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Mild traumatic brain injuries may raise the risk for affective and behavioral disorders in children, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Performance Vision Technologies has launched Altius advanced performance-tinted contact lenses, the second generation to Nike MaxSight, in the U.S. and select international markets.

The Engelstad Foundation has provided a $1.5 million grant to Wave Neuroscience in support of the company’s ongoing phase 2 clinical trial to develop and validate innovative treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

Traumatic brain injury in older adults was linked to alterations in self-perception, social life, ability to perform daily tasks and deterioration in quality of life for up to 5 years, according to research presented in Brain and Spine.

In older adults with traumatic brain injury and acute subdural hematoma, early neurosurgical intervention resulted in the highest 30-day mortality rates, while delayed surgery yielded better outcomes.

In this edition, BMI is associated with dementia in women and linked with disease in men; Healthy diet, physical activity are linked to lower mortality in adults with PD; mild TBI and CT scans and more.

Most patients with mild traumatic brain injury and a negative CT scan experience incomplete recovery and should undergo a follow-up exam 2 weeks after injury to improve rehabilitation, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Cerebrospinal fluid diversion was not associated with improved outcome for children following a traumatic brain injury. However, a decrease in intracranial pressure was observed, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

PHILADELPHIA — Diffuse axonal injury-type lesions in postoperative MRI can predict poor outcomes for children with severe traumatic brain injury, a presenter said at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting.