March 6th, 2012

Severe Brain Injury Warrants Bold Moves - By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today

Early, aggressive treatment of patients with severe traumatic brain injury appears to be cost-effective compared with less aggressive approaches, an analytical model showed.

February 12th, 2012

Young athletes growing mindful of concussion danger - By Jonathan Tamari, Inquirer Staff Writer

The debate and discussion over concussions and their consequences have moved beyond the spotlight of professional sports. According to neurologists, that's a good thing.

February 10th, 2012

Stretched to the Breaking Point - Posted by Karen Kreeger for Penn Medicine News Blog

With this year’s Super Bowl setting a record for being the most-viewed show in U.S. television history, concussions – more technically, mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) – have probably been on many a mind this week. TBI has long been a leading cause of death and disability, with over 1.7 million cases in the US alone each year.

January 25th, 2012

A Smack Upside the Head: NHL and NFL concussions get the ink. But your head is on the line, too by By Laura Beil, Photographs by Joshua Scott for Men's Health magazine

MATT MASTRANTUONO REMEMBERS A LOT ABOUT THAT SUNDAY LAST APRIL, BUT NOT THE CRASH. One minute he was guarding his man during an Ultimate Frisbee tournament in Walla Walla, Washington, the disc sailing in his direction. The next thing he knew he was splayed on his back, trying to figure out why that strange guy was standing over him. Turns out, that guy was one of his best friends. "I didn't even know why I was on the ground," says Mastrantuono.

January 23rd, 2012

Kids' brain injuries can cause lingering problems for years, study finds by Linda Carrol of MSNBC

While conventional wisdom is that children have a great capacity to overcome damage from a severe traumatic brain injury, or TBI, because their brains are still developing and “plastic,” a new study shows that many may actually end up with some lasting deficits.

January 3rd, 2012

Dana Foundation Grant to Test Concussion Treatment for Athletes - Penn Medicine Announcement

Peter LeRoux, MD, FACS, associate professor of Neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, was awarded a 3-year, $250,000 Dana Foundation Clinical Neuroscience grant, to conduct a study using branch chain amino acids to treat concussion in athletes.