Researchers urge reclassification of traumatic brain injury as chronic disease

Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 19:21 in Health & Medicine

Traumatic brain injury, currently considered a singular event by the insurance industry and many health care providers, is instead the beginning of an ongoing process that impacts multiple organ systems and may cause or accelerate other diseases and disorders that can reduce life expectancy, according to new research.

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