Newswise Traumatic brain injury (TBI)is a leading cause of cognitive impairment that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite growing awareness about the debilitating and lifelong progressive consequences of TBI, there are currently no treatments that slow the deteriorative process. TBI survivors are currently treated with extensive physical and cognitive rehabilitation, accompanied by medications that may mitigate symptoms yet do not halt or slow neurodegeneration Continue reading →

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical stage biotech company developing a drug treatment for concussion to address underlying neuro-metabolic dysfunction and axonal injury, announced today initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial of OXE103 for treating concussion. The Phase 2 clinical study is being conducted by Dr Continue reading →

According to clinical data, traumatic brain injury is a major cause of cognitive impairment that affects a very large population worldwide. Despite rising awareness of the debilitating and lifelong advancing consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI), currently there are no treatments that slow the degenerative process. Continue reading →

Anthony Dwyer's brain injury was not survivable, according to an agreed statement of facts entered into court Thursday. When 54-year-old Anthony Dwyer arrived at the hospital late on July 13, 2018, his pupils were fixed and dilated, he didn't respond to any painful stimuli, and he had no cough or gag reflex. All of those things are brain stem reflexes necessary to sustain life, said Crown prosecutor Chris Ryan, reading from an agreed statement of facts Thursday. Continue reading →

Committee Approves Bucco Bill to Assist Veterans with PTSD or Brain Injury Legislation sponsored by Senator Anthony M. Bucco that would make it easier for veterans to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder or total brain injury was approved today by the Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. Buccos bill,S-2821, requires the Adjutant General of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMAVA) to develop a program to help veterans access evaluation and treatment for PTSD or total brain injury diagnosis related to military service Continue reading →

Friday, 23 October 2020 Lifestyle 19 Oct, 2020 07:15 AM4 minutes to read The patient, identified only as Richard, was 20 when he suffered severe brain damage after choking on a piece of meat. Photo / File A man who had been unable to talk or move for eight years briefly recovered from his brain injury after doctors gave him a sleeping pill. According to the medical journal Cortex, the man, named Richard in the journal, immediately remembered his father and asked for food when he woke up Continue reading →