http://health-information.orly-owl.org VitalityHouse Health Articles Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:02:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Researchers from the University of California have published a new study validating prediction rules for identifying children at very low risk for clinically-important traumatic brain injuries for whom CT can routinely be obviated.  The researchers, noting that CT imaging of head injured children has the risk of radiation-induced malignancy, aim ... http://health-information.orly-owl.org/1102-new-guidelines-on-need-for-ct-scans-for-children-with-head-trauma.html As I mentioned in a previous post, The International Brain Injury Association will hold the Eighth World Congress on Brain Injury in Washington, DC, March 10-14, 2010. The preliminary program for the Congress  is now available for viewing on-line, and includes a scientific program with over 100 world renowned experts in the ... http://health-information.orly-owl.org/1103-update-on-the-international-brain-injury-associations-eighth-world-congress-on-brain-injury.html A recent report from the journal Neuropsychology argues that the common misconception that brains in older individuals are smaller than those of younger people is false. Researchers state that this theory was derived from the way in which studies have been conducted over the years. In the past, research was ... http://health-information.orly-owl.org/1104-are-older-brains-really-smaller-than-young-ones.html I recently read an interesting article in “Brain” a Journal of Neurology.  The article is entitled “Impaired eye movements in post-concussion syndrome indicate suboptimal brain function beyond the influence of depression, malingering or intellectual ability”.  The paper was authored by Marcus H. Heitger and his colleagues in Christchurch, New Zealand. The ... http://health-information.orly-owl.org/1105-implications-of-impaired-eye-movements-in-post-concussion-syndrome.html In prior blog entries, I have discussed various literature regarding Green’s word memory test.  I have also discussed in the past the need for journals to require its authors to report conflicts of interest.   I recently received a copy of the August 2009 issue of Brain Injury, the Official Research Journal ... http://health-information.orly-owl.org/1106-greens-word-memory-test.html