brain injuries

Introducing CerAxon Oral Solution

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 11/28/2011 - 23:00

(Robin Leedy & Associates, Inc.) CerAxon -- The first & only oral solution medical food for dietary management of brain ischemia in patients with dysphagia.

Taken during the first six weeks, CerAxon Oral Solution supports cell membrane stabilization in stroke and brain injuries, offering hope toward the recovery process.


 

Brain injuries rise sharply in minor hockey after bodychecking r...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 03/14/2011 - 22:00

(St. Michael's Hospital) Minor league hockey players in the Atom division are more than 10 times likely to suffer a brain injury since bodychecking was first allowed among the 9- and 10-year-olds.


 

Robertson Foundation donates $10.2 million for Duke Cell Therapy...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 03/17/2010 - 22:00

(Duke University Medical Center) A $10.2 million commitment from the Robertson Foundation to create a state-of-the-art Translational Cell Therapy Center will advance Duke Medicine's pioneering cell therapy research and treatment programs for children and adults with cancer, cerebral palsy, stroke and brain injuries suffered at birth.


 

Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 11/09/2009 - 13:56

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars....