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Brain Injured Infants May be Exposed to Unnecessary Radiation From X-Rays
According to US Politics Today, medical professionals are exposing infants to unnecessary radiation from x-rays. A doctor will recommend an x-ray to determine the proper course of action in case of an infant birth injury. However, improper management of x-ray may cause an infant to endure unnecessary radiation exposure. Parents often willingly agree to an x-ray in hopes of quickly determining the appropriate treatment and because they may not understand that the x-ray room does not always protect the victim from excess radiation. A State University of New York Downstate Medical Center doctor uncovered that a high number of infants have been over-radiated as a result of hospital errors made in the radiation department. The doctor found that one baby was radiated 10 times without any of the proper shielding, even though only a chest x-ray was ordered. The doctor recommended a chest cavity x-ray but the radiation department exposed…
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Researchers Find Learning Ability Restored After Brain Injury With New Cells
According to Science News, a study conducted on mice showed that newborn nerve cells may help heal the brain after a traumatic injury. Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center published in the Journal of Neuroscience a finding that could help treat brain injured patients with new nerve cells. Doctors have known that adult brains can make new neurons in two parts of the brain, but the role of those cells has not been clear. Some scientists suggest that generating new nerve cells may be a way to build a new brain during development and has no affect on the adult brain at all. Others argue that new wiring hooks up new brain cells and sometimes can cause seizures due to wire tangling. The new study suggests that newborn neurons made in the hippocampus are beneficial, at least in aiding recovery after a traumatic brain injury. The hippocampus…
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St. Cloud Hospital Successful at Brain Cooling Therapy for Infant
According to WQOW TV, St. Cloud Hospital has successfully cooled an infant to prevent or reduce the severity of brain injury. It is believed to be the first time a hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has been able to reduce brain injury through the brain cooling method. Oliver Manlove, son of Renee and Kenny Manlove, was delivered full term but was deprived of oxygen during birth. He was transferred by helicopter to St. Loud Hospital for cooling. The NICU team utilized the total body cooling therapy. Therapeutic body cooling or hypothermia has been used at St. Cloud Hospital since 2005 to treat adult cardiac arrest patients. Cooling an infant can reduce the severity of a brain injury. Brain injuries during birth can result in life-long complications such as cerebral palsy, as well as developmental problems. Doctors start to cool an infant as soon as possible, the sooner a baby is…
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