Brain injured athletes may benefit from hypothermia research

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 11/12/2009 - 23:00

(St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center) NFL players and other athletes who suffer serious or multiple concussions may benefit from ground-breaking research being conducted by scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St.

Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. The scientists are developing a surgical technique that involves hypothermia in specific regions of the brain.


 

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