Category: Brain injury

Prolonged seizures require immediate interventions to prevent permanent damage

From the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) media release: Time is of the essence when a patient experiences a prolonged seizure, and immediate action is required to prevent long-term neurological… Read more »

Children with Cushing syndrome may have higher suicide risk

From the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development media release: Children with Cushing syndrome may be at higher risk for suicide as well as for depression,… Read more »

Imaging predicts long-term effects in veterans with brain injury

From the Radiological Society of North America media release: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a type of MRI, may be able to predict functional post-deployment outcomes for veterans who sustained mild traumatic… Read more »

Patterns of brain swelling may explain susceptibility of children to cerebral malaria

From the PLOS media release: Brain swelling is a strong predictor of death in children with cerebral malaria (a severe form of the disease where parasites have accumulated in brain vessels),… Read more »

Final review of health problems that may be linked to Agent Orange exposure during Vietnam War

From the National Academy of Sciences media release: The latest and final in a series of congressionally mandated biennial reviews of the evidence of health problems that may be linked to… Read more »