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'Neurosteroid' Found to Prevent Brain Injury Caused by HIV/AIDS
Monday, 04 February 2013 07:39
A team of scientists from Canada, Thailand and Morocco have found that DHEA-S may prevent neurocognitive impairment that affects a significant percentage of AIDS patients. In a report appearing in the February 2013 issue of The FASEB Journal, they describe how a network of steroid molecules found in the brain, termed "neurosteroids," is disrupted during HIV infection leading to brain damage. This suggests that treatment with one of these steroid molecules, called DHEA-S, may offset the disruption caused by the virus to prevent or reduce brain damage.
Read more on the ScienceDaily website.
Alicia
Saturday, 22 December 2012 11:32
When 18-year-old Alicia was seriously injured in a car accident, it was her brain rather than her body which suffered. This documentary tells the story of her long journey of recovery. Not content with just regaining a normal life, she pursues her dream of becoming an actress. Through Beth, the main character from Sam Shepard's play A Lie of the Mind, Alicia is able to express the common experiences of brain injury, her alienation from society for being different and her lack of inhibitions. Flashbacks, dreams, Alicia's video diary, interviews told with heart and extraordinary honesty by her family, friends, medical practitioners, healers and theatre colleagues all contribute to unmask and reveal the many faces of Alicia.
Crash victim hails Vic brain injury hub
Friday, 21 December 2012 18:55
A MAN who nearly died in a road accident in 2008 has spoken of the importance of a new $36 million facility dedicated to acquired brain injuries being built in Victoria.
Simon Warlond is one of more than 1200 Victorians living with a brain injury caused by road trauma.
He has praised the new 42-bed facility, jointly funded by the federal and state governments, which will provide rehabilitative care to people with severe brain injuries.
Child's brain injury could lead to crime later in life - study
Friday, 30 November 2012 13:35
People who suffer a traumatic brain injury as a child are more likely to commit offenses as adults, researchers say.
Professor Randolph Grace of the University of Canterbury, and Dr Audrey McKinlay from Melbourne's Monash University, studied Canterbury children who had experienced a brain injury as a child from birth to 17 years old.
Read more on the New Zealand Herald website.
Abseiling and rock climbing part of recovery for Westmead Brain Injury Rehabilitation patients
Monday, 26 November 2012 21:04
ABSEILING and rock climbing were the last activities that Tim Donnan and John Hieronymus thought would be part of their treatment.
But they were not figuring that hanging upside down would help them get back on their feet after suffering a brain injury.
Like to know more? Read the full story on the Parramatta Advertiser website.
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- Acquired Brain Injury Housing Support Program
- The Melbourne Interview: 20 years on from a brain injury
- Colless links problems with depression to early football concussions
- Brain Injury Awareness Week on ABC Radio Illawarra
- Should repeatedly concussed players be sidelined from sport?
- Canberra Close Up: Nicholas Stuart, journalist and brain injury awareness advocate
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