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..
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Props to Matt Calkins, a sports columnist for the The San Diego Union-Tribune, for his recent writing on brain injuries and sports. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/apr/28/tp-no-soft-soap-lets-call-brain-injuries-exactly/ In his column Sunday, Calkins essentially said that people — team officials, athletes, the press — should call a spade a spade. The injuries that have plagued..
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An Oklahoma police officer laid down the law when it comes to helmets and kids and bicycle riding this week. And he did it, of all places, in a “Dear Abby” column. http://news.yahoo.com/parents-lay-down-law-importance-bike-helmets-050016894.html Abby a while back had been asked advice from “Overprotective Mom,” whose son said he wouldn’t wear..
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A Nebraska group and a museum have come up with a novel way to heighten awareness of brain injury, according to the Associated Press. Residents across Nebraska volunteered to create cranes out of bright-colored paper, and Hastings Museum in Hastings, Neb., has hung them in its light well, AP reported...
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A Canadian researcher has found that damage to the brain can persist for decades after the original head trauma, according to a report delivered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston Sunday. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/cffi-esc021513.php “Even when you are symptom-free, your brain may still not..
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This entry is part 4 of 36 in the series Zachary Zach Part Four One of the things that makes Zach’s story compelling is the portrait of such a young and dynamic man before the injury – baseball star, homecoming queen, party animal. He had much to lose and came..
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This entry is part 3 of 36 in the series Zachary Zach Part Three Zach believes that he remembers the moment he awoke from his coma. For a coma that is not drug induced, this would be highly unusual. However, to the degree his coma was induced, it is possible..
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This entry is part 2 of 36 in the series Zachary Zach Part Two As there is almost always a period of retrograde amnesia that precedes a coma brain injury, one would by definition, expect someone who emerges from a coma, to be confused as to his or her whereabouts...
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This entry is part 1 of 36 in the series Zachary Zach Part One This is the story of Zach Gauvin, author of the autobiographical book, the Miracle Kid. But recovery from severe brain injury is not about “miracles” – it is about medicine, it is about rehabilitation, it is..
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In my callow youth, I wanted to be a sports writer. That’s not how my life turned out. I found another passion, helping people who have sustained traumatic brain injury, fighting their battles in court. But I still love sports and good sports writing. I recently came across one of..
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