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Time to Get Honest About Being Disabled
Coming to grips with having a disability has taken me many years. Unlike many who have had challenges from the start, the first forty-nine years of my life were spend living without a disability. In one respect, this has made accepting my new life more difficult. I...
Margaret Trudeau to Inspire as Headline Speaker at BCBIA February Gala
Margaret Trudeau to Inspire as Headline Speaker at BCBIA February Gala Jan. 15, 2015 – Vancouver – Margaret Trudeau, mental health advocate, famed Canadian speaker and former wife of Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, says she has a vested interest...
Stem Cell Therapy Study may help victims of stroke
Stem cell treatment could help stroke victims survive serious brain damage, the first human trial of its kind has suggested. The pilot study, conducted by doctors at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and scientists at Imperial College London, saw five stroke...
Blueberries could help heal brain injuries
It’s been said you can have too much of a good thing. But a researcher at Memorial University’s school of pharmacy says nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to blueberries and other antioxidant-rich fruit found in abundance in this province. Dr. John...
Schoolboy’s pictures of a life with brain injury are acclaimed
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy with brain injury has had his therapeutic artworks displayed at a major London art gallery. Ben Whymark, from Didcot, volunteered to paint pictures for the Oxfordshire-based Child Brain Injury Trust to show what it is like to live with a brain...
TBI Recovery Possible: Cognitive Impairment Can Improve With Targeted Brain Training
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can cause severe cognitive problems in adolescents and children, such as a loss of concentration or focus, communication, and problem-solving skills. While it is difficult to predict how long the recovery process from a TBI will take,...
Concussion recovery delayed by mental activity, study shows
After a concussion, adolescents with the highest level of mental activities — such as reading, doing homework and playing video games — take the longest to recover, a new study suggests. Adolescents engaged in the highest level of mental activities take about 100...
Pulling an all-nighter could damage brain
Pulling an all-nighter can make you feel completely drained, cranky, and out of sorts the next day, but can it also actually injure the brain? A new Swedish study published last Tuesday in the journal Sleep indicates that it might. In the small study conducted in 15...
Study: Concussions May Lead to Alzheimer’s Brain Plaques
Research suggests that people who have traumatic brain injuries may be more likely to develop memory problems as they age. People who suffer concussions may be at a higher risk of developing plaques on the brain found in people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to...