MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'brain injury'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:50:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5125814&cid=t_100542_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F11%2F14405%2F From The Atlantic (by David Eagleman): On the steamy first day of August 1966, Charles Whitman took an elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower in Austin. The 25-year-old climbed the stairs to the observation deck, lugging with him a footlocker full of guns and ammunition. At the top, he killed a receptionist with the butt of his rifle. Two families of tourists came up the stairwell; he shot at them at point-blank range. Then he began to fire indiscriminately from the deck at people below. The first woman he shot was pregnant. As her boyfriend knelt to help her, Whitman shot him as well. He shot pedestrians in the street and an ambulance driver who came to rescue them. The evening before, Whitman had sat at his typewriter and composed a suicide note: I don’t really unde... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5125814 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:03:41 +0100 5125814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753828&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Ftraumatic-brain-injury-tbi-and.html From the Agency for Heatlhcare Research and Quality:Clinician Guide:Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury13 April 2011Read the guide (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753828 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:51:00 +0100 4753828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742325&cid=t_100542_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fchallenge-policy-prohibiting-military-medicine-malpractice-suits-looming%2F The United States Supreme Court seems to be taking some interest in the legal upswell to overturn the Feres doctrine that prohibits military members for suing for medical practice complaints for care given in military hospitals. The latest of a series of challenges to the policy over the years centers around the severe brain injury and subsequent death suffered by Air Force Staff Sgt Dean Patrick Witt, who was injured after a nurse anesthetist place the endotracheal tube in his esophagus instead of the trachea. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742325 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 02:40:57 +0100 4742325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664181&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcdc-brain-injury-guidelines-for-physicians-when-to-scan-a-concussion%2F2011.03.31 By Richard C. Hunt, MD, FACEP Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A 17 year-old athlete arrives on the sideline, at your office, or in the emergency department after hitting her head during a collision on the sports field and is complaining that she has a headache and “just doesn’t feel right.” Can she return to play? If not, when can she safely return to school, sports, and to her normal daily activities? Does she need immediate care, a Head CT or MRI, or just some time to rest? Do those questions sound familiar? Each year thousands of young athletes present at emergency departments and in the primary care setting with a suspected sports- and recreation-related concussion. And every day, health care professionals, like us, are challenged with identifying and appropriately man... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664181 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:00:04 +0100 4664181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642779&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fdissertation-dish-wj-iii-tbi-cognitive.html Click on image to enlarge abstract- iPost using BlogPress from my Kevin McGrew's iPadintelligence theory CHC theory Cattell-Horn-Carroll human cognitive abilities psychology school psychology individual differences cognitive psychology neuropsychology psychology special education educational psychology psychometrics psychological assessment psychological measurement IQs Corner general intelligence TBI brain injury WJ III Woodcock-Johnson Generated by: Tag Generator (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642779 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:43:00 +0100 4642779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482876&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F_yJ4wQY3NAs%2F We’re delighted to add Brain Resource to the roster of Sponsors of the upcoming 2011 SharpBrains Summit, and the Center for  Technology and Aging and the Brain Injury Association of Canada to the roster of Partners. Thank you for your support! New Sponsor Brain Resource brings new insights and new efficiencies to managing brain health. Its proprietary platforms are used to predict who will best respond to what drug, and develop new drugs, to provide objective reports from on-line assessments of brain health across the lifespan (including ADHD, Depression, Anxiety and Schizophrenia), and to match individualized profiles with brain training exercises & interactive videos to optimize wellness & brain function. New Partners The Brain Injury Association of Canada has a mandate to im... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482876 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:27:03 +0100 4482876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459962&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2011%2F02%2F10%2Fjared-lee-loughner-psychotic-or-vaccine-induced-madman%2F Dismissing Jared Loughner’s bloody murders in Arizona as the work of a madman is easy; people like him clearly seem deranged. Yet, shouldn’t we demand better answers? American culture is experiencing a phenomenon of medicated young adults committing violent public acts. (http://www.cchrint.org/2011/01/12/…) As more information becomes available, the mainstream media is avoiding obvious leads to investigate, namely vaccine-induced brain injury. In 1990, medical researcher Harris Coulter authored a powerful literary work titled, Vaccination, Social Violence, and Criminality: The Medical Assault on the American Brain. The book describes a rising epidemic of vaccine-induced encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, in United States children and young adults. It has been known s... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459962 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:47:57 +0100 4459962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445898&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fneuropsychology-in-rehabilitation.html From The Atlantic.com:Giffords's Superspecialized Brain Doctor: Adding Insight to Injuryby Ford VoxThe Atlantic.com07 February 2011"A crucial part of Gabby Giffords's intensive brain injury rehabilitation at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) in Houston involves serial assessments and counsel by a neuropsychologist, a superspecialized breed of clinician many people know little about."Rehabilitation teams count count on expert neuropsychologists to administer formal standardized tests and analyze those results in light of clinical data. The best neuropsychological reports are veritable Rosetta stones."Read the article (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445898 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:41:00 +0100 4445898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445984&cid=t_100542_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F02%2F07%2Fjudging-mark-kelly-gabrielle-giffords-would-want-him-to-fly-the-shuttle%2F Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly married in 2007. My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Judging Mark Kelly: Gabrielle Giffords Would Want Him to Fly the Shuttle. Give him some credit. Give her some credit. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head on Jan. 8 in Tucson, Arizona, has made so much progress in a Houston rehabilitation center that her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, decided to leave his wife’s side and join his crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, scheduled to launch in April. And here come the critics, right on time: Mark Kelly is selfish, he’s ego-driven, he cares more about his career than he does his wife. How can he even think of abandoning her in her fragile state? Hey, people! Mark Kelly is going back to work, like thousands of other husbands with sick... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445984 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:44:38 +0100 4445984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399677&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2Fk7HhdSXLx0w%2F This article from the Washington Post explains how neuroplasticity will help Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recover from her brain injury: brain reorganization after injury is far more common and extensive than previously thought … neuroplasticity depends to a great degree on experience — which is to say, what the brain is forced to do in the critical weeks and months after it is injured. When an area with a specific function is destroyed, the brain first attempts to recruit nearby cells, which are often doing similar tasks, to change and perform the function of the destroyed cells. . 2. In this study, Dr. Yaffe and her colleagues measured risks of Alzheimer’s by measuring beta amyloid (the protein fragment that makes up Alzheimer’s plaque) levels in the blood. They found that the less ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399677 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:07:27 +0100 4399677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031246&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2010%2F10%2F05%2Fhope-on-the-horizon%2F First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) If ever there were a time that elucidates the counsel of history’s greatest nonviolent social protester Mahatma Gandhi, it is now. Perhaps nothing exemplifies Gandhi’s admonitions better than the healthcare issues we find ourselves embroiled in and embattled with: loss of self determination because of pharmaceutical corporate influence and possible greed, yoked together with governmental agency inadequacy, probable conspiracies, and Congressional disregard. All that leads to healthcare consumers paying huge bills and suffering m... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031246 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:12:49 +0100 4031246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980832&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2010%2F09%2F17%2Fthimerosal-accumulates-in-rat-brains-study-reveals%2F Catherine Frompovich Vactruth.com 09/17/2010 One of the researchers with whom I network emailed an absolutely stunning article about how Thimerosal, a mercury preservative used in vaccines since the 1930s, caused impairment in the brains of neonatal Wistar and Lewis lab rats. Since mercury—and Thimerosal, in particular—is suspect in neurodevelopmental disorders in children, especially autism, this study corroborates what parents believe happened to their children as a result of vaccinations, vaccines, and adverse effects. Researchers at the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland, published the results of their study, Neonatal administration of a vaccine preservative, thimerosal, produces lasting impairme... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980832 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:28:23 +0100 3980832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805993&cid=t_100542_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fweekly-report.html We spent the day today alone as a family.  My glasses came in yesterday, so I am able to drive, and I was just about giddy with the freedom of that when we drove out of the driveway this morning!  Amelia has had some difficulty with seizures in the last few days, so we headed to the pool.Music and water...the only two things that pull her out of the deep, long partial seizures.  A day in June was happily spent with my good friend Natasha, who gave us an impromptu private session of her wonderful music and motion class.  Her kids tagged along, and Amy had fun initiating a game of "chase" with Max during the banner-waving segment.  Today, we headed to the pool instead.God went before us, as usual, and we arrived to discover that it was a party day at the pool, comple... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805993 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:55:00 +0100 3805993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3780532&cid=t_100542_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Finside-there-is-silver.html Yesterday was another day wasted spent at the doctor.  My headache isn't improving yet, and my double vision and the glowing aura in my vision became markedly worse yesterday, probably because I am spending so much time staring at a screen to revise my comprehensive exam.  The eye doctor gave me good news and bad: my double vision is due to a brand new astigmatism, thanks to changes in my eye shape from the fracture in my eye orbit and the impact to my eye.  Based on his findings in my eye 2 weeks after the fact, this doctor believes I hit the toilet with my eyes open and sustained impact right to my eyeball itself (even I, the oblivious and impervious nurse, find this somehow quite gross).  So I need glasses, for short distance stuff especially, at least for a few week... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3780532 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:32:00 +0100 3780532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3772346&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FVwcrrV9DMMU%2F We mentioned in our recent market report that NovaVision had declared bankrupcy. The company tried to transform its business model in the last couple of years — obviously it didn’t work. Now the trustee is sharing a few more details and looking for ways to dispose of its assets: NovaVision’s FDA-Cleared Visual Restoration Therapy (VRT) System and Company Assets Now Available (press release) The bankruptcy trustee has engaged The Magnum Group, Inc., to solicit offers for NovaVision’s assets which include the NovaVision Visual Restoration Therapy (VRT) system, a neuroplacticity (sic) platform that has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of stroke, traumatic brain injury, amblyopia (“lazy eye”) and optic nerve damage. NovaVision has recei... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3772346 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:28:08 +0100 3772346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3726595&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-its-wrong-to-call-drug-seekers-a-micropopulation%2F2010.07.05 I don’t know what’s going on with American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) lately, but it’s disheartening. Their abdication of responsibility and engagement during the healthcare reform debate was depressing. Then there was a rigged poll designed to elicit a predetermined result. Now I see a bizarre op-ed piece in USA Today entitled “Opposing view on drug addiction: Don’t make us ‘pain police’” and authored by ACEP President Angela Gardener. An excerpt: The patient-physician relationship is sacrosanct, demanding candor and trust. In the emergency department, trust is built in nanoseconds because patients and doctors do not have prior relationships. Knowing that any pain prescription will be entered into a large, public database might p... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3726595 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3726595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3724505&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2010%2F07%2Fbrain-injury-and-creativity%2F I work a lot with children and young people who have suffered a brain injury.  It is one of the most devastating conditions.  Brain injury often results in changes to personality, to memory, to social ability and sometime to physical disability.  It often occurs to normally developing individuals.  Because brain cells do not repair themselves there is no cure and it is a case of living with and adapting to the condition.  I have noticed however that there is one area of functioning that seems to be preserved and often actually enhanced following a brain injury and that is creativity.  Although the brain can not repair itself new neural pathways can develop which I believe can allow new talents to emerge or create a different way of seeing the world.  I have worked with several young... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3724505 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:21:05 +0100 3724505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721706&cid=t_100542_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fdeceased-nfl-player-chris-henrys-brain-showed-signs-brain-damage%2F NFL player Chris Henry’s brain showed the signs of traumatic brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE after studies were conducted at the Brain Injury Research Institute at West Virginia University. The presence of tau protein is an indicator of CTE, as explained by Dr. Julian Bailes, Chair of Neurosurgery at WVU. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721706 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:38:59 +0100 3721706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3676770&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fhandbook-of-pediatric-neuropsychology.html The forthcoming Handbook of Pediatric Neuropsychology (Dr. Andrew Davis) can now be pre-ordered from Springer Publishing.A description of the book, at the publisher website, is below:This handbook covers basic neurodevelopmental research that any pediatric neuropsychologist will need to know. The authors discuss practical issues in pediatric assessment, and provide a comprehensive overview of the most common medical conditions that neuropsycholoigists encounter while dealing with pediatric populations.The book also describes a variety of professional issues that neuropsychologists must confront during their daily practice, such as ethics, multiculturalism, child abuse, forensics, and psychopharmacology. Also discussed are school-based issues such as special education law, consulting with s... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3676770 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:35:00 +0100 3676770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652531&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fmedia-npr-radio-military-brain-injuries.html Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries by T. CHRISTIAN MILLER and DANIEL ZWERDLING. Includes a link to the NPR All Things Considered presentation. (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652531 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:44:00 +0100 3652531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617958&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fbrain-injury-outcome-tests-scales-and.html Looks like a good resource for finding descriptions of measures of outcomes post brain injury.  A Compendium of Tests, Scales and Questionnaires by Robyn TateTechnorati Tags: Psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, brain injury, traumatic brain injury, TBI, brain injury assessment (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617958 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:21:00 +0100 3617958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617951&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fcurious-reading-about-neuropsychology.html Study raises questions about military's brain injury assessment toolBY KATHERINE MCINTIRE PETERS 24 May 2010next.gov.com (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617951 Mon, 31 May 2010 20:42:00 +0100 3617951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599205&cid=t_100542_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fbrain-trauma-may-disrupt-melatonin.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599205 Tue, 25 May 2010 16:18:00 +0100 3599205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3581669&cid=t_100542_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F12149755%2F1ek6a6%2Fneuromarketing%7EThe-Brain-That-Changes-Itself.htm Book Review: The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge For centuries, the human brain was considered largely immutable after childhood. We were told that we had all the brain cells we’d ever get by the time we were adolescents. In short, even under [...] CommentsI really like the approach this book takes on the brain. I ... by Brian LagoniI had the same thought, Brendon, though I hope that it spawns a ... by Roger DooleyThanks Roger. I enjoyed this when I read it last year, and ... by Brendon Clark (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3581669 Mon, 03 May 2010 12:28:04 +0100 3581669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463558&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fphoto-of-the-day-campaigning-for-awareness-of-brain-trauma-in-nfl%2F Sylvia Mackey, below, is one of the women featured in a New York Times photo slideshow and article, “In NFL Fight, Women Lead the Way”. Mackey is one of six women leading the movement for better awareness and mitigation of brain trauma and dementia risks associated with the NFL. Her husband, John, was once a leader of the football players union and now suffers dementia. Photo: Josh Haner/The New York Times Post from: BlissTree Photo of the Day: Campaigning for Awareness of Brain Trauma in NFL (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463558 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:37:06 +0100 3463558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3386963&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Ftraumatic-brain-injury-new-cdc-report.html Several days ago, the CDC released a report entitled, "Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, 2002-2006" - available as a .pdf (and .doc) download.Download the report (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3386963 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:46:00 +0100 3386963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378605&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FHGMTOL6R3Gs%2F Today, in honor of both Brain Awareness Week (March 15-21) and Brain Injury Awareness Month (March), it is my pleasure to interview Patrick Donohue, founder of the Sarah Jane Brain Project, a foundation launched in 2007 with the explicit aim to create a model system for children suffering from all Pediatric Acquired Brain Injuries, and an implicit potential, in my view, to fundamentally transform medical research through the use of neuroinformatics and standarized systems of care. The Foundation: Story and Objectives Alvaro Fernandez: Patrick, thank you very much for your time today. Can you please provide an overall perspective into what you are doing and why? Patrick: Of course. The Sarah Jane Brain Project, named after my daughter Sarah Jane, started when she was shaken by her baby nurs... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378605 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:22:13 +0100 3378605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3359116&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fneuropsychology-abstract-of-day-tbi.html CONCLUSIONS: The statistical methods proposed to analyze these measures using a global test procedure, along with research and methodological and regulatory issues involved with the use of multiple outcomes in a clinical trial, are discussed.PMID: 20216459 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3359116 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:16:00 +0100 3359116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339715&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2010%2F03%2Fwhy-do-people-commit-murder%2F Everyone is a psychologist.  By that I mean that everyone tries to work out why people behave the way they do.  This is an inbuilt social drive that helps us to interact normally.  It is based on theory of mind which is about understanding other people’s mental states and intentions.  Lack of theory of mind is the key disability in Autism.   In my work I find that most people have a strong belief about why someone is behaving the way that they do (although in my work I think that it is often a wrong belief). I think we base our understanding on why others behave  the way that they do on what we think about ourselves and our cultural norms.  This is essential to group cohesion.  No one can truly know how another person is thinking but we automatically make an educated guess. �... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339715 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:29:03 +0100 3339715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290894&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Ftraumatic-brain-injury-progesterone.html From The Guardian:Sex hormone progesterone may save lives after brain injuryA major clinical trial will test whether the female sex hormone can minimise damage and improve recovery after brain injuryIan Sample, San Diegoguardian.co.ukFriday 19 February 2010 21.30 GMTAn article about the proTECT III clinical trial.Read the article===Here is the ClinicalTrials.gov entry for this study: proTECT III === (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290894 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:31:00 +0100 3290894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176094&cid=t_100542_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fprecious-child.html Amelia's neurology appointment on Tuesday bore some bad news. Aaron and I were right, the symptoms are subtly but surely returning as we weaned the steroids yet again. She was placed back on a stronger dose of steroids to keep the swelling and demyelination in her brain at a minimum. The longer she goes without healing, the more question there is about an underlying condition, or permanent brain damage. It is beyond heartbreaking to imagine our perfect, beautiful girl growing up unable to track with one eye, falling over and crashing into things, requiring six hour naps, having language and small motor skill difficulties. It is so hard to think that she may have permanent disabilities because of an illness that so suddenly, mysteriously struck out of the blue.Yet I trust she is in His hand... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176094 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:22:00 +0100 3176094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167416&cid=t_100542_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fwhy-epidemiology-matters.html I became a nurse, like many other nurses I know, to do heroic things: bathe feverish foreheads, stitch wounds, save lives and all that. I loved being a nurse for the same reasons. Clara Barton will always be my #1 hero (at least, after God, my husband, my parents, and Anne Shirley). Today I'm working on my PhD, and occasionally I lose that clarity in a haze of late-night writing, combing statistics, and endless literature searches. I wrote about epidemiology today (dry topic, I know), and felt a little of the old flame for nursing coursing through my intellectual veins. As I am too tired to come up with anything more creative or personal, I'm going to share a glimpse of my work at school here. Because it matters to me, personally, as a mother of a child with a sick brain and a cancer patie... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167416 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:33:00 +0100 3167416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967421&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F11%2Fworking-memory-training%2F Our rehabilitation company Recolo is now offering the Cogmed working memory training program. Working memory is the ability to hold information in mind for a short period of time and to be able to use this information in your thinking.  Problems with working memory are associated with a number of childhood conditions including ADHD, brain injury and poor academic achievement. We decided to provide the Cogmed working memory training in the UK because the research literature on it is impressive.  It is effective in improving working memory in 80% of cases.  The improvements have been demonstrated in neuropsychological tests, fMRI changes and rating scales.  It can also be demonstrated at the neurotransmitter level- see previous post for details.  It has been shown to be effective in imp... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967421 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:08 +0100 2967421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2947106&cid=t_100542_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fmore-improvements.html Amelia has sat up for quite some time today. She is still arching her back somewhat, and as you can see in this photo, her eyes don't track quite right nor are all of her facial expressions symmetric. However, things seem to be going in the right direction for now. Her antibiotics have been restarted because there is still uncertainty about the source of the infection. Haemophilus B influenza and one other common bacteria latex assays (rapid screening tests) came back negative in her spinal fluid. Her spinal fluid is showing no neutrophils now (markers of bacterial infection); neutrophils were present in her previous spinal tap from Tuesday. However, there are more cells indicating viral infection now than there were then. There is some question whether they have effectively been treating ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2947106 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:43:00 +0100 2947106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894643&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F10%2Flatest-neuroscience-on-twitter%2F I am a avid user of Twitter and find all sorts of interesting information on there.  As with the web, however it is difficult to sort out what is important.  It also moves so fast that it is hard to keep track.  This post highlights some important tweets I have seen regarding advances in neuroscience in the last two weeks. 1. Repairing brain cells- Researchers at the Montreal NeurologicaI Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) and McGill University group at Montral University have developed a new technique to help repair damaged nerve cells.  The study was in the October 7 issue of Journal of Neuroscience. They show that it is possible to use plastic beads coated with a substance that encourages adhesion to help cells grow and form new synapses.  You can read about this study here 2 G... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894643 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:21:08 +0100 2894643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886578&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fupcoming-online-event-malcolm-gladwell.html From The New Yorker:Author Malcolm Gladwell has a live chat about brain injuries and sports tomorrow at 1430 hrs ET.The chat can be found at the link found below. If you wish to submit a question for the essayist and author, go to that link and you can submit a question in advance of the event.Questions for Gladwell/Live Chat (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886578 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:18:00 +0100 2886578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2695492&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fsports-safety-and-traumatic-brain.html Batting Helmet is Safer, but Players Hate the LookBy DAVID WALDSTEINThe New York TimesPublished: August 13, 2009"Some major league players don’t want to sacrifice comfort and style for the added protection of Rawlings’ new helmet."Read article[Note: The helmet is called the Rawlings S100 and the company's website has promotional material about it's features.} (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2695492 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:34:00 +0100 2695492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688787&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fcapgras-syndrome-and-traumatic-brain.html An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times:After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of SelfBy BENEDICT CAREYThe New York TimesPublished: August 9, 2009"Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain trauma for clues to one of the most confounding problems in brain science: identity."Read the full article (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688787 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:45:00 +0100 2688787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2678742&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fin-wide-world-basic-in-manchester-uk.html BASIC: Brain and Spinal Injury Centrevisit websiteWith a shout out to Andy_G, who is on the plinth in Trafalgar Square right now wearing a BASIC shirt and is a part of the One & Other art event. (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2678742 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:19:00 +0100 2678742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570891&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F07%2F5-ways-to-improve-memory%2F I have just been reading a very good new book on neuropsychological rehabilitation by Barbara Wilson and colleagues Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Theory, Models, Therapy and Outcome I also heard her give an interesting talk this week on memory rehabilitation.  In the book and the talk she discuses proven techniques to help with memory.  These are designed for individual with memory problems but they also work really well for anyone wanting to learn and remember information.  The methods are backed with experimental evidence.  They will work for adults as well as children.    1.  Encourage associations or links when learning- the best way is to use visual or spatial images and associate these with what you are trying to learn. Some of the best learners use an internal pic... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570891 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:28:50 +0100 2570891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452898&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F06%2Fmild-head-injury-in-children-missing-the-problem%2F I have been working clinically with children with head injury now for over 12 years and this has allowed me to see the longitudinal effects of childhood head injury for myself.  What I have noticed is that some children with what appeared to initially be mild head injury (i.e. no prolonged loss of consciousness) continued to have problems over time. I have looked at these cases in some detail and their developmental problem can’t be explained by pre morbid functioning (i.e. any difficulties before the head injury).  This experience is not what the textbooks say is supposed to happen. Mild head injury is thought to be associated with better prognosis and is very rarely followed up by medical services.  However, three new studies this year suggest that Mild Head Injury may result ... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452898 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:25:08 +0100 2452898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398974&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F05%2Fnew-technology-to-improve-physical-disability%2F One of the most distressing symptoms for many of the children and young people I see clinically after a traumatic brain injury or stroke is the physical disability caused by the neurological injury.   Most parents, children and young people hold out most hope for a physical recovery.  The physical disability is the most visible symptom to the patient, their families and to other people.  At present the main therapy to help with this is physiotherapy.  Physiotherapy requires repeated exercise to try and improve physical function. Recent research has shown that physiotherapy is more effective in treating adult stoke patients than no therapy, although the type of physiotherapy used didn’t seem to make a difference. However, even with a disorder as physically treatable as stroke ... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398974 Thu, 07 May 2009 19:00:58 +0100 2398974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2320544&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34756&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrainethics.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F07%2Fa-hidden-island-of-value-based-decisions%2F The role of the insula in many human behaviors Following up on my lead on Antoine Bechara’s upcoming visit, it is worthnotinv one of the new trends in decision making research. In particular, working from an extension of the somatic market theory and the role of ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPfC), Bechara and colleagues have recently demonstrated how the role of the insula seems to play an important role in decision making involving risk and aversion. In the article entitled Differential effects of insular and ventromedial prefrontal cortex lesions on risky decision-making, the researchers compared patients with lesions to vmPfC and the insula to healthy controls and lesion controls on the Cambridge Gamling Task (nice demo here). The authors note that: The vmPFC and insular corte... BRAINETHICS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2320544 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:16:12 +0100 2320544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2290612&cid=t_100542_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fzimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use%2Fnatasha-richardsons-tragic-death-teaches-us-about-head-injury%2F The news of Natasha Richardson’s tragic death after a skiing accident has shocked us all; especially because of the apparently minor nature of her injury and that she was quickly up and about and talking immediately afterwards. Unfortunately, however, Ms. Richardson suffered a near textbook case of what’s called epidural hematoma. I say near because she was 45 and epidural hematoma is more likely to happen in younger adults with the average age being 20-30 (it’s rare after 50). But the rest of the awful story is only too typical. The only positive thing about epidural hematoma is that it is a rare event. In fact, it only is found in about one to four percent of traumatic head injuries. It is also a cruel irony that March is Brain Injury Awareness Month (BIAM). And doubly so because, ... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2290612 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:18:03 +0100 2290612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2207930&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2009%2F02%2Fstem-cell-research-new-hope-for-treating-neurological-disability%2F A new study on the benefits of stem cell therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis is a very exciting one for all neuroscience. The study shows that by giving stem cells to MS patients, disability is halted or reversed. The study included measures of neuropsychological function as well as neurological rating scales and quality of life.  Improvements in these areas were seen in 17 out of 21 patients and there was no deterioration in the other 4. The reason why it is so important lies in the use of stem cells. The problem with all neurological disability including childhood brain injury is that the brain can not repair itself. This is to do with the way the brain develops. The brain starts to develop at 40 days old with stem cells lining the neural tube. The stem cells turn into precursor... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2207930 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:02:14 +0100 2207930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2105541&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fpremorbid-prediction-of-wisc-iv-iqs-in.html The post-hoc, retrospective prediction of a person's global IQ score, after significant brain injury (TBI), has been an ongoing area of study and discussion in the adult neuropsychology literature for many years. A new small scale study (n=40 TBI and 40 controls; thus, significant caution is thus urged) in Psychological Assessment reports an attemp to predict "premorid IQ" in children on the WISC-IV.The abstract for the article by Schoenberg et al. (2008) is below. The bottom line message appears to be caution in attempts to predict a child's intelligence prior to TBI after TBI has occurred. Statistical formula's are available, but do not always provide decent estimates. The authors urge appropriate caution and the need to develop premorbid estimates that include more than just post-injury... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2105541 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:18:00 +0100 2105541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2053748&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F487927229%2F Several readers, after enjoying my interview with Lee Woodruff on the Bob Woodruff Foundation and helping Traumatic Brain Injury survivors, asked for the address of the Bob Woodruff Foundation, in order to send a donation via check. Here is the right address: Bob Woodruff Foundation PO Box 955 Bristow, VA  20136 Thank you for your generosity! Interview with Lee Woodruff:  here Bob Woodruff Foundation website: here Bob Woodruff, Bob Woodruff Foundation, Lee Woodruff, TBI, TBI survivors, Traumatic Brain Injury (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2053748 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:42:50 +0100 2053748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2008163&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fsciammind-brain-injury-issue.html Thanks to MIND HACKS for the FYI about a special issue of Sci. America:Mind dealing with new treatments for brain injuries.http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/12/sciammind_on_brain_i.htmlSent from KMcGrew iPhone (IQMobile) (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2008163 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:07:00 +0100 2008163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2207936&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=38275&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drjonathanreed.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2F2008%2F11%2Ferrorless-learning-for-children-with-brain-injury%2F Children with brain injury often have memory problems which means that they find learning new material difficult.  One particular problem seems to be with trial and error learning.  Children (and adults) with memory problems find it hard to eliminate the errors.  The original work was done on amnesic patients in a study by Alan Baddeley and Barbara Wilson .  They introduced the concept of errorless learning as a way of helping the individuals with amnesia learn.  Errorless learning means intervening before the person makes the errors.  It may seem counter intuitive but I have seen it work repeatedly in children in clinical practice.   Over time it is best to withdraw support gradually whilst still trying to avoid errors.  One of the best people talking and writing abou... Child Neuropsychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2207936 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:34:34 +0100 2207936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1860617&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fnew-neuropsychology-books.html I just received an e-newsletter from the Neuropsychology Arena listing some new books in the area of neuropsychology. Click here to view.Technorati Tags: neruopsychology, books, brain injury (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1860617 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:15:00 +0100 1860617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1577346&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=35055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsarasotaneurology.com%2F2008%2F07%2F04%2Fpost-concussion-syndrome-headaches-memory-loss%2F Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) results from injuries to the head. This can range from mild concussions (being struck on the head) to severe head injuries. Not always does the degree of head trauma correlate with the degree and symptoms of PCS. It is estimated that approximately 60-80% of patients suffering a moderate to severe concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), will develop PCS. In milder head injuries, PCS will develop up in up to 40-50% of injured individuals. Loss of consciousness is not a requirement for development of PCS. It is not even a requirement that there be a direct head injury. Patients who have sudden jerking movements of the head, particularly in car accidents, with out direct head trauma can suffer from PCS. Risk factors for development of PCS can include lower educ... Sarasota Neurology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1577346 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:33:41 +0100 1577346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1472445&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F27%2Fwhats-that-in-your-head%2F It must have been some hit to force a paintbrush, bristles first, into a man’s head. Stranger still, the victim didn’t even realise it was there. Seems he turned up at the emergency room some 6 hours after the assault complaining of a headache and left cheek and eye soreness. Even the medics couldn’t see the paintbrush. All that was evident at the time was a 5 cm cut below his left eye. But a CT scan painted a fuller picture, showing a cylindrical foreign body positioned from the left orbit to the right thalamus. Everyone assumed it was a piece of wood. Imagine the surgeon’s surprise when it turned out to be a paintbrush. And prehaps more amazing was that the patient suffered no neurological symptoms or side effects. If you want to see what the CT looked like head o... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1472445 Tue, 27 May 2008 10:39:09 +0100 1472445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469759&cid=t_100542_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F298651990%2F It’s Memorial Day here in the US: We’ve seen the red white and blue flying and people lining up to watch parades in honor of those who’ve served. Last night in the New York Times Magazine, I read the story of 27-year-old Sgt. Shurvon Philips, who suffered severe traumatic brain injury (T.B.I.) after an anti-tank mine exploded under his Humvee in Iraq. He lives with his mother, Gail Ulerie, who cares for him round the clock, sister Candace and her young children, Malik and Kyla, in Cleveland. Shurvon is unable to move his body or to talk and, twice a week, does three-hour stints of physical and speech therapy. Reading about Sgt. Philips’ speech therapy—-he uses a Dynavox for some requests—struck many familiar chords in me: The therapist worked with Shurvo... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469759 Mon, 26 May 2008 22:00:14 +0100 1469759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466835&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fmilitary-traumatic-brain-injury-and.html An interesting feature article in tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine:The Sergeant Lost WithinBy DANIEL BERGNERPublished: May 25, 2008"Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon Phillip, and a team of specialists has worked avidly trying to reach him."A good deal of the article deals with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC).[ ... Read the full article ... ] (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466835 Sat, 24 May 2008 21:19:00 +0100 1466835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1383717&cid=t_100542_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F04%2F18%2F1-in-5-vets-from-gulf-may-have-ptsd-or-tbi%2F The devastating numbers released by researchers today suggest not only that approximately 1 in 5 returning U.S. soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan may have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or a traumatic brain injury (TBI), but also that veterans often fail to seek care for these problems. The study was conducted by the RAND Corporation and suggests that hundreds of thousands of our soldiers may need significant mental health care now and in the foreseeable future. The research put the total societal cost of such care for these individuals upwards of $5 to $6 billion. The real problem, of course, is that most soldiers won’t bother seeking treatment for these concerns, because of the significant stigma that still exists within the military. Whether your’s a private or an o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1383717 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:51:34 +0100 1383717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1259003&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F241615678%2F This article was written by Pascale Michelon, Ph. D., for SharpBrains.com. Dr. Michelon has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology and has worked as a Research Scientist at Washington University in Saint Louis, in the Psychology Department. She conducted several research projects to understand how the brain makes use of visual information and memorizes facts. She is now an Adjunct Faculty at Washington University, and teaches Memory Workshops in numerous retirement communities in the St Louis area.   --------------- If you are interested in learning more: - Recommended Books on Brain and Mind - Build Your Cognitive Reserve, an Interview with Yaakov Stern - The Art of Changing the Brain, an Interview with James Zull abstract information, bilingual brain, brain exercise, Brain exercises, brain hea... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1259003 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:25:35 +0100 1259003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1233297&cid=t_100542_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F02%2F14%2Fwaiting-for-the-phone-to-ring%2F The television is on. The washing machine is running. I’m on the computer. Just an ordinary evening except….. I’m waiting. Waiting for the telephone to ring. Even though I expect it, I’m sure that the sound will startle me and I’ll jump. When the call comes it will be to let me know that she’s dead. My niece will be dead. She is/was 25 years old. I can’t wrap my mind around it even though I’ve known since Sunday that she would die this week. She had a car accident in the very early hours of Sunday morning. She hit black ice and shot over a bridge and slid 60 feet into a tree. She never awoke again. She has been in a coma with her brain bleeding. Her eyeballs burst this morning. In a few hours, she will be unhooked from the life support system... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1233297 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:36:48 +0100 1233297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1204692&cid=t_100542_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fhnblog.pl%3Fhnblog%3D201081 The video from the Wall Street Journal discusses the issue of hidden tramatic brain injuries. Many researchers believe that hidden traumatic brain injuries may be the cause of social or educational failure for many people. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine is behind some important research in this area. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds Advertisement: Find flowers, greeting cards, candy, gift ideas and more in ShoppersShop.com's Valentine's Day Shopping section. (Source: HealthNewsBlog.com) HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1204692 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:15:00 +0100 1204692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1152474&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Foccupational-therapy-ot.html Today's Science Times section of The New York Times has a good feature article about the daily work of an Occupational Therapist working with patients who have sustained severe traumatic brain injuries.Link to full text of article (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1152474 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:00:00 +0100 1152474 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1060139&cid=t_100542_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F192481777%2Fstop_a_stroke_in_action.html Strokes  come with falls ... or they could come without any warning or apparent reasons. Either way … brain experts tell us to stop a stroke in action …  simply by asking four questions.Remember the question … based on first three letters of the word STROKE. Why are these questions critical? If you suspect a stroke in process … we are told … you’ve likely already headed in the direction of arresting it. How so?Ask these questions:S  Ask the person to SMILE.T  Ask the person to TALK by responding in a simple sentenceR  Ask people to RAISE BOTH ARMS.O  Ask people to open their mouths and STICK OUT THEIR TONGUE. If their tongue is crooked or leans to either side, a stoke may be in process.People who cannot complete an... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060139 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:15:33 +0100 1060139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1021247&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fneuropsychology-abstract-of-day-deep.html This looks like an interesting article that I've added to my list of pubs to read:Schiff ND & Fins JJ. Deep brain stimulation and cognition: moving from animal to patient. Current Opinions in Neurology. 2007 Dec; 20(6): 638-642.Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA.PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Brain electrical stimulation has been proposed as a strategy to improve chronically impaired cognitive function. This brief review places a small number of recent studies into a broader historical context and identifies important challenges for further development of this area of research. RECENT FINDINGS: Behavioral improvements following severe brain injury with central thalamic deep brain stimulation were observed in experimental studi... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1021247 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:02:00 +0100 1021247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=983329&cid=t_100542_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F175665793%2Fhit_your_head_and_unwire_your.html Smash your head on a door left open by a co-worker lately? Or did you bend over and pop your brain on a table corner coming back up … in cluttered work spaces? Some work spaces amount to accidents waiting to ambush the next human head that happens by. If that’s so at your firm … you’ll be interested in new research that show how even mild blows literally “unwire” the human brain, and change its capabilities. Much to the surprise of Dr. Marilyn Kraus … neurologists at the University of Illinois … even a rather minor blow to the head can unwire key connections in your brain. Does it surprise you? Check out this research further and watch for the next hard object near your noodle. According to co-researcher Deborah Little … "The ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=983329 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:56:45 +0100 983329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=909361&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fdonald-steins-research-recovery-from.html Yesterday's Wall Street Journal ran a feature article about neuroscientist Donald Stein and his career exploring facets of recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI):One Doctor's Lonely Quest To Heal Brain InjuryAfter 40 Years, Skeptics Back Hormone Therapy; Experiments in a TrailerBy THOMAS M. BURTONSeptember 26, 2007; Page A1[snip]Dr. Stein still wanted to figure out why those brain-injured rats seemed to recover. But he says he concluded that he wouldn't win tenure if he pursued the question.In 1966, with a wife and young child to support, he left MIT to take a job as a psychology professor and director of the brain-research lab at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.His growing interest in the possibility of recovery from brain injury put him in a tiny minority. Most neurologists at th... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=909361 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:44:00 +0100 909361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=837509&cid=t_100542_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F151479290%2Flead_poisoned_pencils_recalled.html Bite on the end of a pencil while you are calculating those final figures – and you could end up sick or even dead. While lead’s especially dangerous for youngsters it’s not exactly nutritional for adult brains. According to a report today at United Press International … thousands of pencil sets were just recalled in Canada for dangerously high lead content. Excessive exposure to lead affects the brain and nerves and can cause damage from seizures, to mental retardation, to mood fluctuations, to memory loss.Toronto’s United Press International reported that the… “sets of pencils sold in Canada are being recalled because of high lead content in the coating.”It concerns Health Canada a great deal that these sets have more than 600 milligrams ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=837509 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:28:43 +0100 837509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=836955&cid=t_100542_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F151378048%2Fwhat_does_bob_woodruffs_mental.html Mention the name Bob Woodruff and most people think medical miracle. His story offers hope to hopeless problems. Does it do that for your courage when you confront challenges? Woodruff's accident almost claimed his life ... and instead it staged a narrative about superhuman capability in a human brain’s plasticity.  Who'll ever forget this amazing story of recovered strengths. There’s rarely been a case so strikingly hopeful for the recovery of people who suffer brainpower loss. How so? Back at work fulltime for ABC – Woodruff has already reported top notch stories from his recent travels to Syria, Cuba and several states. Without question, recovery’s still in progress for Woodruff – and he admits that&... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=836955 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:01:42 +0100 836955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=790536&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fvirtual-skulls-research-applications.html From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website, a report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:Virtual skull could lead to better crash helmetsLast Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2007 | 8:57 AM ETAustralian Broadcasting CorporationA sophisticated new computer-generated virtual skull could help researchers study evolution and design better crash helmets, says an Australian scientist.The virtual chimp skull was designed by Dr. Stephen Wroe of the University of New South Wales and colleagues from the University of Newcastle."It's the most sophisticated model of a chimp skull ever made," said Wroe, a paleontologist with an interest in skull mechanics.[ ... Read the full article ... ] (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=790536 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:29:00 +0100 790536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=773308&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fdeep-brain-stimulation-in.html A curious case report discussed in today's New York Times:Man Regains Speech After Brain Stimulation By BENEDICT CAREYPublished: August 1, 2007A 38-year-old man who spent more than five years in a mute, barely conscious state as a result of a severe head injury is now communicating regularly with family members and recovering his ability to move after having his brain stimulated with pulses of electric current, neuroscientists are reporting. [snip]The new report, which appears in the journal Nature, provides the first rigorous evidence that any procedure can initiate and sustain recovery in such a severely disabled person, years after the injury occurred. An estimated 100,000 to 300,000 Americans subsist in states of partial consciousness, and most are written off as beyond help. Doctors s... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=773308 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:58:00 +0100 773308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650730&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fwartime-traumatic-brain-injuries-tbis.html From the June 2007 APA Monitor:A long road backWith so many service members affected by traumatic brain injuries, neuropsychologists are ramping up diagnosis and treatmentBy Christopher MunseyMonitor staffPrint version: page 34Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called the "signature injury" of the Iraq war.Most commonly, the injuries are caused by improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, the makeshift bombs insurgents frequently use to attack U.S. forces.Even if soldiers are not directly hit, the shockwaves of these explosions can violently shake their brains or send shrapnel into their helmets. The result is often an injury that's much like a boxer hit with a knock-out punch. Thanks to excellent medical care and advanced body armor, service members are surviving injuries that would have ... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650730 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:38:00 +0100 650730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651307&cid=t_100542_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F121491388%2F Last month I posted about The NFL, Concussions, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Yesterday Fox Sports posted a related article - 35 ex-NFL players qualify for assistance - about this topic. The article talks about the number of retired NFL players applying for financial assistance under a new program, the ‘88′ plan, designed to help those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. This plan, which took effect Feb 1, provides up to $88,000 from the National Football League and the union to help with the care of any retired footballer suffering from dementia or other brain related problems. See full article here… Share This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651307 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:03:18 +0100 651307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1186157&cid=t_100542_165_f&fid=36768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fotexperiment.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F28%2Faggression-and-tbi%2F I did a journal review this week, an article found by a collegue who has a subscription to the British Journal of OT. The title is “Occupational Therapists’ Perceptions and Management of Aggression related to Adults with a Brain Injury”, written by K.Beauliu (2007) 70(4). The whole article raised some interesting points, including physical aggression towards OT is most common when helping with ADL’s agression is related to fear of failure when presented with challenging assessments OT’s dont tend to blame patients for their aggressive behaviour, instead they see it as a sympton of their TBI OT’s avoid the behavioural approach when managing aggression, instead opt for preventative strategies by eliminating the perceived cause of aggression But most imp... An Occupational Therapy Blog Experiment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1186157 Mon, 28 May 2007 05:55:23 +0100 1186157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1186159&cid=t_100542_165_f&fid=36768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fotexperiment.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F14%2Fworking-with-numbers%2F My work environment has recently become quite quiet. Quietness is relative, if your overloaded and overworked, then having a normal workload can be thought of as ‘quiet’. There has been a mazz exodus, discharge after discharge, which has left me with time to actually stop and think. This lead to some fantastic OT rehabilitation! With a reduced caseload I had the time I needed to engage with my patients, and to make a real difference in their lives in only 2 weeks of their stay as an inpatient. The admissions are slowly filling up the ward again, and I’m finding myself almost laughing at how how my practice is going to return to fast-paced semi chaos, because I’ve been so enjoying a reduced case load and the amazing opportunities to do all I want to for my patients. ... An Occupational Therapy Blog Experiment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1186159 Mon, 14 May 2007 05:50:46 +0100 1186159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=581404&cid=t_100542_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F113343078%2F From a recent article in the New York Times: ‘In January, a neuropathologist who examined the brain of Andre Waters, the former Philadelphia Eagles player who committed suicide last fall at 44, said that repeated concussions had led to Mr Waters’s brain tissue resembling that of an 80-year-old with Alzheimer’s disease. And last month, the doctors of the former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson, 34, said he was exhibiting the depression and memory lapses associated with oncoming Alzheimer’s.’ Other articles along the same lines include: John Mackey: From NFL To Dementia Not much headway Dark Days Follow Hard-Hitting Career in NFL A tormented soul A study conducted by The Center for Retired Athletes of over 2500 retired professional football players (a... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=581404 Tue, 01 May 2007 13:21:23 +0100 581404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1186385&cid=t_100542_165_f&fid=36776&url=http%3A%2F%2Foccupationaltherapyreflect.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2Fconference%2F This week I will be attending the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Injury (ASSBI) Conference in Brisbane. This years conference is titled Ecological Practice: Assessment and Rehabilitation and has some well known speakers (namely Catherine Mateer - Canada, Eli Vakil - Israel, Brigette Larkins - New Zealand, Mary P Galea - Melbourne and Leanne Togher - Sydney) and topics (such as Beyond trial and error: Theory-driven methods of memory assessment and remediation, and Everyday functioning through the lens of awareness and executive control. I am sure I will gain a lot of useful information on cognitive deficits post brain injury and rehabilitation techniques from this course and look forward to using this blog site to present some of my reflections on the information presented and kn... Reflections of an Occupational Therapist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1186385 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:56:47 +0100 1186385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=572848&cid=t_100542_122_f&fid=34756&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrainethics.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F26%2Fre-localizing-broca%2F Nature is running a nice news article on the re-localization of Broca’s language area in the brain, and has as feature about it in their latest podcast. Pierre Paul Broca originally described patient cases in which the patient suffered speech production deficits following injury to the left frontal hemisphere. However, a revisit to Broca’s original papers (see translations here and here), combined with a modern scanning of the preserved remains of Broca’s patients, has revealed that what has been called Broca’s area in modern times does not correspond to the areas implicated by Broca in his patient descriptions and neuroanatomical descriptions. What the The story is interesting, but I’m amazed that the excitement is running so high. After all, lots of papers h... BRAINETHICS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=572848 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:48:34 +0100 572848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1186386&cid=t_100542_165_f&fid=36776&url=http%3A%2F%2Foccupationaltherapyreflect.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F16%2Fpost-traumatic-amnesia%2F PTA - A common theme in brain injury rehabilitation and first port of call for occuaptional therapy assessment and intervention following admission to the rehabilitation ward I work on. For years we have used the Westmead PTA Scale to assess and monitor the duration of PTA for patients following a traumatic brain injury. Recently the use of this assessment and associated protocols have been brought into question by a Consultant reasonably new to the rehabilitation service and in trying to locate research in order to support our practice and ensure best practices I have hit a bit of a rut! There appears to be very limited research or literature on the use of this assessment and recommendations or protocols for patients while they are in PTA. Issues we are experiencing in particular are the ... Reflections of an Occupational Therapist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1186386 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:58:04 +0100 1186386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1186387&cid=t_100542_165_f&fid=36776&url=http%3A%2F%2Foccupationaltherapyreflect.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F15%2Fsetting-up%2F well…..several hours later I have finally managed to add some blog links. I have never thought myself as computer illiterate but this has certainly had its challenges! hehe I even had to resort to changing my theme as I couldn’t work out how to display the links on the old one and this one did it automatically! (I’m sure there was some simple way around this problem however I decided not to waste any more time attempting to find it!) As you may have noticed my blogroll consists of a few blog sites relating to my areas of interest (occupational therapy and traumatic brain injury) however I must say despite a few hours of searching there is not enough information out there on either let alone the two combined!). Therein lies the reason for the research project……... Reflections of an Occupational Therapist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1186387 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:28:58 +0100 1186387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=539167&cid=t_100542_113_f&fid=34898&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbillkosloskymd.typepad.com%2Fwirelessdoc%2F2007%2F04%2Fdetecting_concu.html From eWeek.com: Virginia Tech Tackles Head Injuries Using Wireless This is an experiment using the Virginia Tech football team to detect and quantify head impact. Eighteen of the players have detectors in their helmets which wirelessly transmit data to a database on the sidelines."We hatched this idea to use small accelerometers inside the helmets with a small chip to transmit the information to the sidelines," said Dr. Gunnar Brolinson, team physician for the football players at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.The story goes on to say that it is possible a player is unaware the he has sustained a concussion, and as a way to provide an alert, Dr Brolinson has a pager that is activated whenever it is detected that a player has received... Wireless Doc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=539167 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:17:06 +0100 539167