Tag: Traumatic Brain Injury
Lower Health Literacy Tied to Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes After TBI
Perceived physical health, mental health worse for adults with traumatic brain injury and low health literacy
Brain Cancer Risk Increased After Moderate/Severe, Penetrating TBI
Risk for subsequent development of brain cancer increased in cohort of mostly male veterans
Incomplete Recovery Rates Similar for Sports-Related, Non-Sports-Related TBI
Just under half of patients presenting to the hospital with sports-related TBI still have disability at six months
Risk for Affective, Behavioral Disorders Increased in Children After mTBI
Significantly higher adjusted risks seen for affective disorders across three years after injury
Ibogaine May Aid Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans
Functioning and mental health benefits sustained at one-month follow-up
Six in 10 Survivors of Moderate-to-Severe TBI Report Chronic Pain
Findings show current chronic pain tied to worse functional outcomes versus past or no pain
Deployment History Has Differential Impact on Epilepsy in Veterans With TBI
Nondeployed veterans with moderate/severe TBI had higher odds of epilepsy than deployed veterans
ASA: Women More Likely Than Men to Develop Depression After TBI
Meta-analysis of nine studies with 691,364 participants shows women more likely to develop depression after traumatic brain injury
Head Injury Linked to Increase in Incident Ischemic Stroke
Dose-response association seen for risk for stroke with number of head injuries, but no association seen for severity
Traumatic Brain Injury Linked to Cognitive Decline in Twin Study
History of TBI, TBI with loss of consciousness, older-age TBI linked to lower cognitive scores at age 70 years
