On Friday, December 21, 2018, “H.R. 6615, which reauthorizes appropriations for programs and activities relating to the study, prevention, and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI),” was signed into law by President Trump. Officially called the...
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America is, and should be, a country of religious freedom. The roots of the winter holiday season, though, are based on the beliefs of Judaism and Christianity expressed in the Bible. (Currently, more than 70 percent of Americas consider themselves either...
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The federal Traumatic Brain Injury Act provides many benefits to survivors. For example, much of the research that I reference on this website is done by organizations funded through the Act. When it was originally signed into law in 1996, the TBI Act...
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The brain maintains executive function over the entire body. For example, as we have all learned, when someone has the flu, it’s really the brain that “tells” them that their stomach hurts. However, what happens when the brain and its functioning therein...
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Following the posting of my last article, I found additional interesting information about mercury and dentistry (dentistry may not be the primary use of mercury, but it is the most visible one). Although mercury is no longer toxic once it is absorbed into a...
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In Thursday’s article related to brain injury and mercury, I see that some may have found the title derogatory towards dentists. As someone who had braces in middle school and yearly gets regular checkups, I see the benefit of dentistry. In addition, I...
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Last week, much of the eastern United States (Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts. Vermont, New Hampshire) experienced its first snowfall of the year. Given...
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Just as a hematoma is the body's response to a bump, so does the brain inflame following a TBI. The cells that cause this inflammation of the nervous system are known as microglia, the brain’s innate immune cells. The NIH already recognizes, “Innate immune cells...
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Brain injury is not just a traumatic issue that affects people in the United States, it is a global epidemic. For that reason, the Unites States National Institute of Health has been partnering with the European Commission (EC) and the Canadian Institute of Health...
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"It is good news that the brain can recover from a hit if given enough time to rest and recover,” stated a Georgetown University-based research team member regarding the results of a 2016 study. Two years ago, this medical study was seen as state-of-the-art and...
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