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Brain Diseases
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Trauma and Injuries :: Neurological Disorders

Acquired Brain Injury and Hidden Visual Problems - Addressing visual problems that may be overlooked during initial treatment of brain injury.
Meta Description: [ Often visual problems resulting from Acquired Brain Injury are overlooked during initial treatment of the injury. Includes symptoms indicating vision problems, visual skills affected by Acquired Brain Injury and the role of Behavioral Optometry and visual training therapy in the rehabilitation p... ]

Anatomy of a Head Injury - Causes, symptoms and assessment of brain injuries.

404 Brain Injury - A Guide for Families and Friends - Basic information about brain injury and its treatment, from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Meta Description: [ Virtual Hospital was a digital library of health information in pediatrics, paediatrics, and radiology for pediatric education and radiology education ]

Brain Injury Research Center - A database of research and educational materials designed for people with TBI, their families, and professionals. Item description gives short synopsis, target audience, media format, cost, language, and where it can be obtained.

Brain Injury Resource Center - Offers information, reference materials, and self-help resources. Provides links to support and discussion groups, rehabilitation sites, publications and journals.
Meta Description: [ Get information, build skills, join discussion groups. Link to resources, rehab, and research sites, as well as lay and professional journals. ]

BrainInjury.com - A medical, legal, and informational resource for persons dealing with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Meta Description: [ Brain Injury .com - A medical, legal, and informational resource for persons dealing with traumatic brain injury (TBI). ]

Coma Waiting Page - Information about coma and brain injury directed at helping with answers and support in those critical first days and weeks, while waiting for someone to awake from a coma.

eMedicine Health - Concussion - Information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of concussions.
Meta Description: [ Concussion describes an injury to the brain following trauma. Doctors use the term concussion to describe an injury to the brain that results from an impact to the head. By ... ]

eMedicine Health - Dementia in Head Injury - Information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of dementia after a brain trauma.
Meta Description: [ Head injury occurs when an outside force hits the head hard enough to cause the brain to move violently within the skull. This force can cause shaking, twisting, bruising (contusion), ... ]

eMedicine Health - Head Injury - Information on the types, causes, symptoms, tests, and treatment of head injuries.
Meta Description: [ Head injury is a general term used to describe any trauma to the head, and most specifically to the brain itself. Skull fracture: A skull fracture is a break in ... ]

Family Caregiver Alliance Fact Sheet - Offers an overview of head injury, its effects, prognosis and treatment.

Frequently Asked Questions About Head Injury - Basic information about traumatic brain injury, coma, seizures, and what to expect from treatment.

Healthlink-MCW - Article from the Medical College of Wisconsin about Sports Concussions a Growing Concern. Describes the symptoms and effects of mild brain injuries as well as multiple concussions.
Meta Description: [ Each year 40,000 high school football players nationwide suffer concussions. Many other sports and recreational activities, including wrestling, hockey, soccer, snowboarding and in-line skating may also result in concussions. Altogether, about 300,000 traumatic brain injuries occur each year in s... ]

Locked-in Syndrome from NINDS - Booklet describing the basics of this rare disorder, treatment, prognosis, research, and references.
Meta Description: [ Information sheet on locked-in syndrome compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). ]

NARIC Databases: Brain Injuries - Introduction to resources available from the National Rehabilitation Information Center.
Meta Description: [ The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is a library and information center focusing on disability and rehabilitation research. Use the NARIC site to search for documents, research projects, and organizations for a wide array of disability and rehabilitation issues. NARIC is funded... ]

National Resource Center For Traumatic Brain Injury - Providing information for professionals, persons with brain injury, and family members. Also developing intervention programs, and assessment tools.

NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Information - Fact sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Contents include definition, treatment methods, prognosis, current research projects, and references.
Meta Description: [ Traumatic Brain Injury information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). ]

Perspectives Network On-Line - Brain injury resources including detailed links, multiple language FAQS, diagrams and tools, on-line newsletter and article archives.
Meta Description: [ Brain Injury: extensive resources including detailed listings/links, multiple language FAQS, diagrams/tools, on-line article archives. ]

PoinTIS - Information and services for spinal cord and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury - Reviews the types of TBI and their treatment and prognosis, from the Medical Journal of Australia.
Meta Description: [ (Medical Journal of Australia) 4: Rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury ]

Safety Tips for Farming with a Brain Injury - Article from National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD) talking about special considerations and concerns. Farmers with brain injuries share a list of general tips to help prevent additional injuries.

Services and Supports for Persons with Brain Injury - From the University of North Carolina -- Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies. Project designed to enable individuals with brain injury to decrease social isolation and loneliness, strengthen community living skills, and increase the skills needed to participate in inclusive recreation opportunities.
Meta Description: [ Project designed for persons with brain injury living in community settings. ]

Stories Of Brain Injury Rehabilitation - An Occupational Therapist describes the rehabilitation of a young man with severe brain injury. This masters thesis includes journal and treatment notes, quotes, and the therapist's thoughts.
Meta Description: [ This is a site devoted to stories about the rehabilitation of a victim of severe brain injury, by an occupational therapist. ]

TBI Resource Guide - Information on brain injury, rehabilitation, long-term assisted living, medications, and current research, from the Centre for Neuro Skills.
Meta Description: [ A traumatic brain injury resource guide with over 1,500 pages of material on brain injury, concussion, rehabilitation, long-term assisted living, research, pharmocology, support, multi-media products, and much more. ]

TBINET at Mount Sinai School of Medicine - The Research and Training Center on Community Integration of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. Provides a large database on a variety of Post-TBI challenges as well as the activities and research findings of the RTC. Maintains a newsletter, consumer reports, and journal articles for individuals with TBI and their family and friends. Also offers other publications and resources, designed for professionals.
Meta Description: [ TBI Central comprises the Web sites of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Traumatic Brain Injury Interventions (RRTC) and the New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (NYTBIMS) at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The Mount Sinai Medical Center. These sites provide diverse re... ]

The Brain Injury Recovery Network - Dedicated to helping victims and families of brain and other serious injuries. Information, tips, and advice provided by people who have been through the same experience.
Meta Description: [ The Brain Injury Recovery Network has developed this site in an attempt to provide practical, actionable advice for brain injury victims and families. ]

The Brain Spot - An accessible site designed for brain injury survivors, persons with memory impairments and new Internet users. Includes links to games, discussion board, activity resources, and personal pages.
Meta Description: [ A simple site for persons who are new to the Internet or frustrated by other complicated sites. Specially designed for accessibility for persons with brain injuries or other cognitve impairments ]

The Missouri Traumatic Brain Injury Demonstration Project - Resource of regional and national information about living and working with traumatic brain injury (TBI) for TBI survivors, their families, and their support providers.

The TBI Help Desk for Caregivers - Information and resources to increase the quality of care available to Brain Injured patients after departure from the Hospital. Includes a chat room and discussion board as well as articles, tips, FAQs, glossary, personal experiences, and phone numbers for a variety of helpful agencies.
Meta Description: [ enhancing, expanding and extending the quality of care available to Brain Injured patients after departure from the Hospital setting by providing direct support to caregivers and patients ]

Traumatic Brain Injury - Medical and informational resource for individuals dealing with traumatic brain injury.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - @Health.com's newsletter dealing with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of TBIs.
Meta Description: [ Diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury. ]

Traumatic Brain Injury Fact Sheet - A booklet prepared by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Covers treatment, research, symptoms, rehabilitation, types of brain injury, and resources.
Meta Description: [ The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is the leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system. ]

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Center - Working to raise awareness of TBI's effect on society, and provide easily accessible information and support for survivors, their loved ones, and the professionals who work on their behalf.
Meta Description: [ The National Brain Injury Association is a non-profit society created by British Columbian Mike Rossiter, himself the father of a traumatic brain injury survivor. The main goals of the society are to raise awareness of the extent to which TBI affects our society, provide easily accessible informa... ]

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide - Information, for survivors and their families, provided on the honor system from Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr. Glen Johnson. Topics include signs of a brain injury, coping with common problems, and dealing with doctors.
Meta Description: [ Clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Glen Johnson's Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide was written to explain head injuries in clear, easy to understand language for patients of head injuries. The goal of this online book is to better prepare the head injured person and family for the long road of r... ]

Traumatic Brain Injury: Cognitive and Communication Disorders - NIDCD's fact sheet covering the problems, assessment, treatment, and research related to TBI.

What You Should Know About Traumatic Brain Injury - Fact sheet with tips for preventing brain injuries from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, SafeUSA.

404 Whiplash Injury - Scientific information about cervicocephalic trauma, lesions, symptoms, and recovery.