Tag Archives: Traumatic

Implantable Hydrogel Helps Neurons Recover After Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) often lead to cognitive disabilities and permanent neural tissue damage, for which effective therapies do not exist. The serious cognitive impairments that patients experience and the burden on caretakers can be enormous, necessitating a constant search for treatments that may help. Researchers at University of Georgia have now reported in journal… Read More »

Lessons From a Traumatic Brain Injury

Anorexia is a tough one. It’s much easier to treat a broken finger. A broken skull is a tough one, too. But it’s much easier to treat than anorexia. Broken bones and anorexia––the two go together, don’t they? The National Institutes of Health finds individuals with anorexia at risk for osteoporosis––and that the eating disorder’s… Read More »

‘I am lucky that I’m not profoundly disabled following traumatic birth’

The passion for justice that informs Johan Verbruggen’s work as part of solicitors Callan Tansey’s medical negligence department, is both professional, and personal. ust a few weeks ago, Verbruggen settled a case for a six-year-old girl who suffers with partial paralysis of her left arm and postural difficulty – a condition known as Erb’s palsy… Read More »