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Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness:Closing Thoughts

Posted on April 12th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness: Zach Part Thirty-six  I always try to end the interviews with what do you want to say, what do you want to leave the people who’ve listened and read this far, or watched this far?  What do you want to leave them with in terms of..
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Transparent Mouse Brain Will Make Research Easier

Posted on April 11th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

In a feat that almost sounds like science fiction, researchers at Stanford University have found a way to render a mouse brain transparent, making it easier to study the complex organ. On Wednesday Stanford announced the news about the process it calls CLARITY, which it claimed “ushers in an entirely..
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Brain Injury Recovery Story: Miracle Kid by Zachary Gauvin

Posted on April 10th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Recovery Story: Zach Part Thirty Five   Zach has written a book about his brain injury recovery story.  He as been called the “Miracle Kid” so it was appropriate for him to name his book just that. It encompasses pretty much what we have talked about in our interview..
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Concussion Suit Players Allege NFL ‘Glorified’ Violence

Posted on April 9th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Lawyers for the National Football League and for the 4,000 players suing it over the issue of brain damage faced off in court Tuesday in Philadelphia. They argued before a federal judge who will decide if the litigation should be dismissed. The players’ lawyer, David Frederick, got the best sound..
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It’s Done! App Helps The Brain Injured Overcome Memory Loss

Posted on April 9th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Some people say that there’s an app for everything and maybe it’s true, because now there’s one for brain injury survivors. This new iPhone app is called It’s Done!, and its purpose is to help the brain injured recall whether they have remembered to do life-saving tasks such as  turning..
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Brain Injury Support Thru Facebook and Blog

Posted on April 9th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Support: Zach Part Thirty Four  You’ve done a lot with brain injury advocacy and brain injury support.  How did that get started? Well, one day, well, I just (said to myself): Do I really want to pursue this dream of playing baseball, there was no promise of it ever..
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NFL Concussion Lawsuits Face Dismissal Motion

Posted on April 8th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Today a federal judge in Philadelphia will conduct a hearing on whether roughly 200 concussion lawsuits filed against the NFL on behalf of more than 4,000 former, current and deceased players should be dismissed, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/sports/football/nfl-and-retired-players-in-court-over-concussions-and-other-head-trauma-cases.html?adxnnl=1&src=recg&adxnnlx=1365480599-XOXgq2zzXWBkhjH1UqK73Q The action will be heard by U.S. District Court..
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Ex-Mouseketeer Annette Funicello Dies Of Multiple Sclerosis

Posted on April 8th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Multiple sclerosis, another brain and nerve disease without a cure, has claimed the life of someone who was once America’s sweetheart. Singer-actress Annette Funicello succumbed to complications of MS on Monday, at age 70, in California. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/movies/annette-funicello-mouseketeer-dies-at-70.html?hp&_r=1& According to People magazine, Funicello had been in a coma and on life..
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Decisions After Brain Injury: Food is the Toughest

Posted on April 8th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Decisions After Brain Injury: Zach Part Thirty Three One of the hardest challenges that some traumatic brain injury survivors encounter the decision making process.  It can be very difficult for survivors to make decisions after brain injury.  We have talked about this is other survivors stories.  For instance, shopping is one..
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Anxiety Issue after Severe Brain Injury More Than Mood

Posted on April 5th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Anxiety Issue after Severe Brain Injury: Zach Part Thirty Two  In this part we talk about some mood issues including depression and an anxiety issue after severe brain injury.  Zach states that he has more problems with the anxiety issue after severe brain injury than anything. Do you have problems with..
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