by davidsmithmd | Nov 3, 2022 | Glymphatic System
Intro: Space travel is fraught with many risks. The loss of retinal function after long duration space flight (LDSF), however, represents one of the more devastating. This phenomenon, presently referred to as, Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS),...
by davidsmithmd | Nov 2, 2022 | Sleep Apnea
Preamble: In an attempt to maximize the wear time and comfort of our SAGE REBREATHER™ line of rebreathing masks, we found it necessary to tackle the issues of present-day masks and physiologies. It was this effort that led to the FACESHIELD™, a “clever” technology...
by davidsmithmd | Nov 1, 2022 | TBI Prevention
Preamble: Taking up the Cranial Reserve Volume (such as with the Q-Collar™ and the SAGE Rebreather™) may afford up to a 40% reduction in traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). There are approximately 300,000 spinal cord injuries in the United States currently with 12,000...
by davidsmithmd | Oct 22, 2022 | TBI Treatment
Why Therapies for Traumatic Brain Injury Should and Could, Start in the first 5 minutes of Injury PREAMBLE: Academia has struggled to move the needle against Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Daniel Spaite MD (2020 lead author of the largest study of TBI to date – The...
by davidsmithmd | Oct 22, 2022 | Sports Medicine
The Ancient Greeks introduced formal sports to the world with the first Olympic Games in 776 BC (which included events such as foot and chariot races, wrestling, jumping, discus, and javelin throwing). Since then, centuries of attempts to optimize athletes’...
