A new international study led by Tel Aviv University (TAU) has determined that a ketogenic diet may reduce the effects of brain damage after traumatic injury. The study indicates that the diet improves spatial memory and visual memory, lowers brain inflammation indices, causes less neuronal death, and slows down the rate of cellular aging. The study was led by Professor...
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This Protein Predicts a Brain’s Future After Traumatic Injury
A blood test of A blood test of “NL” proteins answers questions about damage severity that doctors—and families—desperately need. PHOTOGRAPH: DOUGLAS SACHA/GETTY IMAGESNEIL GRAHAM SEES a lot of head injuries: “Car accidents, violence, assault, gunshots, stabbing—the works, really,” says Graham, a neurologist from Imperial College London who practices at St. Mary’s Hospital nearby. Doctors stop the bleeding,...