A Canadian researcher has found that damage to the brain can persist for decades after the original head trauma, according to a report delivered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston Sunday. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/cffi-esc021513.php “Even when you are symptom-free, your brain may still not..
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The Wall Street Journal did a story on a several new twists, new subsets, so to speak, of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They are being called “traumatic loss” and “moral injury.” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323854904578264033446648810.html The story explains this psychiatric issue by telling the tale of Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams, whose entire..
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I was going to blog on this topic Tuesday, I had the data. But I got busy and didn’t have a chance to do it. The New York Times beat me to the punch Thursday with a Page One story on guns and suicide. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/us/to-lower-suicide-rates-new-focus-turns-to-guns.html?hp&_r=1& In all the debate over..
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It’s nice to hear an upbeat story about someone making a recovery from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel provided one a few days ago. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/crane-operator-recovers-from-severe-accident-tm8mj1h-190630241.html My local paper did a profile of Martin de Ridder, a crane operator from Plymouth, Wis. On July 5 de..
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New research has found that hearing loss in the elderly may speed up the onset of dementia and cognitive impairment. The study, done by the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, was recently published online by the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, according to a press release from Johns Hopkins...
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Former Arizona Congressman Gabrielle Giffords has made a lot of strides since she was shot in the head at point blank range roughly two years ago. At one point shortly after the attack on her, she could only spoke two words, “what” and “chicken.” Now Giffords is among those leading..
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In my callow youth, I wanted to be a sports writer. That’s not how my life turned out. I found another passion, helping people who have sustained traumatic brain injury, fighting their battles in court. But I still love sports and good sports writing. I recently came across one of..
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Two recent studies found that the concussions and mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) that our troops have suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan are tied to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide, USA Today reported this week. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/06/studies-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-linked-to-ptsd-suicide/1896651/ Excuse me, I don’t mean to be sarcastic, but did we really need..
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Just a few days ago I blogged about the reasons why skiers and snowboarders say they refuse to wear helmets. I said it was ridiculously foolish, because helmets cut down on injuries. But protective head gear doesn’t always save a life. https://tbilaw.com/blog/helmets-help-dont-hinder-skiers-and-snowboarders-research-finds/ Last Monday on an Aspen ski slope a..
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Once again, a hospital seems to have treated a concussion too casually. And now an 11-year-old boy is in a medically induced coma, according to WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8983472 The case involves Bailey O’Neill, a sixth grader in Darby Township, Pa. His father, Rob O’Neill, told the TV station that..
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