Certain Blood Thinners Can Raise Risk of Delayed Bleeding After Head Injury

U.S. News & World Report

Older blood thinners, especially when taken in combination with daily low-dose aspirin, are associated with a higher risk of brain bleeds and death after hospital discharge in patients treated for head injury, new research shows.

Posted on BrainLine December 1, 2021.

CTE And Desperate Patients Last Hope

NPR

CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former professional football and hockey players, for whom blows to the head have long been part of the job. As awareness of CTE has grown, so has a thriving market of dubious remedies marketed to everyday people who believe they are suffering from CTE — a disease that can't even be diagnosed until after death, through an autopsy of the brain.

Posted on BrainLine December 1, 2021.

It took nearly a decade for a veteran to receive VA exam for post-traumatic stress

WCPO / ABC

"I think they’re waiting for me to die." Maurice Thomas served in the U.S. Marine Corps, watching people die around him. He filed a compensation claim for PTSD in 2010, and he's still going through the appeals process.

Posted on BrainLine November 30, 2021.

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