Archive for the Brain Injuries Category

New Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment

Edit | Date Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16 | Comments

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can be caused by a wide variety of accidents including car wrecks, falls, and sports related trauma. Such injuries can also have a wide range of impact on the individual suffering the injury including impairment in thinking, sensation, language and emotions. Those receiving concussions can become more prone to concussions in [...]

Snowboarder Crashes in Utah – Receives Traumatic Brain Injury

Edit | Date Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16 | Comments

An unfortunate crash has put American snowboarder Kevin Pearce in the hospital at the University of Utah. While preparing for Olympic qualifying events next week, Kevin took a bad fall and received a severe traumatic brain injury even though he was wearing a helmet (which goes to show how bad an accident this was and [...]