News
Periodically, we will post news articles about emerging alternative therapies. This should not be taken as an endorsement of these therapies, but merely presented as a news service to our constituents.
Music Therapy Enhances Executive Functions and Neuroplasticity after Traumatic Brain Injury
This recent research, published in February 2020 in the Journal of Neurotrauma, offers another alternative therapy worthy of consideration and additional research. While music-based rehabilitation is not one of the therapies the BART Foundation currently advocates...
read moreCould Oxygen Therapy Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is one of the safe, alternative therapies the BART Foundation believes may help brain injury survivors. In this September 9, 2021 article by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffmann for the Jerusalem Post, the positive findings of a research study, which...
read moreTreatNOW: A Great Resource for TBI/ABI
The TreatNOW Coalition is a group of citizens, veterans, institutions, and service organizations working pro bono to help brain-injured Veterans and servicemembers suffering from concussions, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)....
read moreTraumatic Brain Injury Treatment Could Prevent Prison Recidivism
New research findings by Dr. Kim Gorgens of the University of Denver estimate that 50-80% of America’s prison population has had a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The statistics are worse for incarcerated women, with the study finding 97% have had a TBI and half have...
read moreNon-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) for TBI
A recent article published in Brain Sciences, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on neuroscience, gives cautiously optimistic hope that non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) may positively affect people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The...
read moreTreating Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury with HBOT
The two most dominant adult neurodegenerative diseases in the United States are stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The American Heart Association found that stroke is the number one cause of long-term disability in the United States, and TBI impacts the lives of...
read moreA Father’s Dedication
A Father’s Dedication. As Father’s Day approaches, we want to re-share a story originally written by journalist Lee Woodruff about Bart’s recovery. Lee is a popular speaker and the author of three best-selling books, and her distinctive voice comes...
read moreWhat Veterans Need and Deserve
This Memorial Day, the time is right for veterans with brain injuries to receive HBOT. During Christmas of 2001, my wife and I were plunged into a parent’s worst nightmare – a car accident resulting in our teenager’s traumatic brain injury. After a...
read moreHow Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Works
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is one of the safe, alternative therapies the BART Foundation believes may help brain injury survivors. HBOT is a medical treatment in which a patient breathes 100% oxygen while the pressure of the treatment chamber is increased to greater...
read moreHypnotic Suggestion and Working Memory in Brain-injured Patients
Working memory impairment is prevalent in brain-injured patients, and current treatment options are limited. However, a small research study conducted at Aarhus University in Denmark showed promising results worthy of more attention. The results supported the...
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