Teens just don’t want to listen, no matter how many times they’re warned. And so it was with Daniel Fernandez on Friday, unfortunately. Fernandez was killed Friday night after he stuck his head out of an emergency hatch on a double-decker bus in Fort Lee, N.J. The 16-year-old hit his..
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The mother of the gunman who killed a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building — and was then fatally shot by police — has revealed something that may be crucial about him. In an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday, the mother of Jeffrey Johnson said her..
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The results of the autopsy performed on ex-San Diego Chargers player Junior Seau are in, but they just raise a number of new questions. Did brain injury prompt Seau to kill himself, or did Ambien? Seau, 43, committed suicide May 2 at his home in California, shooting himself in the..
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If you read the New York Daily News Monday, you might think twice about going to a New York City hospital for treatment. The tabloid ran a story, “$134 Million Mistakes! Hospital Horror Stories Cost City Big Bucks,” which talked about malpractice cases — several resulting in brain damage —..
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A $14.5 million settlement was reached Wednesday of a lawsuit filed in the case of a New Jersey youth who sustained brain damage after being struck by a line drive hit by an aluminum bat, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/sports/145_million_settlement_reached_in_Louisville_slugger_case.html?page=all And yet some haters are accusing the..
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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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Wisconsin Badgers running back Montee Ball, recovering from a concussion after being assaulted by a group of men in Madison, will not be able to start practice on Monday, according to several published reports. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8228580/wisconsin-badgers-coach-says-montee-ball-ready-camp The news was revealed by Badgers’ coach Bret Bielema during the taping of a TV..
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There is so much research being done on potential drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease that I can’t even keep track of it all, but my alma mater Northwestern University is doing what could be breakthrough. Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine is doing trials of a potential new class of drugs..
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The father of a 6-year-old girl who sustained brain injury after being hit by a foul ball at an Atlanta Braves game has filed suit against the team, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/lawsuit-filed-for-girl-1480479.html The Braves, team parent Liberty Media Corp., and Major League Baseball Enterprises were named as defendants..
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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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