Doctors are essentially calling the survival of a teen who was shot through the head with a fishing spear a miracle. Let’s just hope the youth is able to recover from this front-on assault on his brain. The Huffington Post did a story Monday on Yasser Lopez, the 16-year-old Miami..
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How low can people go? How about beating up two elderly men with Alzheimer’s? The two alleged victims live at Sunrise Assisted Living in Morris Plains, N.J., and have filed suit, claiming that they were repeatedly beaten by staff there. The Star-Ledger of Newark published a Page One..
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Here’s a tip of the hat to Pop Warner youth football, which is pro-actively addressing the issue of brain injury: It announced this week that it is limiting the amount of head-to-head contact players have during practice. http://www.popwarner.com/football/2012rulechanges.asp “In our continuing efforts to provide the safest playing environment for our..
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A private foundation unveiled plans Wednesday to build special centers to treat mental and physical brain trauma of the U.S. military, with ground broken on two today and the group looking to raise $100 to construct others. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF) will build the first two centers at..
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Here’s a malpractice nightmare for you, another case of truth being stranger than fiction. A 69-year-old woman who went to Montefiore Medical Center for a hernia operation ended up with severe brain damage, the New York Post reported Tuesday. She is now in a nursing home, where her attorney..
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Diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI, may prove to be a tool to gauge a person’s risk for long-term brain damage following a concussion, according to new research. The issue is that while the majority of people bounce back from a concussion without long-lasting side effects, there are some that sustain..
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This was a rather foolish move on Lady Gaga’s part. The superstar, known for her outlandish outfits, apparently sustained a concussion while performing a concert in New Zealand. And she went on with the show anyway, according to the Associated Press. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/lady-gaga-hit-head-pole-concert-zealand-article-1.1093334 Apparently Lady Gaga was onstage in Auckland, New..
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So far this year suicides have taken more lives of active-duty troops than actual combat in Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2012/06/08/military-suicides-average-one-a-day.html Military suicides are soaring in 2012 as the psychological toll of years of fighting was in Iraq and Afghanistan appears to have pushed many soldiers over the..
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Here’s some rather alarming research: A study had found evidence that CT scans in kids increases the risk for brain cancer and leukemia. The results of the study, which was published online in the British journal Lancet, last week were widely reported in the media, including The New York Times...
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Nearly 100 concussion lawsuits filed by ex-pro players against the NFL are being consolidated, according to various press reports. http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-nfl-concussions-20120608,0,2393930.story On Thursday lawyers, representing more than 2,000 former NFL players who claim they’ve sustained permanent brain damage under suffering concussions, filed a complaint to consolidate some 85 suits, according to..
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