Sentences with phrase «traumatic effects of these injuries»

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«There's an association between football, we think, or any traumatic brain injury, and possible long - term effects in terms of neurodegeneration,» says Berger.

Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.

«Our findings suggest that injuries, assaults, and combat exposures experienced by women during deployment may have an additive, negative effect on their post-deployment behavioral health,» said Dr. Rachel Sayko Adams, lead author of the Journal of Traumatic Stress study.

The research team, led by David Cantu and Chris Dulla, studied the effect of traumatic brain injury on the levels of the neurotransmitter gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the cerebral cortex, the portion of the brain associated with higher level functions such as information processing.

How medicine, sports and society are trying to heal and protect the brains of millions amidst the growing awareness of the long - lasting effects of traumatic head injury

«This could be organized similarly to the NFL investigations on the effects of concussions and traumatic brain injuries,» Matthews said.

Approximately half of patients hospitalized with traumatic brain injuries are anemic, according to recent studies, but anemia's effects on the recovery of these patients is not clear.

«It opens a possible new avenue for the development of therapies that may be promising for slowing or stopping the effects of Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.»

«This... shows for the first time that a therapy in the chronic period of traumatic brain injury can have pretty potent effects.»

The article, «Pilot study on the effect of ramelteon on sleep disturbance after traumatic brain injury,» was epublished ahead of print in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation on May 28, 2015.

In 2017, follow - up work by Walter and UCSF neuroscientist Susanna Rosi, PhD, a professor of physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences and of neurological surgery, showed that ISRIB even restored long - term memory in mice with traumatic brain injury long after the injuries occurred, an effect neurologists had previously considered impossible.

In the Foundation's Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory (NNL), she investigates the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) and traumatic brain injury on cognitive function.

It may happen due to the effects of general spine wear and tear or a traumatic injury that causes sudden pressure on the lumbar discs eg.

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When George W. Bush, more recently, wanted to study the long - term health effects of traumatic brain injuries suffered by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, he set your scholars to the task.

Long - term effects of traumatic brain injury are severe, irreversible and life - altering.

Whether mild or severe, a traumatic brain injury requires intensive medical care and recovery in order minimize the effects of the damage and allow the victim the best recovery possible.

If a worker is exposed to a traumatic event during the course of his or her employment and is diagnosed with a psychological injury by a physician or psychologist, the psychological injury will be presumed to be a workplace injury — this provision comes into effect on April 1, 2018.

«This case further affirms the prevailing medical wisdom that even a mild traumatic brain injury can dramatically change one's personality and decision making processes, often permanently and with far - reaching negative effects on one's quality of life and earning capacity,» he told HuffPost B.C.

While a claim can't reverse the effects of your accident, it can give you the best chance to financially and physically address the long - term implications of traumatic brain injury.

The long - lasting effects of traumatic brain injury need constant care and monitoring by medical experts.

Understanding the effects of living with a traumatic brain injury can ease some of the distress and confusion you or your loved one may be experiencing.

With more than three decades of legal experience, we understand the devastating long - term effects that can result from traumatic injuries, and we know how critically - important it is for accident victims to recover just compensation.

Dog Bites: The effects of a dog bite or animal attack injury are serious and can be traumatic even causing long lasting physical and mental damage.

Despite what the name suggests, there is nothing necessarily «mild» about the effects of a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI).

Separating the effects of a hypoxic - ischemic insult from those of traumatic birth injury is difficult.

It is suggested that researching individual studies will aid the practitioner, the injury victims, or the brain injury victim's advocate or lawyer in learning the long term effects of so called «mild traumatic brain injury.»

Traumatic brain injury is a term that has gotten a lot more recognition in recent years thanks to the National Football League and its players who have shed light on lasting effects of head trauma.

Recently, the causes and effects of traumatic brain injuries are being explored by national groups.

The Child Brain Injury Trust provides information on the effects of traumatic injury on children.

The moderating effects of sex and age on the association between traumatic brain injury and harmful psychological correlates among adolescents

Objective To determine whether parents of children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) report increased injury - related burden, distress, and family dysfunction and to examine the effects of attrition on the results.

Caregiving appraisal after traumatic brain injury: The effects of functional status, coping style, social support and family functioning