It never ceases to amaze me how the brain can survive the most exotic, and unwanted, intrusions into its tissue. The latest such incident to make headlines is the story of Andy Parton, a 31-year-old English man. Parton was playing pool when he lost his footing and fell onto a..
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Roughly 30 patients with epilepsy in the United States have undergone laser brain surgery to stop their seizures, and doctors claim the results so far have been promising. The most recent epileptic to have the procedure was 27-year-old Noreli Viedma-Jimenez, who had the special surgery in February at Robert Wood..
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The story of Charles D. Snelling is a sad lesson in how caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease can be overwhelming — even for those with the best of intentions. And yes, even for those who adored the person who contracts this disease. Back in December, Snelling wrote..
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Facing concussion lawsuits from an army of ex-players, the National Football League sent out a strong message last week with its punishment of New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton. Payton was suspended for a year without pay last week for his role in what has been dubbed a “bounty” program,..
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LeBron James is a moron. The Miami Heat basketball player helped perpetuate one of the macho myths about concussions and brain injury following a recent game against the Phoenix Suns, according to an online story by Fox Sports Florida. http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/03/21/12/LeBron-James-too-tough-to-be-kept-out/landing_heat.html?blockID=692552&feedID=10140 James, you see, crashed headfirst into opponent Grant Hill in..
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The AARP Bulletin recently did a story about how Americans 50 and older are flocking to North Dakota to work in the oil industry. http://www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/info-02-2012/north-dakota-boom-town.html?cmp=RDRCT-OILBM_FEB10_012 In a nation that is slowly crawling out of a recession, where jobs are still scare and older workers are not-so-subtly discriminated against, at first..
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching an initiative that is in some ways very similar to my own project, TBI Voices. The CDC is asking people who have suffered traumatic brain injury, TBI, to submit their own videos about their experiences, according to Stars and Stripes. I’ve..
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It happens so often with the elderly: They stumble and hit their heads, sustaining traumatic brain injury. And last week it happened to Joyce Dreyfus, the wife of former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Dreyfus. And it was fatal. Dreyfus, 85, fell and hit her head at an assisted living facility in..
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PTSD and Brain Injury May Have Contributed to Slayings Last weekend when I heard that a U.S. staff sergeant was suspected of murdering 16 Afghan villagers — including women and children — in cold blood, I had a pretty good idea what had happened. I suspected that this sergeant at..
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