Brain Disorders One out of five Americans struggle with a brain disorder. The brain is a fragile muscle which controls thoughts‚ memory‚ speech‚ and movement. Any form of distress to the brain can cause loss of functions we take for granted. Disorders can affect you physically or mentally. Mental disorders can affect your mood which results in depression‚ anxiety disorders‚ schizophrenia‚ eating disorders and addictions; physical disorders affect your daily tasks. Brain disorders are caused by genetics
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Sport injuries are universal and can be commonly found everywhere. These injuries can include a concussion‚ bone fractures or strains on muscles. Often‚ these injuries can be minor; however‚ these injuries contain the chance to be more serious and dangerous. Prevention of the sports injuries is the best way of combating it. Nerves located outside the brain and spine are less protected and are subject to injury during competitive sports causing this loss in memory and concentration. Altogether‚ sports
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Head injury Any trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain‚ TBI. Head trauma includes an alteration in consciousness‚ no matter how brief. Common causes: motor vehicle crashes and falls. Firearm‚ assaults‚ sports-related injuries‚ recreational accidents. Deaths occur at three points in time after injury: 1) Immediately 2) within 2 hours 3) 3 weeks after the injury GCS on arrival is also a strong predictor of survival: GCS < 8 30% to 70% chance of survival. GCS > 8 indicating >90% survival. Neurological
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Role of Brain in Cognitive Functions Cathy Moyer-Larsen Role of Brain in Cognitive Functions Cognitive brain functions enable the ability of the brain to attain information in a meaningful way. Cognitive psychology is what happens in the mind. Two important conditions concerning the ability to use cognitive brain functions is the current mood and health (Willingham‚ 2007). Cognitive functions originate in the part of the brain called the cerebrum. Majority of brain mass is in the cerebral
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“How Brain Damage‚ Genes‚ and Environment‚ Lead to the Germination of Killers” Many of the most watched television shows have a basis of crime‚ and murderers are almost always involved in these shows. What is rarely explored in these shows however is how the psychopathic killers become this way. Neuroscientist and Professor Jim Fallon has been studying the brains of psychopathic killers. He has developed three factors based on analyzing a plethora of brains to determine how psychopathic killers
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Since 2004‚ 92 high school boys have died due to football related injuries. Andre Smith was the most recent student to join the list. This year alone there have been seven football related deaths. These statistics often raise the question‚ “Why?” Despite the frequency of these unfortunate events‚ not many steps have been taken to avoid future accidents. The impact of these deaths are visible in the declining number of students enrolling to play football for the past 4 years. Although football has
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Childhood traumatic grief‚ or CTG‚ is a condition that can occur in children when they lose someone that they were especially close to‚ and are unable to properly manage and move past their grief because of psychological obstacles that impede the healing process . CTG requires a more intensive‚ more personal‚ and more thorough method of treatment than healthy grieving does‚ which can take more time‚ money‚ and mental stamina than a client may require. Because of the effort involved‚ many cases
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In concussion Dr Omalu is a pathologist‚ who finds neurological deterioration in Mike Webster’s brain a former hall of famer. Dr. Omalu decides to name his discovery chromatic traumatic encephalopathy(CTE). Later on he gets his breakthrough publishing it in a medical journal. Dr omulu sets out on a journey to notify people about CTE and the great damage it is cause in football. Dr Omalu status as an immigrant hurted his mission to get people to believe him about CTE. He went through struggles to
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of the risk of severe injuries to their children. More research should be completed in order to prevent high impact sports injuries that cause concussions‚ major brain damage such as CTE‚ and can sometimes result in death. Concussions as a result of high impact sports are something that can affect a person for life. The text states‚ “several former football players all found to have CTE and have committed suicide and hundreds more continue to suffer from irreversible brain damage” this evidence
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ring each year. Boxers put their health and even their lives at stake every time they choose to compete in a boxing match ("Common Boxing Injuries & Prevention | iSport.com"). Short Term Injuries While boxing‚ injuries that can last anywhere from one day to a few months occur on a regular basis. Most short term injuries do
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