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Hockey’s Sidney Crosby Finally Returns To Ice After Concussions

Posted on November 25th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

In what The New York Times called “the most closely chronicled concussion in hockey history,” Pittsburgh Penguin Sidney Crosby came back to the ice this week, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/sports/hockey/sidney-crosby-ready-for-return-to-ice.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=sidney%20crosby&st=cse Crosby was benched for roughly 10 1/2 months, recovering from concussions that he suffered Jan. 1 and Jan. 5 this year. As The Times pointed out,..
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Brain Injury Medicine Approved As A New Medical Subspecialty

Posted on November 24th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

There was a big step taken recently that will go a long way toward guaranteeing that brain injury patients get doctors who are thoroughly schooled in that field of medicine.  The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), which oversees the certification of physician specialists in the United States, has created a new subspecialty..
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NFL Failed San Diego’s Dielman, Who Suffered Seizure After Concussion

Posted on November 5th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League is giving lip service to the notion that it is taking concussions seriously, but head injuries are still falling through the cracks. Take the case of San Diego’s Kris Dielman. On Oct. 23 Dielman was hurt when there was “about 12 minutes left in the game” against the..
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Pilot Program Aims To Help Vets Live With TBI

Posted on October 30th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

“Brain injury is … a lifelong condition.” Truer words have never been spoken. In this case, the quote is from Cynthia Boyer, senior clinical director for Bancroft NeuroHealth in Haddonfield, N.J. Her remark comes from a Page One story that The Star-Ledger of Newark published earlier this month on a pilot rehab program..
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NFL Claims Concussion Study Will Be More Scientific Than Prior

Posted on October 22nd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League’s next study of the long-term impact of concussions on players will be more expansive than its first effort, which was lambasted by Congress and independent physicians, according to The New York Times. In fact, one of the doctors leading the new research initiative joined the chorus of..
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Indie 500 Winner Dan Weldon Died Of Blunt Head Injury From Crash

Posted on October 19th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

So it wasn’t the inferno of flames that killed Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Weldon when he was in the middle of a fiery 15-car pile-up last Sunday in Last Vegas. It was traumatic brain injury. The Clark County Office of Coroner/Medical Examiner (CCOCME) performed an autopsy on Wheldon earlier this week, and “determined the..
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Author of: ‘My Life, Deleted,’ Accused Of Making Up Amnesia Claim

Posted on October 9th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Editor’s Note: This blog has been deleted.  Claims that amnesia couldn’t be caused by brain injury are more often the case of bad doctoring than dishonest survivors. Gordon Johnson  

NYC Hit: $19 Million Verdict For Youth Brain Injured In Bike Accident

Posted on October 9th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

New York City is liable for $19 million of a $36 million verdict awarded to a boy bicyclist who sustained brain damage when he was hit by a car, the New York Post reported Sunday. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/jury_hits_city_for_K4dhuTynjmBPy8cWP9omZP The city’s responsbility for $19 million would be the biggest legal award paid by the..
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An Examination of Axonal Function and Damage

Posted on October 7th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Cells are Like Electrical Connections: The diagram  demonstrates the similarity (although of course on a much different scale) of the structure and purpose of a brain cell and that of an electrical connection. The cell body is similar to the switch. The axon is similar to the wires that connect..
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Axonal Injury Without a Blow to the Head

Posted on October 6th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Diffuse axonal injury can occur without any direct impact on the head, as it requires only the condition of rapid acceleration/deceleration such as takes place in whiplash injuries due to acceleration/deceleration resulting in rapid flexion-extension movement of the neck. However, the likelihood of significant diffuse axonal injury increases when the..
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