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New Study: Mild Brain Injuries Have Severe Consequences In Minnesota
Even a mild brain injury brought on by something like a shock wave doubles a person’s future dementia risk, according to a recent study. Researchers looked at the medical records of over 350,000 returning servicemembers from Iraq and Afghanistan. About a fifth of these individuals sustained at least one mild Traumatic Brain Injury, mostly… Read More »
Concussion And TBI Diagnosis Set To Improve In Minneapolis
In a development that’s very good news for the thousands of new traumatic brain injury cases which occur in Minnesota every year, the Food and Drug Administration approved a product that should streamline the diagnosis process and make it much more accurate to boot. Currently, most hospitals use a two-step diagnostic approach. After a… Read More »