Loni Sue Johnson with Severe Memory Loss Whenever I hear about cases of dramatic amnesia, it breaks my heart. And that was certainly the case when I read an article about Lonni Sue Johnson, a once-talented artist and musician, whose story was told by The Star-Ledger of Newark Sunday. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/09/rare_amnesia_case_in_nj_artist.html..
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Hindsight is 20-20, as the saying goes. Just ask former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon. McMahon, who has the early stages of dementia, told a Chicago TV station this week that if he could live his life over again, he would have played baseball, not football. USA Today was among..
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The parents of a Cliffside Park, N.J., high school football player — who died after sustaining a traumatic brain injury — have come to a $125,000 settlement with the local school district, according to The Record of Bergen County. http://www.northjersey.com/cliffsidepark/171419251.html The settlement marked the culmination of a lawsuit stemming from..
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Here is a mother’s love on full display. An Idaho woman, Pamela Dowd, has embarked on a 7,500-mile journey to raise awareness of traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to KMVT-TV. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/A-Mother-On-A-Mission-171061221.html She is going from Boise to Washington in memory of her daughter, Brenna, who following a retina repair surgery..
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This is one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever read about, with all the makings of a script of a horror movie. A nurse practitioner has filed suit against the New York Organ Donor Network, alleging that he was fired when he balked at doctors being pressured to declare..
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Human brains “share a consistent genetic blueprint and possess enormous biochemical complexity,” according to a study done by the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen financially supports that resarch organization. The study’s findings are the result of a ” deep and large-scale analysis” of the data set..
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A New Jersey assisted-loving facility is being sued by the family of an Alzheimer’s patient who died of head injuries after she was attacked by another patient, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark. http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2012/09/lawsuit_filed_over_womans_deat.html The suit was filed last week in Superior Court in Camden by the family of Rita..
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The Rutgers University Brain Health Institute (BHI) is expanding its purview to include research on multiple sclerosis, by collaborating with an MS researcher from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers said in a press release. http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/special-content/fall-2012/brain-health-institu-20120906/?print Cheryl Dreyfus, professor and chair of the Department of..
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You learn something new every day, and here is something I never realized: The National Football League doesn’t require players to wear helmets that offer the best protection against concussions, despite all the hoopla about safety and head injuries. The New York Times did a detailed story, “Despite Risks, NFL..
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