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New Study on Processing Speed in Patients with Functional Neurological Disorder
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7085″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] A recent study published the Journal of Neuropsychology[1] concluded that patients with conversion disorder/functional neurological disorder (CD/FND) had clinically significant neurocognitive deficits compared to patients suffering from other somatic symptom disorders…
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Spinal Cord Injuries in Motor Vehicle Collisions
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6995″ img_size=”Full”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] While I often get to help survivors of traumatic brain injuries with their losses and plan for their futures, it’s hard to overlook that in many cases, a traumatic brain injury (TBI)…
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7192″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] About 1.7 million people suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) each year in the United States. These TBIs can be classified as mild (mTBI), moderate, or severe based on a number of…
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Update on Concussion Biomarkers
In November 2020, we published an article outlining the blood biomarker study coming out of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, with significant implications for detecting, classifying, and treating traumatic brain…
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Increased Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury
A new study published this month has investigated whether the existence of multiple adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can lead to an increased risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) later on in life.[1] While…
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Coronavirus and the Impending Mental Health Crisis
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6323″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] In the midst of national outrage over racial inequity, a global pandemic, and an international economic meltdown, another silent crisis is looming: breakdowns in mental health. Experts warn that the US…
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and ER Visits
Jane Crenshaw[1] suffered life-altering spinal cord injuries at a local ski resort. When she was admitted to a nearby Level 1 Trauma Center for treatment, however, the focus was not on whether she had suffered…
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Mobilization and Manipulation Therapies Confirmed Effective
Chronic low back pain can have a huge impact on a person’s quality of life. According to a recent study, the lifetime prevalence of low back pain in the United States may be as high…
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Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
Two years ago, we reported on a medical study at the Keck Medical Center at USC in which a young man, 21-year old Kristopher Boesen, who was paralyzed from the neck down following a spinal…
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Rural Latino Population
A brain injury can be devastating and can often pose all sorts of challenges: social, familial, and personal. One of most significant challenges any brain injury survivor can face is post-traumatic depression, or an aggravation…
