomography (CT scans) in children with minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans, according to a new study in ICMAJ/I (ICanadian Medical Association Journal/I) (pre-embargo link only) A HREF="http:www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj091421.pdf"http:www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj091421.pdf/A. More than 650,000 children with minor head injuries resulting in loss of consciousness, amnesia, disorientation and/or vomiting are seen each year ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Tool-to-Determine-Need-for-CT-Scans-in-Children-With-Minor-Head-Injury-64808-1.htm