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After more than half a century, assessment of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) is getting an overhaul that is expected to lead ...
A newly proposed framework expands acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) assessment beyond the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS).
The new system, published Tuesday by a lead author based at UCSF, aims to bring more nuanced diagnosis and treatment to head ...
Neurosurgeons at UCSF have developed a new way to evaluate concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Normally, doctors would use the Glasgow Coma Scale, which would categorize TBIs into three ...
After the birth of my son, I got sick, really sick, with a mysterious blood clotting disorder, and because the panicked doctors couldn’t figure out what to do, they put me into a medical coma ...
I recently interviewed Daniel Toker, a 33-year-old neurologist at UCLA who's exploring innovative ways to cure coma. Toker was overflowing with ideas to treat disorders of consciousness, which include ...
Alijah Arenas, son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, is reportedly out of his induced coma some 24 hours after being involved in a serious car accident. Arenas, 18, remained intubated ...
LOS ANGELES — Alijah Arenas, the Southern California basketball recruit who was involved in a fiery vehicle accident, is out of an induced coma, his family said in a statement Friday.
What is a medically induced coma? A medically-induced coma is a controlled process done at hospitals for better and effective treatment of patients. It is a useful form of 'medical tool', that is ...
The 18-year-old was driving a Tesla Cybertruck when it collided with a tree and a fire hydrant in Los Angeles: ESPN's Shams Charania reported Thursday afternoon that Arenas had been hospitalized ...
Five-star men's basketball recruit and USC commit Alijah Arenas has been placed in an induced coma after he was involved in a serious car crash in the Los Angeles area early Thursday morning ...
The basketball world learned terrible news about Alijah Arenas, who was involved in a car crash and is now reportedly in a medically induced coma. According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the 18-year ...