Dr. Barry Dworkin

  • Excellent concussion guidelines but their development reflects further downloading of what should be a specialist service back onto the family doctor because of long wait times

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 24, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: New concussion guidelines help doctors to help patients ‘return to their lives’ Reference: Guidelines for Concussion/mTBI & Persistent Symptoms: Second Edition

  • Lack of support for people with traumatic brain injuries

    An estimated 500,000 people in Ontario who have brain injury are unsupported in the community. Many end up on the streets or in prison, or inappropriately placed in nursing homes or psychiatric facilities. Many individuals post-ABI ‘fall through the cracks’ because society does not provide them with the community resources they need – supportive housing,…

  • Cooling the body may reduce extent of traumatic brain injuries

    A review published in this week’s The Lancet claims that induced hypothermia is underused in the UK and in the USA. This practice of deliberately cooling the body is capable of preventing or limiting permanent injuries if it is employed within the first couple of hours of a clinical event. Dr. Klees Polderman, Department of…

  • Traumatic brain injury update

    We bear witness to many kinds of injuries. Indeed when watching sporting events, some injuries do not galvanize much attention other that an exclamation like “Oh that’s gotta hurt!” Inherent in this statement is the knowledge that the injury is likely to be temporary and the player will recover. However, watch the crowd’s reaction when…

  • Risk of recurrent head injuries in children

    What is the risk of a child who suffers a head injury to suffer a subsequent head injury? A study, published in the April, 2007 issue of the journal Pediatrics, sought to answer this question? Dr. Bonnie Swaine, PhD., Associate Professor, Physiotherapy Program, School of Rehabilitation in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of…