How many oilfield deaths must there before the industry does something to address the dangers of the work? The latest fatality, unlike some of the other recent ones in North Dakota, took place in Texas. Jose Govea, a 33-year-old oilfield worker from El Campo, Texas, Wednesday fell 50 feet from..
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Balance Rehab: Quinn Part Thirteen Quinn talks about the balance rehab along with therapy to help him walk again. He received outpatient therapy that included cognitive therapy also. Let’s go through some discussion about the therapy you have had. You were hospitalized two to three weeks and then once..
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Loss of Smell After Brain Injury: Quinn Part Twelve In part twelve Quinn talks about his loss of smell after brain injury which is a normal brain injury issue. There are 12 cranial nerves, yet 99% of “neurological exams” performed by neurologists of TBI survivors will contain the following words,..
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, whose mother has Alzheimer’s disease, is committing an additional $300 million to brain research. In a press release, the Allen Institute for Brain Science said that Allen’s latest contribution will allow the organization to significantly expand its scientific programs. Like his fellow Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates,..
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Skull Fracture and Ice Reduced Brain Damage: Quinn Part Eleven In part Eleven Quinn talks about the skull fracture he received in the accident and how the skull fracture relieved pressure on the brain but the skull fracture caused other complications such as damaging his inner ear. Other than the..
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A recently published study found that quantitative computed tomography (CT) scans improve outcome prediction in acute traumatic brain injury. “We believe that objective computational tools and data-driven analytical methods hold great promise for neurotrauma research, and may ultimately have a role in image analysis for clinical care,” an abstract on..
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Acute Memories After Brain Injury: Quinn Part Ten One of the least connected of the dots in identifying brain damage related amnesia is the role emotions and adrenaline play in the islands of memory in a sea of amnesia. With acute memories after brain injury, the more emotionally charged a memory,..
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A recent study has determined that cerebral blood flow measured six to 12 hours after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be used to gauge the 6-month outcome for a patient. The research, “Outcome Prediction within Twelve Hours after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury by Quantitative Cerebral Blood Flow,” was published..
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Before Brain Injury: Quinn Part Nine Quinn elaborates more on who he was before brain injury and other things that he was able to do before his brain injury. What did you like to do recreationally before brain injury? I’m guessing hockey. Yeah. I played hockey for over 30 years. Skiing,..
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It never ceases to amaze me how the brain can survive the most exotic, and unwanted, intrusions into its tissue. The latest such incident to make headlines is the story of Andy Parton, a 31-year-old English man. Parton was playing pool when he lost his footing and fell onto a..
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