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Brain Dead Boxer Camacho To Be Taken Off Life Support In Puerto Rico

Posted on November 24th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Ex-champion boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho, who was shot in the face earlier this week, will be taken off life support, likely today, Saturday, according to numerous press reports. http://www.idahopress.com/news/world/mother-of-hector-macho-camacho-says-boxer-will-go-off/article_68c1f53b-e7ee-53b2-a7c2-2bc60c0ba387.html Camacho’s mother held a press conference Friday in Puerto Rico where she announced her plans to have doctors pull the plug..
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Drug Ecstasy May Prove Treatment For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted on November 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

It sounds hard to believe, but the club drug Ecstasy is showing promise as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to The New York Times. A South Carolina husband-and-wife team this week published a paper in the Journal of Psychopharmacology about their treatment, which employs psychotherapy and MDMA,..
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NFL Paid $2 Million Disability Payments To Players With Brain Injury

Posted on November 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League in the past has paid at least $2 million in disability payments to players who sustained brain injury during their careers, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/sports/football/nfl-paid-millions-over-brain-injuries-article-says.html?src=recg That may prove to be a damaging bit of information for the NFL, which is currently is being..
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Army’s New Battle: Combating Employer Stereotypes About Vets And PTSD

Posted on November 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The U.S. Army is trying help veterans get jobs, by dispelling myths and allaying employer fears about the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). This week, as part of Warrior Care Month, the Army launched its “Hire a Veteran” education campaign. http://www.wtc.army.mil/releases/WCM_campaign_pressRelease_v11.pdf Research recently conducted..
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King County To Fork Over Another $1.48 Million In Brain-Damage Case

Posted on November 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The family of a man, who was left brain-damaged after being slammed into a concrete wall by a sheriff’s officer in Seattle, will receive an additional $1.478 million on top of the $10 million settlement it was awarded previously, The Seattle Times reported. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019727116_harris21m.html The case stems from a 2009..
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Celebrating Thanksgiving With A Relative With Alzheimer’s

Posted on November 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and it’s a time that can revive ongoing family tensions and conflicts. And the period may now bring even more stress to baby boomers, who CNN has dubbed “Generation Alzheimer’s.” Boomers increasingly are caretakers to family members, parents or other relatives,..
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Albert Einstein’s Brain Was Unique, Providing Insight Into His Genius

Posted on November 19th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

You don’t have to be a genius to figure out that  Albert Einstein’s brain was very different than mine or yours. But a recent study has confirmed this. An examination of photos of  portions of Einstein’s brain found that it was “unlike those of most people and could be related..
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NFL Commissioner Goodell Vows To Foster ‘Culture Of Safety’ In Game

Posted on November 19th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Last Thursday National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell delivered an address at Harvard where, in detail, he vowed to “promote a culture of safety” in the game. “Is playing tackle football worth the risk?” Goodell said during his speech before Harvard’s School of Public Health. “For some, the answer may..
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Debunking The ’10 Percent’-Use Myth About The Brain

Posted on November 18th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

I bet most people have heard that human beings only use 10 percent of their brains. I certainly have. There is just one small problem with that notion: It is wrong. We use 100 percent of our brains. Christopher Chabris, a Union College psychology professor, and Daniel Simone, a psychology..
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You’re Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s, What Do You Do Now?

Posted on November 16th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

With a special brain scan now commercially available, people are being tested to see if they have Alzheimer’s disease. But if they get bad news, they face a quandary. They have a devastating ailment that has no cure. The New York Times tackled this issue in a Page One story..
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