» Brain Injury http://tbilaw.com Tue, 21 May 2013 18:38:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 NBA Concussion Rules Bench George Hill During Semifinals http://tbilaw.com/blog/nba-concussions-rules-bench-george-hill-during-semifinals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nba-concussions-rules-bench-george-hill-during-semifinals http://tbilaw.com/blog/nba-concussions-rules-bench-george-hill-during-semifinals/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 02:31:16 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=9462 Indiana Pacers player George Hill made headlines last week when he became the first NBA player to miss a post-season game because of the league’s new concussion rules, as The New York Times wrote. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/sports/basketball/concussion-protocols-loom-large-after-injury-to-pacers-george-hill.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 The basketball league’s protocols for concussions were put in effect in September 2011, and mandate that a player must be [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/nba-concussions-rules-bench-george-hill-during-semifinals/feed/ 0 Military TBIs Linked To Lifetime Risk Of Suicide http://tbilaw.com/blog/military-tbis-linked-to-lifetime-risk-of-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=military-tbis-linked-to-lifetime-risk-of-suicide http://tbilaw.com/blog/military-tbis-linked-to-lifetime-risk-of-suicide/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 05:07:40 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=9456 Here is something that shouldn’t come as a surprise: People in the military who suffer more than one mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) face a significantly higher risk of suicide — throughout their lives! That’s the finding of new research by the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah. http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/repeat-brain-injury-raises-soldiers-suicide-risk/ A survey [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/military-tbis-linked-to-lifetime-risk-of-suicide/feed/ 0 Study Finds Brain Can Rewire Itself After Damage http://tbilaw.com/blog/study-finds-brain-can-rewire-itself-after-damage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-finds-brain-can-rewire-itself-after-damage http://tbilaw.com/blog/study-finds-brain-can-rewire-itself-after-damage/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 05:05:05 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=9391 It always astounds me how much research is ongoing on the brain – and yet how little we still know about it. Here is the latest science from UCLA. “When the brain’s primary ‘learning center’ is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function,” or so say scientists from UCLA and [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/study-finds-brain-can-rewire-itself-after-damage/feed/ 0 NHL Sued Over Derek Boogaard’s Death http://tbilaw.com/blog/nhl-sued-over-derek-boogaards-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nhl-sued-over-derek-boogaards-death http://tbilaw.com/blog/nhl-sued-over-derek-boogaards-death/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 05:38:57 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=9181 Several thousand current and ex-NFL players are suing the league over what they claim is the permanent brain damage they suffered while playing. Now the family of a deceased NHL player has filed a similar lawsuit against the hockey league, according to The New York Times. New York Rangers Derek Boogaard’s family filed the wrongful [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/nhl-sued-over-derek-boogaards-death/feed/ 0 Research projects obesity-related dementia will increase in England http://tbilaw.com/blog/research-projects-obesity-related-dementia-will-increase-in-england/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=research-projects-obesity-related-dementia-will-increase-in-england http://tbilaw.com/blog/research-projects-obesity-related-dementia-will-increase-in-england/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 02:44:08 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=9052 There has already been research that links obesity to a bigger risk for dementia as one ages. And data recently presented at the European Congress on Obesity projected that dementia will skyrocket in Great Britain if obesity rates stay the same, according to BBC Health News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22479049 Don’t expect things to be much better in [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/research-projects-obesity-related-dementia-will-increase-in-england/feed/ 0 Let’s Find A Helmet For Pitchers, To Stop TBI http://tbilaw.com/blog/lets-find-a-helmet-for-pitchers-to-stop-tbi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lets-find-a-helmet-for-pitchers-to-stop-tbi http://tbilaw.com/blog/lets-find-a-helmet-for-pitchers-to-stop-tbi/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 04:17:36 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=9042 Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ took a line drive to the head Tuesday night — and didn’t get a concussion. He suffered a fracture behind his right ear, that’s all, miraculously. But the incident resurrected talk about ways to protect pitchers’ noggins when a well-hit baseball, with the power of a bullet, hits their [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/lets-find-a-helmet-for-pitchers-to-stop-tbi/feed/ 0 Mapping Technology May Predict Long-Term TBI Impact http://tbilaw.com/blog/mapping-technology-may-predict-long-term-tbi-impact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mapping-technology-may-predict-long-term-tbi-impact http://tbilaw.com/blog/mapping-technology-may-predict-long-term-tbi-impact/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 05:05:14 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8951 A new application of an existing medical imaging technology could help predict long-term damage in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a new University of California San Francisco study. http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/05/105821/imaging-technique-could-help-traumatic-brain-injury-patients Researchers analyzed brain scans using applied rapid automated resting state magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging, which maps brain activity by recording magnetic fields produced by [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/mapping-technology-may-predict-long-term-tbi-impact/feed/ 0 Baxter Pulls Plug On Alzheimer’s Disease Antibody Drug Trial http://tbilaw.com/blog/baxter-pulls-plug-on-alzheimers-disease-immunoglobin-drug/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baxter-pulls-plug-on-alzheimers-disease-immunoglobin-drug http://tbilaw.com/blog/baxter-pulls-plug-on-alzheimers-disease-immunoglobin-drug/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 05:18:13 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8860 In yet more disappointing news regarding  a potential Alzheimer’s-disease cure, Baxter International Inc. this week said it will abandon late-stage trials of the drug Gammagard after it didn’t succeed in improving cognitive decline in patients. The Deerfield, Ill.-based drug maker issued a press release Monday on the results of it Phase III study of Immunoglobulin [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/baxter-pulls-plug-on-alzheimers-disease-immunoglobin-drug/feed/ 0 Reflecting On Soccer Referee’s Fatal TBI After Being Punched http://tbilaw.com/blog/reflecting-on-soccer-referees-fatal-tbi-after-being-punched/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reflecting-on-soccer-referees-fatal-tbi-after-being-punched http://tbilaw.com/blog/reflecting-on-soccer-referees-fatal-tbi-after-being-punched/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 04:33:17 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8853 Ricardo Portillo is just the second official in the United States reported to have died due to referee assault, The New York Times said Tuesday. But I have a feeling he may not be the last. The Times did an opus on the tragic story of Ricardo Portillo, 46, who died in suburban Salt Lake [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/reflecting-on-soccer-referees-fatal-tbi-after-being-punched/feed/ 0 Ex-NFL Player Kyle Turley Talks Concussions, Suicide http://tbilaw.com/blog/ex-nfl-player-kyle-turley-talks-concussions-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-nfl-player-kyle-turley-talks-concussions-suicide http://tbilaw.com/blog/ex-nfl-player-kyle-turley-talks-concussions-suicide/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 02:35:37 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8727 I’ve read a lot of stories about the mental deterioration and psychological anguish that ex-NFL players suffer from the brain injuries they sustained during their careers. And one of the best ones I’ve seen is a recent story about former tackle Kyle Turley by The San Diego Union-Tribune. In the interview Turley, the father of [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/ex-nfl-player-kyle-turley-talks-concussions-suicide/feed/ 0 Soccer Referee Dies After Punch In The Face http://tbilaw.com/blog/soccer-referee-dies-after-punch-in-the-face/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soccer-referee-dies-after-punch-in-the-face http://tbilaw.com/blog/soccer-referee-dies-after-punch-in-the-face/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 01:51:35 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8718 Last week I wrote about a a soccer referee in Utah who was in a coma after being punched in the face by a player he had flagged for a foul.  http://tbilaw.com/blog/soccer-referee-in-coma-after-being-punched-by-player/ There’s an update: The referee died. ABC News reported that Ricardo Portillo, 46, passed away on Saturday night. He had been hospitalized and [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/soccer-referee-dies-after-punch-in-the-face/feed/ 0 FDA Classifies Recall Of Deep Brain Stimulation Device http://tbilaw.com/blog/fda-classifies-recall-of-deep-brain-stimulation-device/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fda-classifies-recall-of-deep-brain-stimulation-device http://tbilaw.com/blog/fda-classifies-recall-of-deep-brain-stimulation-device/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 02:40:15 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8711 The Food and Drug Administration has classified the recall of a deep brain stimulation device (DBS) as Class I, meaning that the agency believes there is “a reasonable probability” that the use of the product “will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.” http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm350691.htm In an interesting twist, in response to the FDA’s warning Medtronic [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/fda-classifies-recall-of-deep-brain-stimulation-device/feed/ 0 How Brain Focuses To Find Lost Objects http://tbilaw.com/blog/how-brain-focuses-to-find-lost-objects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-brain-focuses-to-find-lost-objects http://tbilaw.com/blog/how-brain-focuses-to-find-lost-objects/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 01:56:37 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8704 Our brains, both their visual and non-visual areas, mobilize and work in tandem when we try to spot a lost item – be it a contact lens on a bathroom floor or a key in grass on a lawn. At least, that what a recent study by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/how-brain-focuses-to-find-lost-objects/feed/ 0 Soccer Referee In Coma After Being Punched By Player http://tbilaw.com/blog/soccer-referee-in-coma-after-being-punched-by-player/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soccer-referee-in-coma-after-being-punched-by-player http://tbilaw.com/blog/soccer-referee-in-coma-after-being-punched-by-player/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 04:54:18 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8699 What do you do when a soccer referee gives you a warning about your unsportsmanlike behavior? You punch him in the head. At least that’s what one 17-year-old did Saturday during a game in Taylorsville, Utah, according to the Deseret News of Salt Lake City.  Now the referee is in a coma, with his brain [...]

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]]> http://tbilaw.com/blog/soccer-referee-in-coma-after-being-punched-by-player/feed/ 0 Dissecting The Criminal Mind And The Brain http://tbilaw.com/blog/dissecting-the-criminal-mind-and-the-brain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dissecting-the-criminal-mind-and-the-brain http://tbilaw.com/blog/dissecting-the-criminal-mind-and-the-brain/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 05:32:40 +0000 Gordon Johnson http://tbilaw.com/?p=8662 The Wall Street Journal had a great story last weekend written by Dr. Adrian Raine, a professor of criminology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of a new book, “The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime.” http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-221713/ Raine starts out the piece by talking about the man who he [...]

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