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October 1, 2003
"Assessing brain injury damage can be difficult" It can be very difficult to immediately evaluate and determine the amount of damage suffered in a brain injury. Every year, nearly 2 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury, resulting in 52,000 deaths. The impact brain injuries can have varies from mild to deadly but can be tough to ascertain the level of damage. For more information on brain injury contact a brain injury lawyer.
September 30, 2003
"New brain injury drug on fast track status" The FDA recently awarded Pharmos'' traumatic brain injury drug a fast track status. The traumatic brain injury treatment is intended to treat secondary neuroprotective brain damage following the injury. Often times, there can be a secondary injury that occurs after the initial trauma has been suffered that can be extremely damaging.
According to Pharmos, the U.S. market of patients with traumatic brain injury is estimated to be more than $500 million, with international market potential in excess of $1 billion. Nearly 2 million American suffer a traumatic brain injury every year. For more information on brain injury contact a brain injury lawyer.
Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability for adults in their 20s and 30s. Every year, roughly 80,000 people suffer serious damage from TBI injuries, commonly the result of car and motorcycle accidents. Referred to as the “s...
Scientists at Jefferson Medical College have shown young rats exposed to low levels of lead take significantly longer to recover from a brain injury than those animals that were not exposed to lead. Even low levels of lead exposure can have permane...
While the physiological effects of concussions - injuries that occur as the result of trauma to the head - have been widely reported, there have not been many studies on the emotional effects of the injuries. Now, a new study in...