Traumatic Brain Injury
Commentary
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for traumatic brain injury: Promising or wishful thinking?
With respect to chronic TBI, it is difficult to imagine how HBOT could reverse brain injury that has been present for months or years.
Supplements
Federal Health Care Data Trends 2023
News
TBI tied to increased mental health diagnoses, time to suicide
“Folks in mental health probably have a lot of patients who have brain injury in their practice, and they don’t know it and that’s an important...
News
New data on traumatic brain injury show it’s chronic, evolving
“Our results dispute the notion that TBI is a discrete, isolated medical event with a finite, static functional outcome following a relatively...
Commentary
What to expect in the new concussion guidelines
“Right now, at least at the concussion conference I went to and in the upcoming consensus statement, they will not comment on a specific sport.”...
Conference Coverage
Four PTSD blood biomarkers identified
The biomarkers could be used to monitor treatment for PTSD, identify subtypes of PTSD, and lead to a new understanding of the mechanisms...
News
Older men more at risk as dangerous falls rise for all seniors
“We always hear about lower bone density rates among females, so we didn’t expect to see males with more skull fractures.”
News
Migraine after concussion linked to worse outcomes
Although most children recover quickly from a concussion, approximately one-third continue to report symptoms a month after the event.
Opinion
Returning to normal after concussion
I am heartened that we are now hearing voices suggesting a return to concussion management based on careful observation of the individual patient...
News
Concussion burden tied to later hypertension in football players
A new study suggests ‘that repetitive early-life brain injury may have later-life implications for cardiovascular health.’