When a patient arrives at the hospital after suffering a head injury, doctors have a limited amount of time to determine the severity of the damage and take appropriate action to preserve undamaged parts of the brain and lessen the effects of the trauma in whatever way possible. In order to be effective and efficient… Read More
Tongue-controlled technology improves mobility for spinal cord injury survivors
So many sci-fi technology fantasies from the last century have already come true, trying to keep up with them can easily make a humanoid’s head explode. Everything from a highly complex tongue-controlled computer system and smart house to tongue-controlled wheelchairs, prosthetics, and even tooth-based keyboards might soon appear on global markets. Various tongue-based interfaces and… Read More
Olympic snowboarding hopeful remains in hospital with traumatic brain injury
Kevin Pearce, a snowboarder from Norwich, Vermont, remains in critical condition with a severe traumatic brain injury in the University of Utah hospital after a snowboarding accident. Pearce was training on a halfpipe in Utah for an Olympics qualifier being held soon in Mammoth Lakes, CA. The 22-year-old Pearce sustained his injury when he hit… Read More
Advances are Made in Studying War-Related Head Injuries
Soldiers returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq suffering from a high rate of traumatic brain injury due to exposure to explosive blasts have prompted research projects to determine exactly how brain injury occurs during an explosion in which direct impact to the head does not occur. Researchers from the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center… Read More
Basic Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury
As the survivor of a traumatic brain injury and his or her friends and family struggle to comes to terms with what has happened and what the future holds, many questions are raised. It is helpful if both the survivor and his or her family have some general information about traumatic brain injury at this… Read More
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Diffuse axonal injury occurs in about half of all severe head traumas, making it one of the most common traumatic brain injuries. It can also occur in moderate and mild brain injury. A diffuse axonal injury falls under the category of a diffuse brain injury. This means that instead of occurring in a specific area,… Read More