Brain injury

Traumatic brain injury: Its cognitive impacts, treatments and home care

Posted By Jahnavi Sarma, June 26, 2019 at 08:40pm

If you have a loved one who has suffered a traumatic brain injury, you will have to be understanding and really, really patient. Here is all you need to know about this condition so that you can help him or her fight it better.
Animal Assisted Therapy: When those four-legged friends become your healers

Posted By Juhi Kumari, April 10, 2019 at 04:12pm

While a new research has revealedthat animal-assisted therapy can foster ability to handle social interaction and emotional involvement in patients with brain injury, here we tell you everything you need to know about this new treatment option.
This is how head injuries lead to serious brain diseases

Posted By ANI, November 21, 2018 at 12:55pm

During a recent research conducted at the University of California, biologists found some of the genes that are affected by traumatic brain injury, which has recently been associated with neurotic behavior in humans. Notably, traumatic brain injury has been linked to depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.
This is how head injuries lead to serious brain disease

Posted By Editorial Team, November 18, 2018 at 09:45am

According to a recent study, biologists have examined how head injuries can badly affect individual cells and genes that can cause serious brain disorders. Know more about this.
Researchers issue guidelines for traumatic brain injury patients

Posted By ANI, September 08, 2018 at 12:29pm

Researchers introduced a new set of guidelines for rehabilitation of patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), incorporating insights from rehabilitation professionals responsible for providing care from initial assessment through long-term follow-up.
Petri dish might hold the key to recovery from traumatic brain injury

Posted By Sudhakar Jha, August 24, 2018 at 02:17pm

Researchers reproduced the effects of traumatic brain injury in a petri dish and successfully stimulated the recovery in neuron cells.
Narcolepsy: All you need to know about this sleep disorder

Posted By Aishwarya Iyer, July 27, 2018 at 02:06pm

It is a chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain's ability to control sleep.
How music therapy can help heal the brain

Posted By Sandhya Raghavan, June 21, 2018 at 12:33pm

Music can restore some of the cognitive functions, sensory and motor functions of the brain after a traumatic injury.
Concussion treatment: Proper follow-up care required after discharge from hospital

Posted By ANI, May 27, 2018 at 04:24pm

Being discharged from a hospital trauma center after receiving treatment for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) does not necessarily mean that a patient has fully recovered.
Even mild head blows may raise dementia risk, says study

Posted By Agencies, May 08, 2018 at 05:48pm

Concussion without loss of consciousness led to 2.36 times the risk for dementia, showed the findings published in the journal JAMA Neurology.
Parkinson's: Single concussion may up the risk by nearly 60%

Posted By Agencies, April 19, 2018 at 06:26pm

A study showed that people with any kind of traumatic brain injury had a 71 per cent increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
Traumatic brain injury in your 20s may increase dementia, Alzheimer's risk in your 50s

Posted By Agencies, April 11, 2018 at 04:06pm

Men with traumatic brain injury histories had slightly higher rate of developing dementia (30 per cent vs. 19 per cent) than women.
Wearing helmet can reduce the risk of spine injury during accidents

Posted By ANI, March 06, 2018 at 01:11pm

Turns out, helmet use is associated with reduced risk of cervical spine injury during motorcycle crashes.
Brain's language functions get changed after perinatal stroke

Posted By ANI, February 19, 2018 at 12:42pm

Turns out, newborn babies' brains function in a different way after experiencing stroke at the time of birth.
Traumatic brain injury can put you at high risk of dementia even after 30 years

Posted By Agencies, January 31, 2018 at 04:09pm

While the risk decreased over time, it was still significant after over 30 years.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause gut dysfunction

Posted By Agencies, December 11, 2017 at 01:42pm

Which then has the potential to worsen the original brain injury.
Premature babies with brain injuries more at the risk of mental health issues like substance dependence and depression

Posted By Agencies, November 29, 2017 at 11:01am

They also lack of motivation and enjoyment in normal life and experience changes in attention and concentration.
10-year-old girl from Afghanistan suffering brain injuries during a bomb blast admitted to AIIMS

Posted By Agencies, November 24, 2017 at 12:49pm

According to the doctors, Zakia Moqim was brought to the premier hospital on November 8.
A brain injury is two times more likely to develop attention problems

Posted By Agencies, February 13, 2017 at 11:18am

Those with severe injuries are five times more likely to develop secondary Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Head injuries in childhood may put kids at risk of mental illness

Posted By Agencies, August 25, 2016 at 01:03pm

Brain injuries, including concussions in childhood, can increase the risk of mental illness, poor school attainment as well as premature death, finds a study.