Brain injured athletes may benefit from hypothermia research

Friday, November 13, 2009 - 18:21 in Health & Medicine

NFL players and other athletes who suffer serious or multiple concussions may benefit from ground-breaking research being conducted by scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. The scientists are developing a surgical technique that involves hypothermia in specific regions of the brain.

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