Monday, January 01, 2007
The Brain Injury Epidemic
There are still no treatments for traumatic brain injury, though Barclay Morrison offers cause for hope.
By Barclay Morrison
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| Credit: Illustration by Marc Rosenthal |
Every year traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes 50,000 deaths and 80,000 cases of long-term disability in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 5.3 million Americans (some 2 percent of the population) live with long-term disabilities due to brain injury.
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