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Minimally Invasive Removal of Deep Subcortical Hemorrhage
Wednesday, April 24, 2019—Minimally invasive techniques have been used to treat deep subcortical hemorrhages successfully. In 2 abstracts, presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons…
Blood Test for TBI Licensed for Use and Development on Abbot Laboratory Instruments
Thursday, April 18, 2019—A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved blood test for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also known as concussion, may become more widely available soon. The blood tes…
FDA Warns About Unapproved Devices for Diagnosing and Treating Concussion
Thursday, April 11, 2019—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning regarding tools being marketed for assessing, diagnosing, or managing concussion that are not FDA-approved. The FDA…
Database of Eye-Tracking Movements Could Aid Diagnosis and Treatment
Wednesday, April 03, 2019—Eye-tracking technology (Brain Health EyeQ; RightEye, Bethesda, MD) that captures data on people’s eye movements has been used to produce a database of 1 billion data po…
The Importance of Sleep
Logan Schneider, MD
March/April 2019—Sleep has a critical role in brain health and is an essential part of improving neurologic care for all of our patients.
Sleep & Traumatic Brain Injury
With Michael S. Jaffee, MD, FAAN
March/April 2019—Sleep disorders are a common symptom of traumatic brain injury and treating them is also part of promoting recovery.
Dizziness and Vertigo
Ari A. Shemesh, MD; and Daniel R. Gold, DO
March/April 2019—Part 1: Untangling the complexity of dizziness and vertigo requires a careful history.
First US Clinical Trial of Cannabinoid Supplements for Traumatic Brain Injury
Thursday, February 21, 2019—The first clinical study (NCT03826368) in the US to assess the effectiveness of plant-derived cannabinoid supplements for recovery from traumatic brain injury will begin in Co…
