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6000 a year injure brain in WA
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 12:18
Several high-profile accidents in recent months have thrown the spectre of traumatic brain injury under the spotlight.
Music guru Molly Meldrum suffered a TBI after falling from his roof and hitting a sculpture in his yard and WA radio presenter Eoin Cameron underwent emergency brain surgery to remove a blood clot after falling and being knocked unconscious at his home.
WA police officer Matthew Butcher was left brain damaged, partially paralysed and visually impaired after he was assaulted, and two amateur WA footballers have died in the past two seasons, both from a head injuries they received during local games. Each year about 300 people in every 100,000 sustain a traumatic brain injury, amounting to about 6000 in WA.
Keys to cut risk of injury
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 12:15
Picture an egg where the yolk represents the brain in the fluid of the skull. You can shake the egg and the yolk will remain intact but if you shake it a certain way or really hard, the yolk will break while the shell remains whole. If you really smash it, you are in trouble.
This is the analogy used by Alexandra McManus, Sports Medicine Australia WA spokeswoman, for the serious damage that can be caused to the brain from falls, blows and other trauma.
Read the full story on the website of the West Australian.
Young men at greatest risk of brain injury after drinking
Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:37
HERE are some alarming stats. Fifty percent of all traumatic brain injuries in the developed world are related to alcohol. Men are three times more likely than women to sustain a brain injury and most fall within the age bracket of 15-25.
Read the full story on the Herald-Sun website.
Better management of traumatic brain injury
Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:56
New treatments to lessen the severity of the more than 21,000 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) cases that occur in Australia each year are on the horizon.
Published in the leading neurology journal, Brain, a study led by researchers from Monash University's Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) revealed how inhibiting certain enzymes decreased the severity of TBI, providing a target for future treatments.
A Smack to the Head
Wednesday, 25 July 2012 09:29
It's the concussions suffered by professional athletes that hog the headlines, but don't forget that your head is also on the line.
Nick Rushworth partly blames the Aussie bloke "tough as nails" mentality for guys making the foolish decision to get back on the field after a hard head knock - something that's arguably exacerbated by our professional sporting codes. "The culture of sport is that you tough it out and play through injury" he says...
Read or download the whole article from Men's Health. [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 2.17 MB]
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