Brain In-Com brings week of TBI advocacy

For those living with an invisible disability, recognition of its long-term effects from the outside can be difficult. UW-Eau Claire grad student Maddie Nystel understands the reality of ...
Smith College

Decoding Brain Injury

Using the latest technology, Smith College professor Ingo Helmich is unlocking the secrets of sports concussions ...
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Freeze-dried platelet product slows swelling and bleeding in traumatic brain injuries

A freeze-dried blood product that could be stored for years on ambulances or in remote emergency departments is showing promise at treating traumatic brain injuries. The news comes from a mouse study ...
Medical Xpress

Q&A: Investigating the body's clotting system for severe bleeding after trauma

Severe bleeding after trauma can rapidly become life-threatening. In a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet, Marcus Wannberg examines how the body's coagulation system begins to fail early ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Prehospital Whole Blood in Traumatic Hemorrhage — a Randomized Controlled Trial

Whole-blood transfusion has recently gained favor in the management of severe hemorrhage; however, data from large clinical trials evaluating its clinical effectiveness and safety are lacking. We ...

People with traumatic brain injury more likely to die from brain cancer than general population

Daniel Daneshvar, MD, Ph.D., director of the HealthSpan Lab and Chief of the Department of Physical Medicine and ...