A brain injury can affect anyone. For this reason, TBI on the Hill strives to be nonpartisan.
“Dinner today is going to be a big steak and, for dessert, a huge bowl of ice cream.” The above meal may seem like a recipe for weight gain, but it is also a meal in tune with the ketogenic diet. A diet trend for about the past decade, the ketogenic diet (KD) seeks...
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This summer, a film, entitled Tau, was released to movie theaters and explored the human trappings of implantation of artificial intelligence. In August, UT Health San Antonio, formerly The University of Texas Health San Antonio, reported the human trappings of human...
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It is widely known that, as remarked on by the NIH, “Exercise-based therapies can promote recovery of function and are easily implemented in the clinical rehabilitation setting.” Since at least the turn of this century, the government has been studying the benefits...
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Rebecca M. The National Institute of Health recently completed a study on the role of exercise in memory and cognitive skills for those with a traumatic brain injury. Specifically, the goal of this study was to look at the benefits of exercise in 18-45 year old...
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Though severe weather affects all of America, in the continental United States hurricane season (June – November) comes with specific concern for the coastal states from Virginia to Texas. During the past few days, the Carolina's have been dealing with the wind,...
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When I was in brain injury rehabilitation, all I knew and strived for was to return to my “old self”. I saw my disability as an almost impassable obstacle in the road of my life, filled with negative consequences. However, more recently, I have identified mental...
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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...
read moreMelissa Gilbert (D), known for her role as Laura Ingalls in the 1974 to 1983 television series ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), has halted her bid for Congress in the 8th Congressional District in Michigan. Regarding...
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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...
read moreThis past week, Muhammad Ali lost his long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease*, but the memory of Ali is still very much in the minds of our politicians. On May 26, Rep. Mullin (R-OK), a former professional mixed martial arts fighter, introduced H.R. 5365, the...
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