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...
by Jimmy Carter | Jan 2, 2019 | Alzheimer’s
This is the time of year when we tend to do quite a bit of overindulging and overimibing. To help keep things in check, we thought this was the perfect time to check in on the foods and lifestyle choices that can help support brain health. Certainly there are...
by Jimmy Carter | Dec 28, 2018 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
It’s the time of year when the glorious thing we Texans have looked forward to all year — football season — is starting to wrap up. We’re all looking forward to the college bowl games and the NFL is rounding out the end of the regular season. While we tend to glorify...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 20, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Dementia
As we reported here, on October 23rd Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor shared that she’s been diagnosed with the beginning stages of dementia, “probably Alzheimer’s disease.” Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia, and the most common. But, her news...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 9, 2018 | Dementia
Recently, The Washington Post published an opinion column by Ann Norwich about our unpreparedness for the upcoming dementia crisis. She compared the odds of getting dementia to winning the big Powerball lottery last week. The chances of winning the lottery were 1 in...
