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The study concluded that elevated levels of two proteins help predict how a person will recover from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), providing important information to determine appropriate

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has employment and economic consequences for patients.

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Race, gender, and prior traumatic brain injury were associated with persistent severe insomnia, with insomnia not resolving within 12 months after injury in most adults.

Race, gender, and prior traumatic brain injury were associated with persistent severe insomnia, with insomnia not resolving within 12 months after injury in most adults.

Many adults with a traumatic brain injury had a persistent form of insomnia for up to 12 months, according to research in JAMA Network Open.

Many adults with a traumatic brain injury had a persistent form of insomnia for up to 12 months, according to a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.“Insomnia can develop during the acute (0 to 7 days), subacute (8 to 90 days), or chronic (>90 days) phase after TBI,” Emerson W. Wickwire, PhD, of the Sleep Disorders Center and division of pulmonary and critical

Although the rate of self-reporting was low, patients with posttraumatic epilepsy within 1 year of a traumatic brain injury sustained negative functional outcomes, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.“Patients with TBI can develop late symptomatic seizures, usually more than 7 days after injury, which is referred to as posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE). TBI accounts for

Traumatic brain injury, even a so-called "mild" type, can lead to post-traumatic epilepsy up to a year after the injury occurs, new research suggests.

Results of a new study provide another reason to get patients to quit the nicotine habit and control other vascular risk factors.