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Recommended Sleep Duration for Adults and Children

Sleep is vital to human health, and a good night’s sleep is essential to overall physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being.

What Are the Symptoms of CTE?

Dr. Stern discuss the symptoms of CTE, which include problems with memory and thinking, mood and emotion, and behavior.

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Long-Term Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries to Oculomotor Tracking Performance

Study finds presence of abnormal saccadic eye movements, diminished accuracy of primary saccadic horizontal eye movement, and a widespread slower reaction to both visual and auditory stimuli.

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What Is the Glasgow Coma Scale?

This standard scale measures levels of consciousness in a person following a brain injury. Learn how it works.

Best Practices Lacking for Managing TBI in Geriatric Patients

Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Epidemiology, Outcomes, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions

The lack of evidence-based, geriatric-specific traumatic brain injury guidelines presents barriers to optimal care for older adults that suffer a TBI.

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Does End-Of-Life Care After TBI Differ at Low-Mortality Hospitals vs All Other Hospitals?

A comparison of end-of-life treatment at low-mortality hospitals and other hospitals in older patients with traumatic brain injury.

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Brain Injury Symptoms

Once someone receives a blow to the head, any number of signs can indicate a brain injury.

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TBI 101: Physical Symptoms

What are the immediate physical symptoms of brain injury? What symptoms may change and persist over time?

TBI 101: Sleeping Problems

For people recovering from a traumatic brain injury, sleep is especially important, but people with brain injury often have trouble getting the quantity and quality of sleep they need.

TBI 101: Behavioral & Emotional Symptoms

Common behavioral and emotional problems people with TBI can experience.

Depression Rates One Year After Moderate to Severe Brain Injury

Depression in Men and Women One Year Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A TBI Model Systems Study

A study comparing depression rates in men and women one year after moderate or severe TBI shows no significant gender differences in depression symptom levels. But researchers did find different patterns of other symptoms.

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Brain Injury: Complications and Medical Problems

Learn what can go wrong during hospitalization.

9 Tips to Starting Your Brain Injury Recovery Process

9 Tips to Starting Your TBI Recovery Process

If you feel like something is wrong, keep pushing for testing or have your loved one push for you. Think of your general practitioner as a gatekeeper to get you to people with the real expertise...

Participation in Pre-High School Football and Neuro Findings in Later Life: A Study of 45 Retired NFL Players

In 45 retired NFL athletes, there were no associations between pre-high school football and neuroradiological, neurological, and neuropsychological outcome measures.

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Suicide Mortality Among Retired NFL Players Who Played 5+ Seasons

Suicide Mortality Among Retired National Football League Players Who Played 5 or More Seasons

A comparison study of suicide mortality of NFL players to what would be expected in the general population of the United States.

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Despite risks, many in small town continue to support youth football

Despite multiple concussions, a high school freshman continues to play football. Will family tradition outweigh the risks?

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Changes in Behavior, Personality or Mood

Mood and behavior changes may appear after a concussion or mild TBI. You or your loved one may not understand why this is happening or know what to do. Trying these tips may improve these feelings.

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Senior Chief Petty Officer Ed Rasmussen: Finding Help After a TBI

Retired Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Ed Rasmussen experienced multiple concussions and now tells others who may have experienced a TBI to “talk to somebody you know who has one — because we’re out there.”

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a Former College Football Player

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 25-year-old former football player

The neuropsychological findings of a 25-year-old former college football player who was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) postmortem.

Rest and Progressive Return to Daily Activities After TBI

Col. Sidney Hinds, MD talks how, after a concussion, service members need supervised rest and then step-by-step return to daily activities.

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Raising Awareness of Brain Injury: Head for the Future Program

Col. Sidney Hinds, MD talks how greater than 80% of military concussions occur “in garrison,” not in combat.

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What Is the Ideal Timeline to Do MRIs, fMRIs, DTIs, and Fiber Tracking to Diagnose TBI?

More than imaging, diagnosis of TBI is still based on the initial symptoms at the time of the injury.

Jeffrey Bazarian, MD

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Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

A Case of Miracles

Libby Beemer talks about her daughter’s recovery from a devastating car wreck and the “meaning of Sam.”

Lessons Learned as Parents of a Son with TBI

Bob Duncan whose son sustained a concussion while being a cheerleader for his college talks about what he would have done differently had he known more.

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Making Difficult Decisions After a Brain Injury

Bob Duncan talks about his son having to make the very difficult but wise decision to take a medical withdrawal from college to let his brain rest properly after a concussion.

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