As more research focuses on the damage concussions can cause, scientists now report that even mild blows to the head might affect memory and thinking. In this latest study, special helmets were used on football and ice hockey players ...
Active-duty Marines who suffer a traumatic brain injury face significantly higher risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study. Other factors that raise the risk include severe pre-deployment symptoms of ...
The U.S. National Institutes of Health is teaming up with the National Football League on research into the long-term effects of repeated head injuries and improving concussion diagnosis. The projects will be supported largely through a ...
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You know those popular songs that you just can't get out of your head? A new study suggests they have the power to trigger strong memories, many years later, in people with brain damage. The small study suggests that songs instill ...
Doctors in the U.S. military are still dispensing an anti-malaria drug federal regulators say can cause brain damage. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new black-box warning for mefloquine that hallucinations are a ...
Particle Sciences, a drug delivery contract development and manufacturing organization, has been contracted by BHR Pharma to develop an in-field nasally applied formulation of progesterone for traumatic brain injury (TBI). BHR Pharma is ...
In March 2010, high school student Bobby Ghassemi was taken out of his crashed vehicle and airlifted to a nearby Virginia hospital more dead than alive with severe brain trauma. He was so much more dead than alive that the physician who ...
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Canadian biopharmaceutical firm Aeterna Zentaris has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ghrelin agonist, macimorelin acetate (AEZS-130), a novel orally-active small molecule. The ...
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US-based medical device company Vycor Medical has announced the issuance of a new patent in Australia for its NovaVision vision restoration technology. The new Australian patent is for visual testing methods that fixate the user's gaze ...
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US-based Integra LifeSciences has announced the launch of Licox brain tissue oxygen monitoring system, which continually monitors brain oxygen partial pressure (PtO2) in patients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury or cerebral ...
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A non-profit organization is publishing a quick-reference card to help cycling teams and race officials assess possible concussions. The group, Medicine of Cycling, has collaborated with a group of physicians and researchers with a ...
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Swedish medical device company Dignitana's subsidiary Brain Cool has announced that its medical brain cooling system is being tested in a Phase One clinical trial at the University of Edinburgh. The Brain Cool system, which uses a ...
Georgia-Pacific, the maker of Brawny paper towels, announces the launch of a national campaign and partnership with Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) to help support and raise awareness of the needs of injured service members and their families ...
Just slightly bigger than a smartphone, the latest text to speech communication device from Toby Churchill has been designed for literate people to help them communicate more confidently and fluently with anyone. It enables users to ...
The T2 Mood Tracker, a Department of Defense smart phone application developed for monitoring emotional health, now has the ability to send information to home computers and health care providers. Developers of the app at the National ...
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