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Education may help in traumatic brain injury recovery

People with more years of education may be better able to recover from a traumatic brain injury. [s]HealthCanal[/s] reports that a study examined people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries, most of which were from motor vehicle accidents or falls. All were taken to the emergency department and spent time in the hospital after the injury and also for inpatient rehabilitation. ‘After these types of injuries, some people are disabled for life and are never able to go back to work, while other people who have similar injuries recover fully,’ said study author Dr Eric B Schneider of [b]Johns Hopkins School of Medicine[/b]. ‘We understand some factors that lead to these differences, but we can’t explain all of the variation. These results may provide another piece of the puzzle.’

[link url=http://www.healthcanal.com/brain-nerves/50106-people-with-more-education-may-recover-better-from-traumatic-brain-injury.html]Full HealthCanal report[/link]
[link url=http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2014/04/23/WNL.0000000000000379.short?sid=31e19daf-36fe-4908-a9f6-6e93796f6bcc]Neurology abstract[/link]

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