Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) vary significantly in severity and long-term effects. While mild TBIs may only require at-home treatments and rest, more severe conditions often require years of medical treatment and rehabilitation. There are a few ways that doctors might treat you or your loved one if one of you sustains a TBI. Emergency treatment [...]

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) affect more than a million Americans each year with various degrees of severity. While mild TBIs may cause temporary brain malfunctions, severe injuries can have lifelong medical effects. It is essential that you have comprehensive representation from experienced Nashville traumatic brain injury attorneys to ensure you receive the compensation you are [...]

The lasting effects of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can forever alter the life of a victim, as well as the victim’s family. As reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1.5 million Americans experience some level of TBI each year. Of that number, more than 50,000 of these incidents prove fatal. Numerous events [...]

Catheter ablation (sometimes called Cardiac Catheter Ablation) is a common procedure used to treat some types of arrhythmias that don’t respond to medication. The therapy involves a series of small tubes (catheters) inserted through small incisions; the tubes are specially designed to focus laser light, radio frequency signals or cold temperatures in order to cause [...]

Traumatic brain injury affects almost 2 million people each year. While millions live with the effects of TBI, hundreds of thousands of people go undiagnosed every year. Unfortunately, this is an effect of the current state of medical research. At the moment, the most common test for a mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) is a [...]

Hope and Bill Moffett enjoyed years together as partners in more than one endeavor; their marriage included a blended family of six and nine grandchildren, and the two collaborated in wine trade publications, seminars and shows. Together, the couple traveled regularly to attend tastings and judge events. In 2008, they were looking forward to retirement [...]

Jana Akagi works at the Oak Ridge School’s Preschool. Her husband, Jim, just so happens to be the Oak Ridge Police Department’s Chief. When Jana mentioned one day that the school was having a difficult time finding enough properly fitting safety helmets for all 192 students, Jim decided to get involved. It took some doing, [...]

A recent study from the University of Montreal examined the sleep patterns of 30 patients who had been hospitalized for moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The results, published recently in the journal Neurology, appear to establish that sleep cycles can accurately indicate the degree of brain injury. Further, it appears that the quality and [...]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us that traumatic brain injury contributes to about 30% of all injury deaths, and that more than 100 people die every day in the US from injuries that include TBI. The amount of new injuries every year pales in comparison to the number of people who live [...]

You heard it here first, folks. The ongoing research efforts to understand how the brain functions and heals might get a huge boost from researchers working with lowly pre-frogs. Dr. Amy Sater, chair of the University of Houston’s biology and biochemistry department, recently spoke to the Houston Chronicle about a new two-year study that will [...]