Sentences with phrase «found with head injuries»

Teresa Wishart was found with head injuries at her home in Changford Road, Kirkby, Merseyside, on Thursday.

Not exact matches

Eagles head coach Doug Pederson has done an outstanding job with formations, personnel, and finding ways to make plays with Foles, who stepped into the QB job when Carson Wentz went down with an injury earlier this season.

The N.F.L.'s Super Bowl commercial touting the league's progress since its founding to make the game safer obscured the reality that league has not done enough to protect its current players from the dangers of head injuries and left too many of its former players struggling in retirement with symptoms of early dementia, depression, and thoughts of suicide.

Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.

Even today, with all the attention on concussions, Safe Kids Worldwide found that half of all coaches surveyed believe there is an acceptable amount of head contact (i.e., getting their bell rung, seeing stars) young athletes can receive without potentially causing a serious brain injury (fact is, there isn't).

The panel acknowledged that one study had found that found that an association between the use of soft soccer helmets and a reduction in concussions and soft tissue injuries compared with no helmet, without increasing the risk of injury to areas not covered by the head gear.

As a result, Dr. Meehan argues that «the term mild traumatic brain injury should not be used interchangeably with concussion,» as suggested by the authors of a 2010 Canadian study, 2 which found that how a brain injury was labeled made a difference when it came to treatment, and suggested that, to encourage full reporting of head injuries in sports and to allow adequate management and recovery time, MTBI be used in its place.

It nevertheless concluded that the currently available data, combined with a lack of uniform safety standards and regulations, were «insufficient» to support a finding that soft helmets prevented head injuries such that universal support of soft helmets was «premature at this time.»

In an interview, the Glasgow - based neurologist described how he had examined sections of brain tissue in a retired rugby player and found abnormal proteins associated with head injuries and dementia.

This new study of non-military, civilian trauma patients visiting the emergency department builds on recent research conducted by Dr. Samadani, supported through the Cohen Veterans Center, which found that the use of this novel eye - tracking technology could reveal edema, or swelling, in the brain as a potential biomarker for assessing brain function and monitoring recovery in people with head injuries.

The study findings also associate several other factors with an increased risk of developing BD, including preterm birth, head injury, drug exposures (especially cocaine), physical or sexual abuse, and other forms of stress.

Scientists have revealed that protein clumps associated with Alzheimer's disease are also found in the brains of people who have had a head injury.

The patients with head injury were found to have more amyloid plaques than the healthy volunteers, but fewer than those with Alzheimer's disease.

«If our findings can be translated into humans this could be life - changing for patients with head injuries.»

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that soccer players who frequently head the ball have brain abnormalities resembling those found in patients with concussion (mild traumatic brain injury).

Researchers found that multiple TBIs also were associated with a significant increase in other psychological symptoms already tied to single traumatic head injuries, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD, and the severity of the concussive symptoms.

With these findings we can now formulate a plausible hypothesis as to why repeat head injuries to young men in their teens and 20s lead to personality changes later in adult life and dementia in old age: rotational head injury induces damage, especially around blood vessels, leading to local tangle formation, followed by a slow spread of destruction.

The 45 - year - old mother - of - two was found strangled and with head injuries, at her home at Gwernaffield in Flintshire.

A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers of vehicles with poor head restraints (see «Neck injury risk is lower if seats and head restraints are rated good,» March 15, 2008).

A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of vehicles with seat / head restraint combinations rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers of vehicles with poor head restraints.

For example, in 1999 the Institute crash tested a 1999 Saab 9 - 5 with an active head restraint design, finding low risk of neck injury.

Looking at crashes involving claims of $ 2,000 or more, analysts found 16 percent fewer insurance claims were filed for neck injuries among females in vehicles with good - rated seats / head restraints compared with people in vehicles with poor seats / head restraints.

Researchers in that study found that players who suffered repeated blows to the head had higher levels of a bloodstream protein that is typically associated with brain injuries, such as concussions.

Despite knowing the fact that wearing a helmet is necessary while driving, many victims with head injuries are found not wearing helmets causing brain injuries and death.

Cumbria County Council v KW [2016] EWHC 26 (Fam)(12 January 2016): A fact finding hearing in respect of head injuries to an infant with complex medical issues — benign enlarged subarachnoid spaces

One study of Child FIRST found positive effects on involvement with child protective services at three years.24 There are studies of Early Head Start — Home Visiting (EHS — HV), HFA, Healthy Steps, and NFP that measure effects on emergency room or doctor visits for injuries or ingestions but only NFP showed positive effects.13, 18,25,26

Several studies have found increased rates of general cognitive impairment among homeless adults compared to housed comparison groups.26, 27 In our sample of homeless adults with current mental disorders, 66 % reported experiencing a head injury that left them unconscious.

They were more likely to sustain injuries to multiple body regions, head injuries, and to be severely injured.51 ADHD has been found to represent a risk factor for substance abuse, 47,52 and an investigation of prevalence of ADHD among substance abusers has established that ADHD was significantly overrepresented among inpatients with psychoactive substance use disorder.53 Increased use of health services is also seen in the relatives of individuals with ADHD.