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Head & Brain Injuries | InjuryBoard Charlottesville

Posted by Christina Cole
February 21, 2007 3:22 AM

Each year, approximately 1.5 million Americans suffer from a traumatic brain injury. About 30 percent of these people will die, says Dr. Bruce Spiess from Virginia Commonwealth University of Richmond, Virginia."There is no magic pill or treatment for traumatic brain injury in terms of salvaging brain tissue. There is no way that we know of now to keep brain tissue alive," Speiss said. The brain...

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