tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10240033.post-1107220429816238862005-02-05T01:12:00.000-05:002005-04-05T20:37:20.770-04:00According to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, moderate cooling of the brain is the first new treatment shown to be effective for severe brain trauma. <a href="http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/news/archive/1997/braincooling.html">Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh </a> found that lowering the body temperature about 10 degrees for 24 hours improved patient outcomes. After six months, those patients (73%) who were treated with cooling showed marked improvement.<br /><br /><br />However, according to a January 28, 2005, <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/498398?rss">Lancet</a> article, head cooling may not always be helpful for neonatal encephalopathy, according to the results of a randomized trial.<br /><br /><br />So, if somebody knocks you over the head, ask for some ice - maybe...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-8017307570803806"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_ad_channel =""; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div>Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577617317617824737noreply@blogger.com