Traumatic Brain Injury

March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month, a condition that has led to permanent disability in more than 5 million individuals in the United States.

The risk for dementia was greater among former professional soccer players compared with the general population, according to results from a Scotland-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

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.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a plant-based, hemostatic gel to treat moderate to severe bleeding, according to the manufacturer.

PHILADELPHIA — Tackling 14 risk factors for dementia beginning in childhood could prevent or delay nearly half of cases, according to a report from the Lancet Commission presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference.

A Brooklyn-based biotech firm has announced successful completion of the first phase of a preclinical study conducted with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research involving a proprietary hemostatic hydrogel to treat traumatic brain injury.

Among children aged younger than 2 years evaluated in the ED for a head injury, infants aged younger than age 3 months were far more likely to have a traumatic brain injury than older toddlers, a study found.

Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics have both announced the availability of blood-based biomarker testing for Alzheimer’s disease, one which detects glial fibrillary acidic protein and another for phosphorylated tau.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a grant to researchers at Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute to study a novel approach to improving outcomes after TBI.

In a cohort of post-9/11 United States military veterans, moderate, severe and penetrating traumatic brain injuries were associated with the subsequent development of brain cancer, according to research from JAMA Network Open.