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09/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Natural brain food: Rhubarb protects against severe damage caused by traumatic brain injury

Roll out all your recipes for rhubarb, because the herb is a powerful brain food packed with the protective compound rhein. A Chinese study reported that eating rhubarb can shield your brain against the side effects of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) that are growing more common these days. Dubbed the “silent epidemic,” TBI is caused […]

07/23/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Supplemental nutrition found to treat brain injury better than prescriptions, and may even provide some protection against injury

Concussions are part of any contact sport. However, while most injuries are rarely fatal, these injuries may affect long-term brain function. One novel approach to recovery being looked at recently is the use of nutritional supplementation to treat sports-related concussions. In a review led by researchers from the Texas Christian University, the team pored through available information to determine […]

03/05/2018 / By David Williams

U.S. Food and Drug Administration issues approval for first blood test for concussions… but is it accurate?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just finished screening the first diagnostic blood test that can be used to evaluate the severity of what it calls mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) – concussions, to the layperson – and interestingly, it has approved the same for marketing. The blood test is called the Banyan […]

02/15/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Brain trauma, at any point in life, increases risk of later dementia by 600%

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk of a person developing dementia by 80 percent, even 15 to 30 years after the incident. In the largest study observing the connection between TBI and dementia risk, scientists from Umea University have concluded that victims of a traumatic brain injury should take special care in preserving […]

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