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Fla. Family Of Brain-Injured Teen Sue Man Who Shot Her

Posted on August 1st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The family of an Orlando teen is suing the man who shot her in the head, leaving her with permanent traumatic brain injury, according to WFTV. http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/family-girl-left-brain-damage-suing-man-convicted-/nY9Qn/ The lawsuit was filed in Orange County, Fla., by the relatives of Danielle Sampson,16, and names Tyrone Mosby as the defendant. Mosby was..
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Waco VA Office Inaccurately Processed Many Veteran TBI Claims

Posted on July 31st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

I hope that most Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices are doing a better processing disability claims than the one in Waco, Texas. A new report has found that 40 percent of the disability claims reviewed in the Waco VA Regional Office were not processed correctly, and it recommends that..
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Defense Dept. Closes Two Traumatic Brain Injury Centers

Posted on July 29th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

This is not a good thing: The Department of Defense has shuttered several facilities that treat veterans and active service members for traumatic brain injury (TBI). With so-called sequestration cutting into the department’s budget this year, it appears that TBI centers that have small patient volume and are relatively costly..
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Sheboygan Murder Case Spotlights TBI’s Links To Violent Acts

Posted on July 27th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A chilling murder — two 13-year-olds killing a 78-year-old woman with a hatchet and hammer — really hit home for me. First of all, the kids involved are from Sheboygan, Wis., where I grew up. I really could not have imagined something like this ever happening in my peaceful Midwestern..
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Conn. Woman Gets $2.5 Million Settlement For TBI

Posted on July 26th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A Connecticut woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during an accident where a municipal van crashed into her car has received a $2.5 million settlement, according to the Connecticut Law Journal. http://www.ctlawtribune.com/PubArticleCT.jsp?id=1202612651862&thepage=1 Donna Antczak, a 62-year-old Waterford resident, was driving to a BJ’s Wholesale Club the morning of..
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ICU Stays Can Lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted on July 23rd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

I haven’t read anything on this topic before, but patients who spend long periods in Intensive Care Units have been developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after experiencing frightening hallucinations while hospitalized and drugged. The New York Times Tuesday published an article, “Nightmares After the I.C.U.,” about this issue. The newspaper..
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Boston Symphony Director Cancels Appearance Due To Concussion

Posted on July 22nd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The new music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra has cancelled his appearance this Saturday at Tanglewood, Mass., after suffering a concussion from an accident at his home, according to The New York Times. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/andris-nelsons-withdraws-from-tanglewood-performance-after-concussion/?smid=nytimesarts Andris Nelsons’s appearance at the music venue would have been his first since his appointment..
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Falling TV Sets Pose A Real Danger To Children

Posted on July 22nd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Virtually everyone has a TV set, and who knew how much of a safety risk it is for kids. More than 17,000 children, or one child every 30 minutes,  are treated in U.S. emergency departments each year for a TV-related injury, according to a study published online Monday by the..
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Military To Deploy Hand-Held Scanner That Detects Brain Bleeding

Posted on July 21st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A hand-held device that detects bleeding of the brain by using infrared light is being heralded as a potentially life-saving tool to help our soldiers in combat. The U.S. military is ready to deploy the device, the Infrascanner 2000, after years of testing, according to an article earlier this year..
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Jury Awards $20 Million For Newborn Dropped On Head

Posted on July 20th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A Bronx jury awarded $20 million in a case where a security guard at a homeless shelter dropped a 4-day-old newborn on her head, the New York Post reported Saturday. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/tot_drop_kin_get_mil_lTxjYkq3qWAuqks4A2zFYK The incident happened in June 2003  at the Icahn House in the South Bronx, a shelter run by the..
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