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DENVER, July 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, and Craig Hospital announced today that the specialty hospital is now participating in CORHIO's secure health information exchange (HIE) network. Denver-based Craig Hospital is world-renowned as a premier center for specialty rehabilitation for people with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries. Through the HIE connection, patients who are being transferred from another participating Colorado acute care hospital to Craig Hospital will have smoother transitions and be at lower risk for complications, because the details of their electronic medical records will immediately follow them as they transition facilities. The CORHIO HIE is a highly protected electronic network that links the medical records systems of hospitals, doctors and other health care providers throughout Colorado. The HIE allows providers to exchange vital patient information, including lab test and pathology results, X-ray, MRI and other imaging reports, and physician transcription reports, when it is needed for patient care. To view a video that describes HIE, please visit http://youtu.be/9iO8NaVt6Sw. Often an individual with a brain or spinal cord injury will have been through a traumatic accident and will initially be taken to an emergency room or an acute care hospital. At the … Continue reading →

By Randy Appleton, North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are often sudden and change and end lives without warning. Almost two million people each year have a traumatic brain injury. Around the world, it is a leading cause of death. Now, new research is indicating that a hormone that the body produces can be used in some cases to treat TBI. For instance, a man named Lester Talley in Texas blacked out behind the wheel earlier this year and his car slammed into the rear of a tractor trailer. He blacked out due to an unknown health issue, and he suffered a TBI in the accident. The accident caused his brain to swell dangerously, and without any treatment, he could suffer severe brain damage and possibly death. According to Daniel Laskowitz, MD, MHS, Professor Medicine (Neurology), Neurobiology, & Anesthesiology, and Director, Neurovascular Laboratories at Duke University Medical Center, there are few options for treating such an acute brain injury. In Talleys case, his wife enrolled him in a Phase III clinical trial called SyNAPSe. This study tests to see if progesterone can help to treat TBI and reduce brain swelling. It is a natural hormone in men … Continue reading →

(PRWEB) July 24, 2013 Neurological Recovery Guide and Neurological Wellness Center have been facilitating recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) since 2010. There is a growing body of evidence linking chronic inflammatory events in the brain with many of the impairments persons with TBI experience. Etanercept (Enbrel) is a drug approved to treat the acute inflammatory processes involved in certain forms of arthritis and psoriasis. This traumatic brain injury clinical trial is designed to confirm the findings of Dr. Tobinick who pioneered a means of circumventing the blood brain barrier by administering Enbrel to the back of the neck in a prescribed manner referred to as a perispinal injection. This study will be conducted at the research office of Neurological Wellness Center with individuals who have been diagnosed with mild to moderate TBI. In addition to perispinally administered etanercept, study participants will be given minocycline, n-acetylcysteine, turmeric, and fish oil. This open label crossover pilot study will evaluate the effect of treatment over a six-week period. Assessment tools will include the DSM-IV criteria and the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Physical impairments will be evaluated by assessing the time to walk 20 meters, as well as a symptom … Continue reading →

Public release date: 23-Jul-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Eleanor Howell press@f1000.com 44-020-763-19129 Faculty of 1000 In degenerative brain diseases and after stroke, nerve cells die while their support cells activate the brain's immune system to cause further damage. Now Jonathan Gilthorpe, Adrian Pini and Andrew Lumsden at the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King's College London, have found that a single protein, histone H1, causes these distinct outcomes. The research passed peer review within a week of being published in F1000Research, where Jan-Marino Ramirez, of the University of Washington, called the work "a very important contribution to our understanding of neurodegenerative disease and the response of the brain to injury" in his public referee report. He also noted that he is "confident that this study will be a much cited contribution to the field of traumatic brain injury". The most unexpected finding in this study is that a histone protein is responsible for neuronal damage. "Histone H1 partners with DNA in the cell nucleus and has been thought of as harmless," explain the authors, "The surprise came when we discovered that it can be released from brain cells upon injury, killing healthy nerve cells and activating … Continue reading →

SAN DIEGO Duane J. Roth, a prominent supporter of San Diego's tech and biotech sector, was hospitalized Sunday with brain trauma after a bicycle accident. Roth, CEO of Connect, was placed in a medically induced coma at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest, said David F. Hale, a friend of Roth's. Tyler Orion, past chief operating officer of Connect, was appointed interim president Monday to support the technology entrepreneurship nonprofit during Roth's recovery. "The last I heard is that he appears to be stable at this time, and they're going to keep him in this medically induced coma for some time, a few days, and they're hoping he will be improved enough to start to come out of it," Hale said Monday afternoon. UCSD Medical Center said Roth is a patient, but declined to give any details without family permission. However, Paul Laikind, incoming chair of Connect, said Roth's family confirmed Hale's account. Ted Roth, Duane's brother, said the family appreciates prayers and good wishes, calling Duane his "best friend." Ted Roth is notable in his own right as president of Newport Beach-based Roth Capital Partners. Aside from his role at Connect, Duane Roth has long been a well-known and respected … Continue reading →

NEWPORT NEWS, Va - Traumatic brain injury has taken center stage as a health concern for both the military and sports professionals. Last week, Hillier Ignite, a fledgling philanthropic organization based in Virginia Beach, awarded its first Lifesaving Innovation Award to InfraScan Inc., a medical device company that focuses on developing hand-held diagnostic devices for head injury and stroke assessment based on near infrared technology. Founder Luke Hillier made the award at the Warrior Expo, a trade event sponsored by his company ADS Inc., at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Citing his grandmother's experience with a bad fall, Hillier noted the importance of early detection and treatment of a brain bleed. "Right now traumatic brain injury, TBI, is a pressing problem," he said. His new venture, Hillier Ignite, is committed to supporting entrepreneurial effort and innovation while supporting active duty military and veterans. "This could save the lives of our military and it also has civilian applications," he added. The Infrascanner Model 2000 is a portable device that screens for intracranial bleeding to determine whether patients need a CT scan and immediate attention. It can be powered by disposable AA batteries. The improved model, based on an earlier prototype, was … Continue reading →

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A hormone produced by the body could help heal a traumatic brain injury. Health issues lead to Lester Talley's near fatal accident. The husband and father of two suffered a serious traumatic brain injury. "My brain had started swelling," Talley said. "There really is no definitive therapy for the treatment of acute brain injury," said Dr. Laskowitz a neurologist. Lester's wife Ashley feared the worst. "Seemed like my world was coming to an end," Ashley Talley said. While in a coma, Lester was enrolled in a phase three trial called Synapse. The study is testing if progesterone could help treat traumatic brain injury It is a natural hormone produced in men and women that's most often associated with pregnancy. "There is good evidence that it reduces inflammation," Laskowitz said. The hormone has to be given within eight hours of an injury. It is infused into the brain for five days straight. "...and their ultimate endpoint is how they are doing at six months," Laskowitz said. Read more: Hormone could help heal traumatic brain injuries … Continue reading →

A young mum left severely brain-damaged after botched hospital treatment during childbirth has won compensation after a seven-year battle. Auckland woman Joanna Louise Crampton, 37, was admitted to North Shore Hospital two days before Christmas in 2005 to give birth to her third son. She suffered a "catastrophic" amniotic fluid embolism - a rare emergency in which debris enters the body during childbirth. The hospital was severely criticised for its "monumental failure" in the case. Crampton's family has been battling the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), which declined a 2006 claim because it said the injuries were as a result of an "unpredictable complication", rather than a lack of treatment. But after seven years, that fight is finally over, with an Auckland District Court judge overturning ACC's decision. It is not clear what Crampton's compensation will be. Her former husband, Damian Crampton, said lawyers are still discussing the figure. He told the Sunday Star-Times that his former wife now lives at a West Auckland residential rehabilitation centre for people with traumatic brain injuries. "We still go visit her," he said. Damian Crampton has since remarried and raises their three children with his new wife. In a decision released last month, Judge … Continue reading →

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NY woman allegedly defrauded $480,000 from Boston Marathon charity. The FBI released video and photos of two suspects in the Boston marathon bombing on April 18, 2013. The twin bombings killed three and injured 170 on April 15, 2013. This video show Suspect 1 in a black hat. UPI License photo TROY, N.Y., July 19 (UPI) -- A New York woman is accused of faking medical records and defrauding a Boston Marathon charity of $480,000 for a brain injury that doesn't exist, police say. Audrea Gause, 26, of Troy was arrested and arraigned in Troy City Court and sent to the Rensselaer County (N.Y.) Jail Friday. She faces charges in New York for being a fugitive from justice in Massachusetts for allegedly defrauding One Fund Boston, the charity set up for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union reported. Gause is accused of forging detailed medical records and bills for an alleged brain injury suffered in the bombings during the Boston Marathon. She claimed to have spent two days hospitalized at Boston Medical Center and 10 days of treatment at Albany Medical Center Hospital in New York. However, an investigation by Martha Coakley, attorney general of … Continue reading →