In honor of National Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to share a set of eye-opening statistics from a recent report published in JAMA Network Open : Approximately 15% to 30% of individuals with a history of concussion will present with persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS) Studies show that people with PPCS have four-fold greater odds
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Over the last decade, numerous studies tested the relationship between patients diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their recovery with concussions. Both ADHD and concussion share some symptoms, such as loss of focus, which led researchers into wanting to learn more about the overlap between the two and whether traumatic brain injury (TBI) recovery was
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Concussions are all too common, and all too often written off as minor injuries. In the past it was custom for doctors to quote old text books that “most concussions will clear up in about two weeks,” but more current research and the latest medical literature seems to prove otherwise. New research looking at persistent
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Imagine living with no screen time for a few days. Could you to do it? These days, computers, smart phones, gaming consoles, TV and other electronic devices are such an integral part of our lives. This is especially true with teens and young adults. That why there’s always been a concern among medical professionals who
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“Time is of the essence” could not be truer in the case of concussions. A recent meta-analysis study in Sports Medicine found that athletes who initially delayed reporting or continued to play with a concussion took longer to recover than athletes who immediately reported concussion symptoms and removed from play. The study adds to growing support
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We at MAC Alliance use a wide array of concussion and brain health testing tools to screen, diagnosis and treat brain injuries. They include neurocognitive brain testing, EEG technology, infrared eye-tracking screening and other advanced tools. Now, according to some new groundbreaking research, we may someday be adding a saliva test for concussions to our
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With temperatures plummeting in many places in the country, including our mid-Atlantic area, here’s a timely topic: a possible new treatment for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) called therapeutic brain cooling for concussions. Cool is…Well…Very Cool! Applying cold to an injury is not a new concept. Athletes do it all the time. And lots of
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We have often said that concussions can be tricky to spot because they have many invisible symptoms that aren’t as obvious as the signs of many other injuries, such as a broken arm or sprained ankle. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) aren’t easily detected by many of the tools we normally use to assess injuries: MRIs
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Just because a patient is discharged from a hospital after receiving treatment for a traumatic brain injury, they’re not necessarily always given a clean bill of health. Symptoms related to brain injury can last for weeks, or even months. And, while most people will recover quickly, some will experience headaches, confusion, irritability or other symptoms
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Scientists continually perform studies to discover why some people are more likely to sustain concussions than others, and we’re always happy to hear about the ongoing research. One recent example was a pilot study from Northwestern Medicine and Penn State University that was published in the Journal of Neurotrauma this past fall. Scientists studied 87
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