Category Archives: Brain Injury Treatment

Reston, VA; Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) July 02, 2013 Occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, neuropsychologists and others who treat individuals with brain injury may now learn ALL of the evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation strategies recommended in scientific literature in one two-day training course based on the ACRM Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice. Coming to the Orlando, FL region November 12 13, 2013 at Disneys Contemporary Resort / Walt Disney World Resort, FL, USA, the course will be held in conjunction with the 90th Annual ACRM Conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research. Advance registration rates are available at http://www.ACRM.org/COG The training encompasses all of the evidence-based strategies recommended in the scientific literature and operationalizes them into step-by-step guidelines for immediate use in clinical practice. Course content is designed to enable participants to confidently choose proven interventions for effective treatment of various cognition impairments. Never before have research outcomes been so accessible for use in everyday clinical practice. Based on the Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual: Translating Evidence-Based Recommendations into Practice, this live introductory training operationalizes scientific recommendations into standards and step-by-step procedures that may confidently be used by rehabilitation professionals. "Leaders of the interdisciplinary team taking care of people with cognitive disfunction need to … Continue reading →

ATLANTA--July 1, 2013: NAPA AUTO PARTS is once again launching its "Get Back and Give Back" Campaign to support the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF), a not-for-profit organization that serves United States military personnel wounded or injured in service to our nation, and their families. Starting today and running through July, the "Get Back and Give Back" Campaign makes it easy for those interested to contribute to the IFHF, which this year is raising funds to build new facilities focused on the diagnosis and treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries. The "Get Back and Give Back" Campaign will offer a nationwide text-to-donate program during the month, which allows anyone to text 'NAPA' to 27722 to make a $10 donation. NAPA AUTO PARTS and NAPA AutoCare Centers are also offering customers mail-in rebates of up to $25 for every battery, alternator, and starter they purchase during the month. Customers can choose to donate all or a portion of these rebates, and NAPA AUTO PARTS will also donate $1 to the IFHF for any redeemed rebate. "NAPA has a very large military family, including our employees and our customers who have served or are actively serving in … Continue reading →

The mental fuzziness induced by cancer treatment could be eased by cognitive exercises performed online, say researchers. Cancer survivors sometimes suffer from a condition known as "chemo fog"a cognitive impairment caused by repeated chemotherapy. A study hints at a controversial idea: that brain-training software might help lift this cognitive cloud. Various studies have concluded that cognitive training can improve brain function in both healthy people and those with medical conditions, but the broader applicability of these results remains controversial in the field. In a study published in the journal Clinical Breast Cancer, investigators report that those who used a brain-training program for 12 weeks were more cognitively flexible, more verbally fluent, and faster-thinking than survivors who did not train. Patients treated with chemotherapy show changes in brain structure and function in line with diffuse brain injury, and they often report long-term cognitive effects, says Shelli Kesler, a Stanford University clinical neuropsychologist who led the research. The new study "suggests that cognitive training could be one possible avenue for helping to improve cognitive function in breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy," she says. The results may not convince everyone. "One of the biggest challenges in the cognitive training world is to … Continue reading →

MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc., (OBI) (OXBT), today announced enrollment of the first subject in the second cohort of its global Phase IIb clinical trial to investigate the safety and tolerability of Oxycyte in patients with severe, non-penetrating traumatic brain injury (STOP-TBI). The first patient of the second cohort was enrolled in Israel at the Rambam Health Care Campus (RHCC) - the only Level 1 trauma center in the north of Israel. The RHCCs neurotrauma center treats approximately 200 severe brain injuries annually and is recognized as a teaching center of excellence for the region. The neurotrauma center is led by Dr. Leon Levi who, together with Department of Neurosurgery Chief, Professor Menashe Zaaroor, serve as co-principal investigators in the STOP-TBI trial. The first cohort, of the three-cohort study, concluded with an independent safety monitoring board recommending, unanimously, advancement to Cohort 2. In addition to the 5 study centers receiving ethics committee approval in Israel, the study is expected to include sites in Switzerland, France and Spain, as well as other countries to be named later. Dr. Levi, who is Oxygen Biotherapeutics National Advisor in Israel for the study, recently commented, The neurosurgical department at RHCC is proud to … Continue reading →

The cause of strokes in younger people remains largely a mystery. The cause of strokes in younger people remains largely a mystery. Twenty percent of strokes hit people under age 65, and the cause of many of those strokes remains a mystery. Having had a concussion or other traumatic brain injury might make the risk of a stroke more likely, a study says. Back in 2011, researchers in Taiwan had unearthed an association between traumatic brain injury and stroke by combing through hospital records. It's one of those "Oh, really?" findings that gets scientists itching to check it out themselves. Researchers at the University of Michigan and the VA Center for Clinical Management and Research took on the challenge. They dug through billing records from emergency rooms in California from 2005 to 2009. They found more than 436,000 people who had come to the ER with a traumatic brain injury. Those people were 30 percent more likely to have a stroke afterwards than people who hadn't had a traumatic brain injury. A little over one percent of them ended up having a stroke later on. The results were published online in the journal Neurology. The researchers found that people under … Continue reading →

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. & DSSELDORF, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Edge Therapeutics announced today positive preliminary results from the first human use of EG-1962, the Companys novel bioabsorbable nimodipine microparticle formulation for the prevention of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI), a life-threatening complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), typically resulting from a ruptured brain aneurysm or traumatic brain injury. There are approximately 90,000 patients in North America and Europe who are at risk for DCI, most of whom would be candidates for EG-1962. Researchers at Heinrich-Heine-University Hospital in Dsseldorf, Germany conducted an open-label study to assess the safety and tolerability of EG-1962, which delivers therapeutic and sustained concentrations of nimodipine directly to the site of brain injury. Eleven patients were treated and 10 met pre-defined enrollment criteria, which included a low level of consciousness on admission to the emergency room and high hemorrhage volumes. Investigators found that there were no adverse events or other safety concerns related to EG-1962. Additionally, good clinical outcome, as measured by the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) 30 days after SAH, was observed in all 10 patients who met the enrollment criteria. Based on similar patients treated in past clinical studies, researchers would have expected approximately half of these patients to … Continue reading →

June 27, 2013 Brett Smith for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online People who suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) often have to learn to cope with physical or mental difficulties after the event. Now, a new study in the journal Neurology shows that they may also face double jeopardy from increased risk of stroke. Both stroke and traumatic brain injury are common, costly and leading causes of severe disability in adults, and approximately 20 percent of strokes occur in adults under age 65, said study author Dr. James F. Burke, a neurologist at the University of Michigan. A large proportion of stroke risk is unexplained, especially in the young, so if we can identify new risk factors, we have the potential to prevent more strokes and improve outcomes. In the study, researchers culled through five years of California hospital records for adults who either went to the emergency room or were admitted to a hospital for TBI or other trauma without brain injury. Almost 440,000 people with TBI were included in the study along with about 740,000 trauma victims who showed no signs of brain trauma. After an average of around 28 months, one percent of all those included in the … Continue reading →

By Barbara Bronson Gray HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- People who have a traumatic brain injury may be more likely to suffer a stroke, a large new study suggests. And while the chances of having a stroke are still small, incurring a traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be as big a risk factor as is high blood pressure, said study author Dr. James Burke. While stroke risk is usually tied to older adults, about 20 percent occur in those under 65, said Burke, a research fellow in the neurology department at the University of Michigan Medical School. "Stroke is not typically associated with young people, and why younger people have strokes is not well understood." But when younger adults do suffer a stroke, the effects can be daunting. Dr. John Volpi, co-director of the Eddy Scurlock Stroke Center in Houston, recalled a patient who had a minor bike accident and seemed just fine. But after just a few days, the man -- who was only 45 -- had a stroke. "It was a slow recovery, getting back to walking and talking, and because he was an ophthalmologist, it took him a long time to be able to … Continue reading →

Sturgeon Bay, WI (PRWEB) June 25, 2013 The incidence of traumatic brain injury (cerebral concussion) has become a public health epidemic worldwide in recent years. In the United States, more than 3 million brain injuries yearly result in 220,000 hospitalizations, 52,000 deaths, and over 80,000 permanently disabled victims according to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Chiropractor and Naturopath Dr. J G Moellendorf, DC, ND, LCP. The research team led by Linda Hasadsri at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota recently published Omega-3 Fatty Acids as a Putative Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury. They note that concussions are the most common injury among American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, affecting over 300 per month. It also has a devastating impact on athletes injured during contact sports. Most noted symptoms are impairments in sensory and muscle functions but this often progresses to impairments to learning and perception, emotions, and psychosocial functions. They found very promising laboratory evidence for restoring brain and nerve function among injured victims by using high doses of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) derived from cold water fish. The researchers concluded that while their results show promise in improving function in brain-injured animals … Continue reading →

First large-scale study to measure the number of students' self-reported concussions at school, rather than just hospital-reported cases High figure has shocked researchers because multiple brain injuries can lead to lasting cognitive impairment In Canada, where study was carried out, 50% of injuries that kill and disable young people are caused by brain trauma By Helen Collis PUBLISHED: 04:41 EST, 26 June 2013 | UPDATED: 08:19 EST, 26 June 2013 59 shares 16 View comments One in five adolescents has been knocked unconscious while playing sport at school - a figure that has shocked researchers. Brain injuries measured in the research included cases where children had been unconscious for at least five minutes and those who had needed to be hospitalised over night. Most previous studies have only recorded hospital cases of children's brain injuries; the addition of self-reported concussion which did not result in hospital treatment has now raised serious concerns in Canada, where the study was carried out. Risk?: Large-scale Canadian study find s that one in five teenagers has been knocked unconscious during sport at school See original here: Time to skip P.E.? A FIFTH of teenagers have suffered a brain injury while playing sport at school … Continue reading →