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Kessler Foundation Research Center Study Provides Insight Into One Of The Most Challenging Symptoms Following A Traumatic Brain Injury
A recent study by Kessler Foundation Research Center published in Brain Injury, the official journal of the International Brain Injury Association, uncovered the possible cause of cognitive fatigue in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cognitive fatigue has been shown to be one of the most challenging symptoms following TBI, greatly affecting everyday life activities such as work and school. The study also addressed the difficult task of measuring cognitive fatigue through the use of functional MRI (fMRI), an advanced imaging technology. In addition to civilians with TBI, methodology from the study could potentially be used in VA Hospitals to improve the lives of the estimated 300,000 U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who suffer from brain injury. Cognitive fatigue is a highly prevalent condition, with 73 percent of TBI patients reporting significant levels of fatigue even five years post-injury.
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High-Cost Medicare Areas Worry About Looming Cuts

The White House"s pressure to cut soaring healthcare costs is causing action and concern in high cost Medicare areas, especially South Florida. The Miami Herald reports that several political and health care leaders emphasized the importance of cost reduction to attain health reform at a Tuesday press conference in Miami that was similar to many others being held across the country. The paper reports: "For weeks, the White House has emphasized that reducing unnecessary medical costs would go a long way to help extend coverage to the 45 million uninsured in America. This month, stories in The New Yorker and The New York Times have discussed healthcare cost disparities. Both led with McAllen, Texas, as being among the most expensive places in the country, but both articles also mentioned Miami"s staggering costs. The average Medicare beneficiary costs twice as much in Miami as does one in San Francisco, according to data compiled by the Dartmouth Atlas." The paper notes that Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., favors reforms that don"t result in broad cuts and "is seriously concerned such reductions could damage patient care in places such as Miami, where costs are among the highest in the nation." His aide Madeline Otto said: "A lot of work has been done about how Medicare spending varies in different parts of the country, but there is not completed research about how to reduce these variations without hurting beneficiaries." At the conference, people also spoke about the overuse of the emergency room for chronic disease problems, the importance of including doctors in reform discussions and concerns about the uninsured (Dorschner, 6/10). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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