Brain Injury

Recently postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure but no other CVD risk factors were more likely to develop white matter lesions 14 years later, regardless of short-term hormone therapy use, data show.

The Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association has announced that Barbara Barclay will serve as its new executive director starting Oct. 1.

The distance horizontal fusional facility test usefully assessed patients with acquired brain injuries and distinguished them from patients with concussion/mild traumatic brain injury, according to a study published in Journal of Optometry.

Despite the brain being one of the most important organs of the body, breakthroughs in brain health, specifically the way we measure cognition, have been largely unchanged in decades.

Deficits in processing speed negatively affects memory in individuals with acquired brain injury, strongly suggesting lack of memory recall is associated with poor processing and information acquisition, data show.

One dose of ceftriaxone lowered the risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia within the first week of mechanical ventilation among patients with acute brain injury, according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

A Boston-area clinical stage drug discovery and development company announced $6 million in pre-Series B bridge financing to advance a novel cerebroprotectant therapeutic intended to treat a broad range of acute brain injuries.

The FDA has approved new oral therapies for children with type 2 diabetes — empagliflozin and a combination of empagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride — for the first time in more than 20 years.

WASHINGTON — Patients who have experienced brain injuries that are multiple, bilateral, severe or diffuse may present with undiagnosed visual hallucinations, according to a poster presented at Optometry’s Meeting.

BOSTON — Mental health symptoms in surrogate decision-makers were highest when patients survived in a dependent state after severe acute brain injury, according to a poster at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.