{"id":1082,"date":"2024-02-05T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darylilbury.com\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2024-05-28T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:26:08","slug":"a-light-touch-changing-the-way-we-treat-traumatic-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylilbury.com\/?p=1082","title":{"rendered":"A light touch:\u00a0Changing the way we treat traumatic brain injury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Contrary to popular perception, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not the reserve of car accidents and punishing contact sports; it\u2019s surprisingly common. Up to 50 million new cases of traumatic brain injury are registered each year worldwide. Notably, 80% of TBI occurs in low- to middle-income countries, and it is also the leading cause of death and disability in young adults. Overall, the global economic burden of TBI is estimated at 400 billion USD.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minimising the devastating effects of TBI doesn\u2019t rely solely on reducing the risk of an injury; it\u2019s also essential to improve treatment after one has happened. For that, physiological real-time monitoring of vital signals is critical. One inventor has made it his mission to create devices that can do this accurately, easily, anywhere, and what\u2019s more, they are also non-invasive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the rest of this article, complete with additional feature content, on the Research Features website<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/researchfeatures.com\/light-touch-changing-way-treat-traumatic-brain-injury\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/researchoutreach.org\/articles\/fame-green-revolution-conventional-biodiesel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/mark><\/a>. 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