Archive for May, 2012

Michael – Dog Critical Companion for TBI Recovery

Posted on May 24th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 11 of 36 in the series Michael Part Eleven By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   Talk to me a bit more about what your parents did in terms of that first year after you got out of there, of the nursing home in terms of helping..
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Woman Sues After Sustaining TBI Falling Off An Operating Table

Posted on May 23rd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The Hippocratic oath tells doctors, “First, do no harm.” Well, they apparently haven’t heard that advice in the Nutmeg State. An elderly woman has filed suit against a Connecticut hospital, alleging that she sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) when she fell off an operating table following surgery, according to the..
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Three Die In Explosion From Arkansas Oilfield Accident

Posted on May 23rd, 2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

Three men were killed Monday in an oilfield accident west of El Dorado, Ark., when there was an explosion as they were taking apart an old oil containment vessel, according to the Magnolia Reporter. http://www.magnoliareporter.com/news_and_business/regional_news/article_d111f0e0-a3b5-11e1-8088-001a4bcf887a.html The fatal accident is under investigation, but authorities suspect that the victims died when they..
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Michael-Hesitant Speech Post Brain Injury

Posted on May 23rd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 10 of 36 in the series Michael Part Ten By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   What other problems do you have with conversation?  Well, if I get over excited I start to stutter.  If I can’t think of what I need to say next I pause..
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Wisconsin Teen Has Slow Recovery From Brain Injury

Posted on May 22nd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Erin Butzler of La Crosse, Wis., was kicked in the head during a soccer game in 2009. And she’s spent the years since then trying to reclaim her past. The Associated Press did a profile of Butzler that chronicles the 18-year-old’s struggle to cope with the retrograde amnesia she suffered..
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Michael – Dealing with Noise and Distractions After TBI

Posted on May 22nd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 9 of 36 in the series Michael Part Nine By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   Noises can also set off seizure activity.  But Michael has more cognitive problems with noise. What about noises?   For example, the backup alarm on a truck, does that bother you? It..
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Dissolving Stroke Scars Shows Promise As Treatment For Patients

Posted on May 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Modifying the scar tissue that develops after a stroke may be a treatment for the repercussions of such an attack, according to a new study. The promising finding comes from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., which put out a press release about its study. http://www.newswise.com/articles/modifying-scar-tissue-can-potentially-improve-outcome-in-chronic-stroke..
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19th Century Man’s Rod-In-The-Brain Damaged His White Matter

Posted on May 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A man from the 19th Century who survived a horrific brain injury, and became a notorious case study for neuroscience because of the personality change he underwent, has been the subject of yet more research. The University of California at Los Angeles last week boasted that for the first time..
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Michael – Petit Mal Seizures After Severe TBI

Posted on May 21st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

This entry is part 8 of 36 in the series Michael Part Eight By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447   Seizures are typically thought of a dramatic events where the sufferer is lying on the floor, shaking, foaming at the mouth. While these kind of seizures do occur after brain injury,..
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Paralyzed Patients Use Brain Signals To Move Robitic Arm

Posted on May 20th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Talk about mind over matter. In a study published last week, a paralyzed woman and paralyzed man were both able to move and control a robotic arm with their thoughts, their brain signals. Brown University issued a press release on the fascinating research, which employed brain implants, on Wednesday. http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2012/05/braingate2..
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