Archive for April, 2012

Brain Injury Impacts Spousal Relationship

Posted on April 24th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Impacts Spousal Relationship: Quinn Part Twenty-Three With many brain injury survivors that are in a relationship, brain injury impacts spousal relationship. His wife also felt a shift in the role she played as a spouse, especially in the early stages of his returning home. Quinn’s Wife Tells Her Side of..
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Appreciation for Spouse after Brain Injury Enhanced

Posted on April 23rd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Appreciation for Spouse after Brain Injury: QuinnPart Twenty-Two I wanted to get a contrast of Quinn’s sports memory to his functioning in other areas. Ironically, he responded completely off topic, to something he found far more central to his struggles since his injury, his appreciation for spouse after brain injury:..
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NHL Sends Out Anti-Concussion Message With Torres Suspension

Posted on April 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

It looks like the National Hockey League is trying to make an example of Phoenix Coyotes player Raffi Torres. And so it should. The NHL whacked him in the head with a 25-game suspension for taking an illegal shot at Marian Hossa, striking the Blackhawks player directly in the head..
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Ray Easterling, Who Filed An NFL Concussion Suit, Committed Suicide

Posted on April 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Authorities have ruled that former National Football League player Ray Easterling’s death Thursday was a suicide. Unfortunately, it’s not really a surprise. He’s just the latest in a string of former pro players who developed dementia-like symptoms in what have should been their golden years. They decided to pull a..
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High-Def Fiber Tracking Is The Next Best MRI To Find Brain Damage

Posted on April 20th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The world needs a better MRI when it comes to finding and treating the damage that traumatic brain injury does to the brain’s inner wiring. That destruction to the brain’s axons, its nerve fibers, is essentially not visible with traditional MRIs, which diagnose bleeding and swelling of the brain. The..
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New Orlean Saints’ ‘Bounty’ Program May End Team In Court

Posted on April 20th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The New Orleans Saints’ practice of offering its players “bounties” to injure opposing players could make the team the target of lawsuits, according to legal scholars interviewed by The New York Times. The Times looked into the issue of what legal liability the Saints team may have for ir program..
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Leisure Activities after TBI Have Changed

Posted on April 20th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Leisure Activities after TBI: Part Twenty-One Leisure Activities after TBI have changed for Quinn. He was at one time a hockey player and then a hockey referee. He does not believe that he will skate again but he does want to ski as one of his Leisure Activities after TBI. Do you use..
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On Rounds With Renowned New Jersey Brain Tumor Specialist

Posted on April 19th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Joseph Landolfi, a blue-collar kid from Tony Soprano’s North Jersey, has a challenging job. He is director of neuro-oncology at the JFK Brain Tumor Center in Edison, N.J. As such, he has to deliver a lot of bad news to patients. “It’s not always an easy job … It’s not..
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New York Cop Miraculously Skirts Death After Being Stabbed In Brain

Posted on April 19th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

It’s such a remarkable story that it made the front pages of not only the New York City tabloids but The New York Times today. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/nyregion/new-york-officer-stabbed-in-head-is-called-luckiest-unlucky-man.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/knife-rammed-nypd-officer-eder-loor-brain-sliver-leaving-blind-voiceless-paralyzed-dead-surgeon-article-1.1063995 A Manhattan police officer was stabbed in the brain by an attacker Tuesday. Yet the cop managed to pull the knife’s three-inch blade ..
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Limited Return to Work after TBI: Increases Symptoms

Posted on April 18th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Limited Return to Work after TBI: Quinn Part Twenty Quinn and I talked about his limited return to work after TBI and how much difficulty he had.  Symptoms increased even after a limited return to work after TBI. We have been kind of coming back and forth about current functioning, but..
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