Updates and Insights: Brain Injuries
- School Traumatic Brain Injury Program Receives Grant from CDC
Oct 24, 2019
Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided a sizable grant for research centered on a school program for students with traumatic brain injury. The $2.2 million grant will fund researchers from The Center on Brain Injury Research and Training (CBIRT) as they study the Central Oregon Return to School program. This program is dedicated to assisting children who have suffered TBI, as they continue to recover from associated brain damage. The...Read More - Magnetic Therapy may Improve Function after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
May 31, 2019
Concussion and other mild brain injuries can have lasting effects. These injuries do not discriminate among those whom they impact, occurring in children and the elderly alike. Sadly, a person who suffers a concussion or another mild trauma affecting the brain may experience permanent cognitive impairments, personality changes, differences in behavior, and more. These lasting effects do not simply impact the sufferer, instead extending to his or her family, friends, and close personal relationships. As...Read More - Scientific Advancement may Help Predict Brain Health after Stroke
Jun 21, 2018
Scientists have developed a brain health index that combines comprehensive brain scan data to better assess brain health and predict cognitive function after stroke. This groundbreaking advancement may be used to identify risk factors for stroke and dementia, as well as to determine the level of brain atrophy after brain injury. The brain health index is a computer program created by scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. An article explaining this development was...Read More - Traumatic Brain Injuries Increase Alzheimer’s Disease Risk, Study Says
Mar 2, 2018
According to a new study, traumatic brain injuries like concussions may increase a person’s risk for developing early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The recent research, published in Neuropsychology, sought to determine whether traumatic brain injury (TBI) with loss of consciousness was a risk factor developing Alzheimer’s disease earlier in life. Researchers at UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute evaluated over 2,133 study participants, using their autopsies to confirm a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The results were striking: people who sustained traumatic...Read More - Monmouth County Brain Injury Case Results in $17 Million Verdict
Nov 3, 2017
In a recent case involving a young girl who suffered permanent brain injury after doctors prematurely removed her from a ventilator following lung surgery, a Monmouth County jury awarded her and her parents $17 million. The victim in this case was Kelsey Heaney, who was only 7-years-old when she was hospitalized for acute pneumonia in 2008. Kelsey and her parents sought treatment for her condition at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ. Her treating...Read More - Research on Former NFL Players Shows 99 Percent Had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy CTE
Jul 28, 2017
New research investigating chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among football players revealed signs of the brain disease in the vast majority of former players’ brains that were studied. The study, entitled “Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football,” was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Tuesday, July 25th. Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the VA Boston Healthcare System analyzed the brains of 202 former football...Read More - Traumatic Brain Injuries in Childhood May Lead to Anxiety, Depression Long-term
Jul 21, 2017
Traumatic brain injuries can be catastrophically damaging at any age; however, a traumatic brain injury in childhood may lead to serious medical and psychological issues for years to come. In fact, a new study discovered that traumatic brain injuries and concussions, when sustained in childhood, may result in anxiety and depression more than a decade after the initial injury. The research, entitled Anxiety Disorders in Adults With Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence of Difficulties More...Read More - Our NJ Medical Malpractice Attorneys Represent Blood Clot, Stroke Victim
Apr 27, 2017
The New Jersey medical malpractice attorneys at Fronzuto Law Group have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of a 46-year-old Morris County man who was left brain dead after a blood clot in his brain led to a stroke and brain hemorrhage. The 46-year-old victim, a resident of Morris County, sought treatment at an Emergency Room in Paterson, New Jersey. He presented with stroke symptoms, including a left facial droop, as well as weakness in the...Read More