Female Hormone Saves TBI Lives

Promising new treatment for severe brain injury has emerged in a recent Atlanta study. 77 patients were given the female hormone, Progestin (which is a steroid and also protects brain cells but has no effects on males from hormone standpoint). The percentage of patients who died who were not given the Progestin was 30% and only 13% of those given a Progestin died from a head injury. Follow-up studies are underway, and they hold great promise.