Microplastics are accumulating in the human brain at alarming rates, with their concentrations rising by 50% over the past eight years. Researchers have detected plastic fragments as small as 200 nanometers, which may be interfering with brain function. A team at the...
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) impact millions of people in the United States every year, but here in the Roaring Fork Valley, the number is higher than the national average. When Allison Pattillo, The Aspen Times publisher, asked the audience at The Longevity Project...
By Dr. John Hughes, DO As a TBI treatment specialist, I see a variety of patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) from military blast events, professional and high school sports, motor vehicle accidents, blunt traumas, or other causes. These patients...
About 5.3 million Americans are living with disabilities from brain trauma. While the medical community has largely focused on the more severe cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI), 85 percent of these patients are actually struggling with mild TBI (mTBI). Patients...
By Joseph Carrington It can happen without warning: you slip in the shower and hit your head, a car swerves and hits you, a small stroke occurs and suddenly you can’t speak, your mobility is limited, and your world shrinks. These are real-life examples of the...
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