Press Release: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, to Deliver Keynote Speech at TraumaticBrain Injury Conference: Changing the Game – Jacksonville, Florida 2013 The Toral Family Foundation Gears up to Provide Florida Clinicians a Comprehensive One-Day Program on Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) Ft. Lauderdale, FL — On October 4, 2013, The Toral Family Foundation will host the “TBI: Changing the Game Conference” — an event to educate,inspire and connect medical professionals on the [...]
CONTINUE READING →Frank Toral, New Legal Editor of Brain Injury Professional Magazine to be a Featured Panelist at Upcoming NABIS Conference. Ft. Lauderdale, FL — May 6, 2013 – Frank Toral, Esq., Founder of the Toral Family Foundation (TFF) and Senior Partner at Toral Garcia Battista Attorneys at Law will be featured as the new legal editor of Brain Injury Professional Magazine. Brain Injury Professional is the [...]
CONTINUE READING →A new study has shown that a monkey, partially paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, was able to control its arm using an external link from its brain to its spinal cord. Researchers have found that after a spinal cord injury or stroke, the nervous system wiring above and below the injury can stay intact. [...]
CONTINUE READING →InVivo Therapeutics Holding Corp., a company that develops innovative technologies for the treatment of SCI and other neurotrauma conditions, revealed that it has obtained authorization for its request filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) designation for its biopolymer scaffolding product. By receiving HUD designation, InVivo’s biopolymer scaffolding, which [...]
CONTINUE READING →Researchers at Duke Medicine have found that the production of a particular type of brain cell, originally thought as an impediment to healing, may actually be necessary to help staunch bleeding and promote repair after a head trauma or stroke. The cells, known as astrocytes, can be produced from stem cells in the brain following [...]
CONTINUE READING →The National Football League Alumni Association is cooperating with Neural stem, Inc., of Rockville, MD, to possibly test a prospective treatment for traumatic brain injuries. If the plan were approved, treatment would be tried on retired professional football players, who have recently been a focus of concern over harmful effects from blows to the head. [...]
CONTINUE READING →The Toral Family Foundation>Funds an Additional Site to Conduct Research as Part of a State-Wide TBI Study Led by the University of Florida Ft. Lauderdale, FL — March 21, 2013 – The Toral Family Foundation (TFF) has granted funds to expand a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) research study currently being led by principal investigator and [...]
CONTINUE READING →Due to the Toral Family Foundation’s collaboration on improving the lives of those whom have sustained a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Florida Gator Alumni Magazine has featured the Founder of the Toral Family Foundation, Frank Toral, as well as Senior Partner at Toral Garcia Battista Attorneys at Law and the Professor of Emergency Medicine and [...]
CONTINUE READING →What do you think are the most resources or factors that individuals living with a TBI, their families, and/or caregivers should be aware of when recovering/living with a TBI?
