HBOT in TBI Study Chronology By Paul G Harch MD part 1b After more than 10 years of continued resistance by military medicine, hyperbaric oxygen therapy has finally been shown to be more effective than ANY other treatment for traumatic brain injury, post-concussive syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, and concussive depression. The biggest fault of the therapy is that it works so much better than any other treatment; it is "too good to be true." So, here is a bit of history on how the military medical hyperbaric medicine study got started, and where we are today. Learn more about the IHMA - Report from Inside the Beltway, Washington, DC at http://www.hbot.comFrom:HarchHBOTViews:24 0ratingsTime:10:55More inScience Technology See the article here: HBOT in TBI Study Chronology By Paul G Harch MD part 1b - Video … Continue reading →

Do I Have a Brain Injury? And What Can I Do About It? What is unidentified traumatic brain injury? Learn how it can happen and what can be done about it from people with brain injury and experts in the field.From:brainlineViews:36 0ratingsTime:09:59More inEducation Excerpt from: Do I Have a Brain Injury? And What Can I Do About It? - Video … Continue reading →

recovering from a brain injury Aek and his parents discuss his therapy at Ability Camp following a brain injury as a result of an overdose. Aek came out of a full time nursing facility to come to Ability camp for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in combination with our Conductive Education Therapy.From:AbilitycampincViews:139 1ratingsTime:07:32More inEducation Read the original post: recovering from a brain injury - Video … Continue reading →

Dr. Alpern Discusses the role of SPECT Brain Imaging in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury treatment is one of the top reasons patients seek out Amen Clinics. Dr. Alpern explains the benefits of SPECT scans over MRIs and functional MRIs for patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury mdash;even patients who are unaware they have suffered a brain injury.From:AmenClinicViews:11 2ratingsTime:01:47More inEducation Read the original here: Dr. Alpern Discusses the role of SPECT Brain Imaging in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury - Video … Continue reading →

Dre recovering from a brain injury Nine year old Dre attends Ability Camp with the combination of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Conductive Education continues to make gains following his brain injury.From:AbilitycampincViews:9 1ratingsTime:04:16More inNonprofits Activism Read more from the original source: Dre recovering from a brain injury - Video … Continue reading →

Ian recovering following 2 lightning strikes Nineteen year old Ian suffered two lightning strikes which caused severe brain injury yet he miraculously survived. With the help of Ability Camp he continues to improve his walking and balance.From:AbilitycampincViews:15 0ratingsTime:03:45More inEducation Read the original post: Ian recovering following 2 lightning strikes - Video … Continue reading →

(CNN) Time seemed to slow as Marjan Ghassemi saw her 17-year-old son, Bobby, lying in a hospital bed after a car crash. He had a thick band of gauze wrapped around his head and a tangle of tubes protruding from his body. A hole was cut into his windpipe, and the hollow-sounding hiss of machines helping him breathe filled the room. At that point, there was no telling whether he would live or die, but Marjan was determined not to cry. From day one, when we got there, I didnt want him to know we were crying, that we were upset, she said. I wanted all positive energy in the room. I went in his ear and said You fight your way and come back to us. It was March 2010. Bobby Ghassemi had been driving fast along a winding road in Virginia when his car barreled off the road. By the time paramedics arrived, he was in a coma and barely alive. For all intents and purposes, he was dead on the scene, said Dr. Michael Lewis, a physician who later advised the family. Im looking at the reports, and they report a Glasgow Coma Score of 3. A … Continue reading →

Images of various preparations used to study traumatic brain injury in Barclay Morrison's laboratory. Left: a mixed culture of brain cells stained for neurons (green) and auxiliary brain cells (red). Center: a hippocampal slice stained for inhibitory neurons (green). Right: a living hippocampal culture on a microelectrode array (black dots) to record neuronal activity after injury. Barclay Morrison, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, compares the brain's physical response to traumatic brain injury to, of all things, a gelatin dessert. If you take a bowl of Jell-O and spin it rapidly, it wiggles inside the confines of the bowl, and as it wiggles, it stretches without changing volume, just like the brain, he says. All it takes is 40 milliseconds to sustain a life-changing brain injury. That blow to the heador mechanical stimulus, as scientists call itsets in motion a cascade of biological responses inside the skull responsible for the injury's devastating consequences. There are more than 1.7 million head injuries in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control, but no treatment as yet for the progressive damage from brain trauma that can lead to disorders ranging from memory loss to Parkinsons, Alzheimers and epilepsy. … Continue reading →

The state Department of Health and Human Resources is paying $1.5 million a year to oversee a brain injury program that so far has benefited just three people. The 9-month-old Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver Program is meant to keep Medicaid-eligible West Virginians with brain injuries in their homes and out of institutions. The state planned for 75 people to use the program in its first year, according to documents submitted to the federal government. Enrollment opened Feb. 1. But so far only 28 people have applied for the program and only three have received services. In the meantime, the state is paying New York-based APS Healthcare $1.5 million a year to administer the program. Most of that is federal Medicaid money spent by DHHR. The state's annual share is $375,000. The state awarded a contract to APS to oversee the program in fall 2011. It's worth up to $4.7 million over three years. "It was intended to build the program," DHHR spokeswoman Marsha Dadisman said Tuesday. The state told the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that each person in the program would cost about $36,000 to care for. If that's true, the state is on track to spend … Continue reading →

The traumatic brain injuries online information and legal resource, McDonaldWorley.com, has released a statement supporting the need for further research and public awareness of treatments and impact related to TBI injuries. The popular law firm made clear that every head injury is a tragedy, but the increased public attention can lead to improvements in the lives of sufferers. Houston, TX (PRWEB) October 23, 2012 According to a Wall Street Journal NFL report, the National Football League has provided a $30 million grant to research brain trauma in an effort to understand further the lifelong impact of these injuries. "People's lives are forever altered following head trauma, compounding the tragedy further, injuries to the brain often go undetected," stated lead TBI attorney, Don Worley. Head injuries are not simply limited to athletes, according to the site. Vehicle accidents, bike falls, work accidents and other tragedies can lead to damage of the brains normal functioning. According to the Wall Street Journal report, autopsies of former football player brains have characteristics similarly seen in Alzheimer's, dementia, and other degenerative brain diseases. "Greater public awareness will lead to people getting the treatment they need, quicker, and may help people avoid the confusion, uncertainty and … Continue reading →