Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Archives

Explaining Traumatic Brain Injury, Part II

by Jimmy Carter | Jan 16, 2019 | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

On November 27, 2018, we conducted a nationwide search for any reported decision of a court involving a will contest or trust contest arising out of incapacity due to traumatic brain injury (TBI). We were surprised to see the results: zero. That’s right, our search...

Sports Medicine and Neuroscience

by Jimmy Carter | Jan 7, 2019 | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Sports medicine used to be the field of sprains, strains and broken bones — firm orthopedic territory. But today, with more focus on the damage that a simple concussion can cause and the knowledge that it can lead to long-term, detrimental brain injury, the realm of...

New Conclusive Study: Head Injury Leads to Brain Disease

by Jimmy Carter | Dec 13, 2018 | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Two weeks ago, biologists at the University of California – Los Angeles provided confirmation that head injuries can lead to serious brain disorders. Through this study, scientists supplied the first cell “atlas” of the hippocampus — the part of the brain...

Explaining Traumatic Brain Injury, Part I

by Jimmy Carter | Nov 27, 2018 | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

We’ve talked extensively here about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and the various causes. You can visit our blog here to read more posts on Alzheimer’s and ways researchers are trying to combat it. But for today, we want to focus on one area that we...

Other Articles

Breakthrough: Blood Test Makes it Possible to Track Alzheimer’s Advancement
June 18, 2019
A connection between Neurofilament light (NfL) levels present in the blood and Alzheimer’s disease was recently made in a study released by the JAMA Network.
New Study Might Diagnose CTE in Brains of the Living
May 23, 2019
A recent study published in the New England Journal of medicine revealed that brain scans of more than two dozen former NFL players found that the men had abnormal levels of the protein linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (C.T.E.), the degenerative brain disease we have discussed here that’s associated with repeated hits to the head.
JUST PUT DOWN THE SUPPLEMENTS
May 15, 2019
There have long been debates among established medical authorities and supplement manufacturers, especially when it comes to treating cognitive decline. Are the myriad of supplements currently on the market a genie in a bottle? Or is it better to focus on leading a healthy, balanced lifestyle?
BREAKING NEWS: Promising Alzheimer’s Drug Fails in Late-Stage Human Trials
April 23, 2019
Another big blow came to the Alzheimer’s research community late last month when pharmaceutical company Biogen and Eisai Co. announced on March 22 that they would terminate two late-stage studies of
Could a Noninvasive Eye Exam Preemptively Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease?
April 8, 2019
That’s what a recent study conducted at the Duke Eye Center suggests. The study of more than 200 people, published on March 11 in the journal Ophthalmology Retina, proposes that a quick, noninvasive
Tom Seaver Diagnosis Reignites Lyme Disease & Dementia Debate
April 4, 2019
AN ARTICLE IN The New York Times recently revealed that Tom Seaver, legendary pitcher and the most prominent player in New York Mets history, is stepping back from public life because of advancing dementia. It was recently discovered that Seaver, 74, has dementia. However, for many years he suffered from the effects of Lyme disease, which can cause cognitive problems similar to dementia.