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Most of what you hear about the Affordable Care Act is complaints about higher premiums and predictions of the end of the law. Some reports are as high as 37 percent for 2017 which fuel an impetus for repealing the law. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is..
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3,536 unintentional, non-boating related drownings annually from 2005 to 2014. You may think you are safe at home, but if you have a pool, you must be extra cautious. There were about 10 drownings a day, and one in..
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Yesterday we blogged about a simple eye test that could screen for mild traumatic brain injury. This would aid doctors in the diagnosis of a mild traumatic brain injury, which often goes under diagnosed. It’s a simple ten minute eye test that would tell doctors whether or not the person..
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U.S. Army investigators reported that a simple eye test can screen for mild traumatic brain injury. Study results were presented at the American Optometric Association’s Optometry’s Meeting. Mild traumatic brain injury accounted for more than two-thirds of traumatic brain injury cases in the last fifteen years, according to the U.S...
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By Jennifer Ball In an Associated Press review, the AP revealed instances where city lawyers were concealing evidence, delaying their disclosure, or otherwise subverting evidence in cities such as New York, Baltimore, Denver, and Spokane, according to the Joplin Globe. For example, Shaun Mouzon was injured in Baltimore in 2013 after..
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The Matson Trial was a significant case in the life and career of Abraham Lincoln, but for a reason one would not expect. The man who would later emancipate the slaves defended a slave owner in the Matson Trial. This does not necessarily mean that he believed in slavery, but..
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Last week, we wrote about a famous president who had a traumatic brain injury. Next, we will look at another famous person from the same period of history that had a TBI – Harriet Tubman. Early in her life, the teenage Harriet Tubman was on the way to the store..
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A man was driving the wrong way Sunday on I-43 when he hit a vehicle coming the other way, which contained a woman and her two children, in a Milwaukee head on collision, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The man could face up to 88 years in prison as his blood..
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Abraham Lincoln is one of the most well-known U.S. presidents of all time. There is one detail about his story that is not that well known. When he was ten years old, he was kicked in the back of the head by a horse or a mule. Consequently, he suffered..
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Digital Journalism In Review By Jennifer Ball I have been blogging about brain injury for about a month now. I have blogged personally about different topics for many years. This particular blog is about the future of digital journalism. Thus, we are not surprised that the New York Times announced..
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