Age, gender, genetic history — all statistical information that could play a part into whether an individual is more or less at risk for a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a top injury affecting millions of Americans each year. Researchers are using statistics to better understand if a link may exist between demographics and TBI.Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Is Affected?Though studies vary slightly, it is generally accepted that at least 1.4 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year in the United States. However, this figure only reflects the number of patients who seek treatment at the emergency department of a hospital or other medical facility; the number who do not seek care is unknown. This “mystery factor” in TBI demographics is of concern since many of the effects of traumatic brain injury can take months or even years to develop and manifest.GenderMen have been found to be as much as twice as likely as women to sustain a traumatic brain injury. It was also discovered that men are more likely to have a positive and overal better outcome ater traumatic brain injury treatments. Medical professionals are unsure of the cause for worse brain damage outcomes in female victims; […]
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Young children just love music and often it is through music that young children communicate for the first time, whether it be through gesture, smiling or action.But is there more to it than that?There is a growing amount of evidence to show that music enhances a childs ability to think, learn, reason and create and it is in the first five years of a child’s life that all of the formative brain development and connections are being formed. Music brain researcher, Dr Gordon Shaw describes music as “a window into higher brain Function”.Here are three compelling reasons why we should be sending our children to music lessons while they are young.Reason#1 - Music Makes Children SmarterNeurologiacal Research indicates that because music involves ratio’s, fractions, and thinking in space and in time that it provides learning not only for foundation musical learning,but also learning for foundation math learning being a pre requisite to learning both these subjects at higher levels.In a study carried out by Debby Mitchell at the University Of Central Florida it was found that young children with developed rhythm skills perform better academically in early school years.In a paper compiled at a Music Educators National Conference, 2001, […]
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For successful alcohol addiction recovery, three factors must come together simultaneously. Addiction recovery is amazingly complex subject that just begs to be broken down into simplicity. Here are the three factors that should come together to have a reasonable chance of success and lifelong abstinence:1. Strong motivation - If the drinker is not aware or can’t see that drinking has become problematic, the logic becomes why fix something that isn’t broken?. This is a huge problem because the denial of a problem is one of the defining characteristics of alcohol addiction. Now, even if the drinker does believe that they have a problem, there’s a question of whether they’re willing to do something about it, and what are they willing to do? Often they may concede that there’s a problem with their drinking, but are not motivated to “do what ever it takes” to become completely abstinent. They will spin around in circles in futile efforts to maintain ‘control’ over their drinking.2. The timing must be right. - When a drinker realizes problems are occurring in their life because of drinking, that is a start, but not enough. Many alcohol users are perfectly aware that […]
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