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01/29/2019 / By Edsel Cook

SHOCK finding: Brain cooling does not benefit people who have a brain injury

Accident victims who suffer a traumatic brain injury usually undergo prophylactic hypothermia (“brain cooling”) in order to protect the fragile organ from further harm. However, a new Australian-led study has concluded that this practice does not actually benefit the patient, reports a The BMJ news article. Cooling the brain was previously believed to decrease the harmful inflammation and […]

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