Betty Part Two – The Family Learns about the Coma: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/the-impact-on-the-family-of-waiting-out-the-coma/ The phone call to the relatives is how so many of the TBI stories begin. It was a central theme of waiting.com and a key element to Lethan’s drama. For Betty, as she was from Wisconsin and the..
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The New Jersey Supreme Court has thrown out a suit filed by a man who claimed his brain tumor was caused by a contaminated polio vaccine, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported Thursday. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/bergen_county_man_who_says_pol.html The court ruled against Jamie Gannon and his wife Rebecca, in a 5-1 decision in favor of..
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New research has some troubling news for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: The symptoms of combat concussions can last for years without any improvement. The New York Times blogged about a study by the University of Oklahoma, which tracked 500 veterans of the two wars who during..
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Betty – college girl injured in DUI wreck begins: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/from-ambitious-college-girl-to-coma-survivor/ The irony of Betty being in the wrong place at the wrong time, in a car with a friend, because of the friend’s brother being in a motorcycle accident. Betty suffered a severe brain injury with months of amnesia...
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Roughly 4 million Bumbo Baby floor seats are being recalled after 21 reports of infants falling out if them and fracturing their skulls. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with the Bumbo International Trust of South Africa, announced the voluntary recall Wednesday. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12247.html Consumers were warned to stop..
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Part Nineteen – Angela’s Final Blog: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/depression-anxiety-and-survival-after-traumatic-brain-injury/ For Angela, being depressed is more than a reactive sadness. Depression is something she wakes up with every day. Despite her best efforts to rededicate herself daily to being happy, that depression never leaves her. Her life is now the ying..
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Actress Kristin Chenoweth Concussion Perhaps this will drive home the point that concussions are serious business. Actress Kristin Chenoweth, after sustaining a brain injury on location for “The Good Wife” on July 11, issued a statement Monday saying that she won’t be returning to the CBS show. “It is with..
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Think twice about buying that popcorn the next time you go to see a movie. A new study has found that diacetyl, a flavor ingredient used to make popcorn taste buttery, may cause Alzheimer’s disease, according to a story on WebMD. http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20120808/popcorn-butter-flavorant-linked-to-alzheimers Research, published in the online edition of Chemical..
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Angela Part Eighteen – TBI and Self Insight: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/insight-into-oneself-is-changed-by-brain-damage/ The issue of insight after brain injury is far more complex than typically thought. Insight is situational and often the brain injured person has great insight into the mistakes they make, after the fact. But being able to anticipate those..
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It’s a story that’s been told again and again, but this rendition is particularly heart-breaking. It is the story of Major Ben Richards, a brilliant West Point graduate, who went to Iraq and came back a broken man. Like many veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, Richards’ wounds aren’t visible to..
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