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Brain injuries are not a one event accident, such as breaking an arm. When an individual sustains a brain injury, he or she cannot simply go to the emergency room, have a cast placed on the fracture, and then go home and wait for it to heal. According to the Brain Injury Association of America…
Read MoreIn 2008, the Allen Institute for Brain Science constructed the Allen Spinal Cord Atlas to map gene expression in the spinal column. The Atlas, which is used by researchers and health care professionals alike, facilitates understanding of brain and spinal cord injuries by marking specific regions to functions and, it follows, specific injuries to losses…
Read MoreLast summer’s brush fires were some of the worst that Utah (or any state) has ever seen. A permanent canopy of smoke and haze filled the sky throughout most of the season, seeming to forecast a rainstorm that, while hoped for, did not fulfill the false promise made by cloudlike billows. The drought-like weather attracted…
Read MoreThe Brain Injury Association of America estimates that 5.3 million Americans live with mild to severe brain injury. These injuries exact a toll of $76.5 billion each year in the U.S. While 75% are classified as mild, other survivors experience difficulty returning to even the simplest tasks of self-maintenance. Brain injury recovery is different for…
Read MoreThe 1989 comédie noire, The ’Burbs, sees Tom Hanks and Bruce Dern playing an idle vacationer and wired Vietnam veteran who are attempting to unravel the mystery of their creepy new neighbors, the Klopeks, both at the behest and in spite of the bumbling of a gauche fellow resident. Together, the lunatic trio commences snooping around…
Read MoreAccording to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1.7 million people annually are diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury; and about half of serious cases require surgery. “The leading cause of death and disability,” brain injuries affect an estimated two percent of the population in the U.S. The possible means of sustaining a brain injury are almost…
Read MoreConcussions are the most common type of brain injury in both adults and children. A forceful blow to the head, or any changes in memory or personality, are both warning signs that you, your child, or loved one may have suffered a concussion. Sports Injuries Concussions are a frequent occurrence in sports. There are some…
Read MoreA traumatic brain injury or TBI occurs when an external force is exerted on the skull, forcing the brain to move inside the head. This can be highly detrimental to the brain and can impede important, sometimes vital functions performed by the brain. A traumatic brain injury by definition occurs after birth but can lead…
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