Brain Injury

MEDICAL SCIENCE
 
Changing Your Mind     http://www.pbs.org/saf/1101/index.html   Inside the Teenage Brain   Secrets of the Mind 
Secret Life of the Brain
One may wish to consider cognitive neuromodulation through deep brain stimulation called (DBS) technologies. http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~jdvicto/scpu02.html    Publications related to consciousness and brain dynamics
Progesterone: May Improve Outcomes from Brain Injury - "Progesterone is a powerful hormone... Progesterone injections in rats were still effective in reducing brain swelling and functional impairment even if treatment was delayed up to 24 hours after injury.7...Adding progesterone treatment reduced the death rate by more than 50%...Other neurological conditions for which progesterone might prove an effective treatment include stroke, pediatric brain injury, multiple sclerosis, and/or possibly even such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer’s disease...It can be given intravenously through an injection site in the arm or leg.8" http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/nov2009_Progesterone-May-Improve-Outcomes-From-Brain-Injury_01.htm
7/6/2007 www.wsj.com Science Journal sciencejournal@wsj.com reviews NIH's (National Institutes of Health) brain archive of "normal" USA youth having undergone periodic structural magnetic resonance imaging of brain's gray matter containing neurons, diffusion tensor imaging of white matter of connecting nerve fibers, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to track brain chemistry ups and downs, plus of IQ, dexterity, spatial ability, memory and cognition.
9/23/2007 www.wsj.com Dr W Dalton Dietrich Hypothermia treatment "Miami Project to Cure Paralysis"     
Body temperature is "immediately" lowered after brain or spinal cord injury to reduce swelling.
Since the early '90s, studies like those of Dr. Michael Merzenich - of UCSF's Center for Integrative Neurosciences - revealed the brain's plasticity, which means that it continually adapts.  On the heels of such studies, the market for cognitive-training products emerged. Merzenich founded the Posit Science Corp. in 2003 and developed the Brain Fitness Program to strengthen neural pathways and speed up brain function.  Like other "neurobics circuit training" programs, the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program, available at vibrantBrains, has an array of exercises designed to stimulate parts of the brain. One is a sound-matching game that aims to sharpen clarity of memory; another hones visual memory cues. In addition to the Brain Fitness Program, vibrantBrains has the local franchise for the UCLA Memory Training Course, designed by Dr. Gary Small of UCLA's Center on Aging. 12/13/2007  The brain can be reprogrammed.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/13/MNMETNGMV.DTL  Read article for testimonies.
Exercise the Brain   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/opinion/08aamodt.html
View Story  http://science.propeller.com/story/2007/12/02/brain-fitness-program-and-neuroplasticity-pbs  Science
TBI or traumatic brain injury

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Progesterone (a hormone taken as a vitamin supplement, skin cream or by intravenous prescription) can reduce inflammation, improve motor and functional recovery, plus reduce mortality (if taken within 24 hours after brain injury) per neuroscientist Donald G Stein. www.lef.org 11/2009 (see above link)
In late pregnancy it can provide fetus neuroprotection.
 

HEALINGS
10/17/02 Nathan Conder was healed of brain injury (affecting his vision, memory, emotions, and learning ability) caused by an auto on 11/8/01.  www.bennyhinn.org
Chavda, Mahesh  The Hidden Power of Healing Prayer  Chapter 4 The Authority to Heal shares the healing of a brain injury where the cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla oblongata had separated. www.watchofthelord.com
Copeland, Kenneth    John G Lake      In chapter 44 Adventures in Religion Lake shares the miracle healing of a 5 year old boy whose head was deformed at birth, resulting in slobbering, paralysis, dumbness, walking on his ankles, and inability to go to school.  This particular chapter addresses some of the issues why miracles seldom happen.  www.kcm.org
Hunter Ministries of Charles and Frances Hunter, Kingwood, Texas, USA 9/22/2007
Your Hands Can Be the Hands of Jesus brochure cites testimony "of a little girl whose brain was pressed down into the stem area causing pain and migraines.  She was instantly healed saying, 'I felt my brain go up!'" www.cfhunter.org
McPherson, Retha and Aldo  A Message from God  Biography of Retha's son Aldo.  www.rethamcpherson.co.za
Also check out Sid Roth's radio and TV archives for prior broadcast interviews. www.sidroth.org

CONVENTIONAL
Glenn Doman  founder of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential and pioneer in the treatment of the brain-injured children. How To Teach Your Baby To Be Physically Superb   How to Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Knowledge
How to Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence   How to Teach Your Baby to Read   How to Teach Your Baby to Swim
How to Teach Your Baby Math   How Smart Is Your Baby?  
What to Do About Your Brain-injured Child  Book shares The Institutes' research, setbacks and history-making breakthroughs.  Subtitle is Or Your Brain Damaged, Mentally Retarded, Mentally Deficient, Cerebral Palsied, Epileptic, Autistic, Athetoid, Hyperactive, ADD, Developmentally Delayed, Down's Child
 

Head Injury
 
Tellis, Brandi - Scientist develops head wound bone patch  http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/07/31/news/the_next_generation/doc4a7326a010a5b603042738.txt
"The material is able to be absorbed because it’s made from biocompatible polymers, which can be broken down into carbon dioxide and lactic acid, two things the body naturally gets rid of.  Another advantage of Plasti-Bone’s porous nature is it allows medication to fully penetrate it, unlike titanium and plastics."