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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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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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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Recently there’s been a lot of attention paid, and press about, the link between the repeated head injuries that football players suffer and long-term brain problems such as dementia and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). But there hasn’t been much talk about concussions and Parkinson’s Disease. Former Green Bay Packer Forrest..
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Unfortunately, this should not be a surprise to people: A girl who came out of a coma in California has had to relearn basics and seems to have a a different personality. As the case of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords showed America, traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims don’t usually have..
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Singer Usher Raymond’s stepson has been declared brain dead after being injured in a Jet Ski accident in Atlanta, according to numerous press reports. http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=44212 Kyle Glover, 11, suffered a traumatic brain injury Friday afternoon when he and a friend, both in an inner tube, were run over on Lake..
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ recovery following her shooting in 2011 put a national spotlight on aphasia, a disorder that can accompany traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke or a brain tumor. In fact, Giffords this fall will receive the 2012 Annie Glenn Award for building awareness of communications disorders. She will..
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Some traumatic brain injury (TBI) stories do have a happy ending. Such seems to be the case with pitcher Darin Downs. Call Downs the comeback kid. Last week he was called up from the minors in Toledo by the Detroit Tigers. After what happened to him in August 2009, it’s..
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Pitocin, a drug given to pregnant women to help with their contractions, has been the culprit in several recent brain-injury cases involving babies at birth. The state of Iowa has just agreed to pay a $3.75 million settlement in one of these cases, according to Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/03/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-injured-idUS328128207020120703 And I recently..
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