Here’s what would seem like an unlikely scenario: A little girl getting traumatic brain injury (TBI) from a hair tie. But it did happen, and the girl who was the victim is now designing and marketing “safe” hair ties, according to WWAY. http://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/07/07/little-girl-gets-creative-to-prevent-brain-damage-from-hair-bows Mya Bartlett, 7, in Carolina Beach, N.C.,..
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Here’s another study that may unlock a way to combat brain injury and ailments such as Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers in Toronto has found that metformin, a drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes, can spur stem cells to make new brain cells, according to the Vancouver Sun. http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Drug+diabetes+help+improve+brain+injuries/6894488/story.html The research..
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Chronic Unemployment after TBI- Michael Part Thirty-One In Part Thirty-One Michael talks about his chronic unemployment after his brain injury and how difficult it was for him to keep a job. At some point, two many jobs, for too short of time catches up with the disabled person, trying to..
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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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Getting Along with Co-Workers: Michael Part Thirty Perhaps the single biggest challenge for someone returning to work after a brain injury is the challenge of getting along with co-workers. Work is increasingly so not a place where an employee does his job in isolation. As employment environments have become less..
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Work Attendance Problems: Michael Part Twenty Nine We continued to go down the checklist contained in the SSA website for mental abilities needed to sustain employment after a TBI. Work attendance problems is one on the list. You didn’t just injure your brain, you injured other of parts of your..
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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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Premature babies don’t only face physical problems at their birth: They are at a greater risk for mental illness as they become older, adolescent or young adults. So found a new study that was done in Sweden, and which The New York Times reported on Tuesday. http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1171951 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/health/premature-birth-may-raise-risk-for-mental-illness-study-reports.html?ref=science Scientists looked..
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Researchers for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) plan to map the DNA of 800 people who are taking part in a study of the causes of memory and cognitive loss, according to various press reports this week. The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) issued a press release..
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