A private foundation unveiled plans Wednesday to build special centers to treat mental and physical brain trauma of the U.S. military, with ground broken on two today and the group looking to raise $100 to construct others. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF) will build the first two centers at..
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Here’s a malpractice nightmare for you, another case of truth being stranger than fiction. A 69-year-old woman who went to Montefiore Medical Center for a hernia operation ended up with severe brain damage, the New York Post reported Tuesday. She is now in a nursing home, where her attorney..
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TBI Mood Disorders: Michael Part Twenty-One Michael goes into detail about TBI mood disorders and what diagnosis he has and how they effect his everyday living and relationships. So let’s focus specifically on TBI mood disorder. We talked about TBI mood disorder some before. Do you have a formal diagnosis..
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Daily Routine After TBI: Michael Part Twenty Michael talks about his daily routine after TBI and his responsibilities with his wife and his children. He starts out with the school year. He tells about his daily routine after TBI and the changes in his daily routine after TBI and how..
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Diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI, may prove to be a tool to gauge a person’s risk for long-term brain damage following a concussion, according to new research. The issue is that while the majority of people bounce back from a concussion without long-lasting side effects, there are some that sustain..
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This was a rather foolish move on Lady Gaga’s part. The superstar, known for her outlandish outfits, apparently sustained a concussion while performing a concert in New Zealand. And she went on with the show anyway, according to the Associated Press. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/lady-gaga-hit-head-pole-concert-zealand-article-1.1093334 Apparently Lady Gaga was onstage in Auckland, New..
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TBI Fatigue: Part Nineteen I have often said that one of the single biggest common denominators of brain injury symptoms is TBI fatigue. I didn’t get to finish this discussion during our first interview, so I followed it up in the second. One of the areas that, that we were..
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So far this year suicides have taken more lives of active-duty troops than actual combat in Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2012/06/08/military-suicides-average-one-a-day.html Military suicides are soaring in 2012 as the psychological toll of years of fighting was in Iraq and Afghanistan appears to have pushed many soldiers over the..
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Here’s some rather alarming research: A study had found evidence that CT scans in kids increases the risk for brain cancer and leukemia. The results of the study, which was published online in the British journal Lancet, last week were widely reported in the media, including The New York Times...
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Nearly 100 concussion lawsuits filed by ex-pro players against the NFL are being consolidated, according to various press reports. http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-nfl-concussions-20120608,0,2393930.story On Thursday lawyers, representing more than 2,000 former NFL players who claim they’ve sustained permanent brain damage under suffering concussions, filed a complaint to consolidate some 85 suits, according to..
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