Category Archives: Traumatic Brain Injury

Teens who got serious brain injuries in the last year were also more likely to report drinking lots of energy drinks.

Traumatic brain injuries, whether they occur on a sports field or in a war zone, are on the rise. What’s worse, these head traumas have been linked to long-term neurodegenerative diseases, notably Alzheimer’s and a condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

Traumatic brain injuries, whether they occur on a sports field or in a war zone, are on the rise. What’s worse, these head traumas have been linked to long-term neurodegenerative diseases, notably Alzheimer’s and a condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

July 15 is a date Shannon Binstock will always remember. “It’s kinda a birthday; it’s been five years ago today that my world ended,” Binstock said.

A new handheld medical device for analyzing brain injuries has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. In May 2015, the Ahead 200 was cleared by the FDA to help clinicians assess mildly-presenting head trauma patients.
The device, which was developed by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Combat Casualty Care Research Program, or CCRP, and the BrainScope Company, Inc., uses commercial smartphone technology to analyze a patient’s brain activity for signs of a traumatic brain injury within 24 hours of the injury.

Traumatic brain injury is pervasive in both civilian and military populations. In fact, TBI in the civilian population is eight times as frequent as breast cancer, AIDS, spinal-cord injury, and multiple sclerosis combined.

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Traumatic brain injury and its causes, symptoms, and treatment are often misunderstood and can lead to mishandling of the issues surrounding it.

Susie Guckin, Reading-Fleming Intermediate School instrumental music teacher, recently released her first book, “The Camouflaged Heart” (Balboa Press; 2015) sharing her personal journey through traumatic brain injury, PTSD, trauma, and the encouragement and wisdom she learned from her experiences volunteering with the wounded warriors of the local U.S. Army base.