At a major Alzheimer’s disease conference in Vancouver last weekend, there were four studies unveiled that basically came to the same conclusion: That exercise can lessen the risk and slow the progression of dementia. There have been dozens of stories written about the various studies, but the best summary that..
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A new vaccine is being tested, and is giving patients with aggressive brain tumors a few more precious months to live. Researchers are hoping the vaccine, which is actually made from brain-tumor tissue from its eventual recipients, may be a breakthrough in terms of cancer treatment. Valley Hospital in Ridgewood,..
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Many of our regular followers have not been with TBI Voices since the beginning. Thus, I thought it would be a good idea to review how we started and in the next few weeks, go over some of our early stories, so that those who are following us now, could..
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Celebrity gossipmonger TMZ offered an “exclusive” Monday that had the media buzzing. It was a story claiming that the plug will have to be pulled on singer Usher’s stepson because insurance will no longer pay for him to stay on life support. http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/15/usher-stepson-tameka-foster-life-support/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl2|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D179363 Last week the stepson, Kyle Glover, sustained..
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Former Great Bay Packer Craig Newsome offered insight into the painful retirement of an NFL player in an interview this weekend in the the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The story is about the Super Bowl winner’s struggle with an excruciating back injury and pain; addiction to prescription painkillers; depression; hopelessness; and..
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An 18-year-old lesbian isn’t letting a gunshot wound to the head stop her from helping police find the assailant who shot her and murdered her girlfriend, according to ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/US/lesbian-shooting-survivor-recuperating-brain-injury-working-police/story?id=16779285#.UAOA1ZHXOuI Mary Kristene Chapa is still in the hospital recovering from her brain injury, but she has been assisting police..
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This entry is part 36 of 36 in the series Michael Part Thirty-Six By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447 Michael Concludes in Part Thirty Six – You Never Stop Learning the Recovery What is it you to say to help other people who are going through? For one, this is..
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The family of former San Diego Charger Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May, has decided to have tissue from his brain analyzed for damage, according to press reports last week. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-12/sports/sns-rt-us-usa-nfl-seaubre86b1ba-20120712_1_junior-seau-brain-tissue-nfl-star-seau Shortly after Seau’s death, his family’s pastor said that the survivors were thinking about having the ex-NFL player’s..
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Even so-called recreational athletes, those who sustained head injuries back in their high school and college “glory” days, permanently impact their brains, according to The New York Times. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/does-a-long-ago-head-injury-pose-risks-for-the-everyday-athlete/ The Times wrote about a study that appeared in the journal of Cerebral Cortex in May. In that research, scientists at..
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A new study should be lifting the hopes of the pharmaceutical giants who are working on Alzheimer’s drugs that inhibit the brain’s creation of beta amyloid, a destructive protein, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/health/research/rare-gene-mutation-is-found-to-stave-off-alzheimers.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all The study, published online Wednesday in the journal Nature, discovered an uncommon gene mutation..
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