A study conducted by Sentient NeuroCare Services has revealed new information about traumatic brain injuries. According to the report, mild to severe vasospasm is seen in some victims of brain injury. This condition is associated with subarachnoid hemorrhages and it...
Brain Injury
Bringing awareness to the traumatic brain injury
A workplace injury is as likely to happen in Ohio as it is in any other state. In many cases, an occupational injury may involve a sprain or lower back issues, especially if you are performing some sort of manual labor. These are treatable and possess consequences,...
Brain injuries can happen on the job
One of the injuries that doctors and researchers understand the least is the brain injury. Despite its complex and seemingly mysterious nature, a traumatic brain injury can happen to anyone. All it takes to receive such an injury is a sudden change in the speed that...
Workplace brain injuries occur, but there is support
Most people in Columbus, Ohio, do not know that a traumatic brain injury statistically happens every 16 seconds, especially workers at high-risk occupations. Even workers at low-risk occupations can incur a brain injury if the factors are there. What if you are...
Study finds a single brain injury may lead to Alzheimer’s
A new study published in the July issue of the Journal of Neuroscience may leave those in Ohio that have experienced a traumatic brain injury while on the job a little more concerned about their long-term health. According to researchers from Tufts University School...
Man’s brain injury steals his reading skills
A woman from Fostoria, Ohio, recently spoke on the changes that her son and her family have experienced because of war. The young man was on a mission, approximately one month before completing his service in the U.S. Army, when an improvised explosive device took...
Brain injury may have led to suicide of athlete
The recent death of former professional football player Junior Seau has many pondering the long-term effects of a profession that can lead to repetitive brain injuries. Research has shown that a traumatic brain injury can have serious long-term complications if it is...
New regulations announced by first lady and medical schools
First lady Michelle Obama recently announced a new part of her "Joining Forces" campaign that will hope to better address a serious injury for those in Ohio and across the country. When an individual experiences a traumatic brain injury, they can be saddled with a...
Investigations show poor government response to brain injuries
As one of the two major wars that the United States is involved in comes to a close, many troops are returning home to states like Ohio. One of the signature injuries sustained by troops during the wars in the Middle East is the traumatic brain injury, and many...
Man loses all memory in severe workplace accident
A former NFL player suddenly lost all of his memory in December 2008. The 46-year-old man sustained a serious brain injury while on the job and woke up in a hospital bed, not knowing who he was, who is wife was or even what a wife was. His wife and family were shocked...