Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the more difficult and complex injuries to treat – and even to understand. Many medical professionals refer to TBI as “the invisible injury” because there are typically no signs of injury to the naked eye. On the outside, someone may look perfectly normal and healthy, but on the…

There are many different types of traumatic brain injuries (also known as a “TBI”). A TBI can range in severity from a concussion to an injury which leaves a person in a persistent vegetative state. If you suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident caused by someone else’s negligence, or in any other…

Although previous research has already shown a link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and short-term dementia, a recent study in the PLOS Medicine Journal reported that there is a strong association between serious brain injuries and long-term dementia—and that link can last for decades. More about the study For their study, researchers from Umeå University…

Traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are certainly harmful in the short term, but they can also have significant long-term effects. A mild brain injury, like a concussion, might resolve within a few weeks, but symptoms from a serious TBI could last longer, or even a lifetime. Everyone is different, and their brains all react differently.…