Skip to Content Elderly Falls Can Cause Brain Injury & Can Be Very Serious Falls often cause head injuries. An older person who falls and hits their head should see their doctor right away to make sure they don’t have a brain injury. Elderly Falls Are Happening At Higher Rates — Especially In Nursing […]
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Brain Injury-Related Suicide The Rate of Suicide after Brain Injury In a June 8, 2018 report by the Centers for Disease (CDC), the CDC’s analysis found that the traumatic brain injury (TBI) suicide rate has increased nationwide from 1999 to 2016. In another CDC’s report, dated November 22, 2019, the CDC analysis of […]
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Four Ways in Which Chicago Brain Injuries Damage the Ability to Think
Josephine Cullotta November 15, 2019
Brain injury can change how we think. 1. Concentration / Head injury victims often have difficulty focusing on a task or conversation unless there are no distractions. The ability to multi-task may be impaired as well. 2. Processing / Memory Chicago TBI patients may need the information to be delivered slowly, […]
Electrical brain implants that enable a patient to have ‘mind control’ of a motorized prosthetic arm. With the electrodes implanted in brain, John Hopkins’ research study “subject can control both limbs to perform simple reaching movements in a coordinated manner,” says researcher Cantarero, Ph.D., at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. […]
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