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Mentally Ill Have 70 % Higher Smoking Rate

Posted on February 6th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Adults with some form of mental illness have a smoking rate 70 percent higher than adults with no mental illness, according to a report released this week. The report, done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration..
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Helmets Help, Don’t Hinder, Skiers And Snowboarders, Research Finds

Posted on February 6th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

As a traumatic brain injury lawyer, I can only shake my head in disbelief when people who are participating in dangerous activities refuse to wear helmets. Perhaps they need to see graphic photos of someone with horrific brain damage, or talk to someone who is struggling to recover from a..
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NFL, GE Team Up To Develp Better Imaging, Safety Gear For Concussions

Posted on February 3rd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Being sued by thousands of ex-players, the National Football League is forming a $50 million partnership with General Electric Co. to devise new imaging technology to detect and diagnose concussions, The New York Times reported Sunday. To me, this seems like a truly promising way to make progress in the..
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Three-Quarters Of NFL Players Don’t Trust Team Doctors, Union Says

Posted on February 1st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

More than three-quarters of National Football League players surveyed said they don’t trust their team’s medical staff, the union representing the athletes said Thursday. And they may have very good reason to be untrusting of these docs, as the Los Angeles Times reported that the union, the NFL Players Association..
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Snowmobiler Caleb Moore Dies After Crash Brain Injury

Posted on January 31st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Snowmobiler Caleb Moore, at age 25, died Thursday after sustaining a traumatic brain injury in an accident a week ago while competing at the Winter X Games in Colorado. Moore passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., where he was sent following his crash at the X..
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Super Bowl Players React To President’s Comments On Football’s Dangers

Posted on January 30th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

President Obama’s recent comments about the dangers of football were apparently a big topic of conversation in New Orleans as players gathered for Super Bowl week. The Associated Press polled a number of Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco team members about their reaction the president’s recent interview with The New..
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NFL Union Gives Harvard $100 Million To Study Brain Injury

Posted on January 29th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) is putting its money where its mouth is, awarding Harvard Medical School a $100 million grant to find ways to prevent and treat a whole host of illnesses that current and ex-players face, from brain damage to heart trouble to mental woes. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/01/nflpa_hms_initiativ/..
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Aging Brains Lead To Poor Sleep And Memory Loss, Study Says

Posted on January 28th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Reportedly for the first time, scientists have found a link between brain deterioration, poor sleep and memory loss as we grow older, according to the University of California, Berkeley. In a press release, UC Berkeley is claiming that this research “opens the door to boosting the quality of sleep in..
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Rangers Fan Files Suit Against His Attacker, South Philadelphia Bar

Posted on January 28th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A New York Rangers hockey fan, who was beaten unconscious after a Rangers-Philadelphia Flyers game a year ago, is suing one of the men who attacked him and the bar that served that man alcohol, according to The Star-Ledger. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/neal_auricchio_jr_beating_pres.html The lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia by Neal Auricchio Jr.,..
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Obama Says Concussion Danger Would Make Him Keep Son From Football

Posted on January 27th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

If President Barack Obama ever has a son, it doesn’t look like he’d ever be playing with a pigskin. During a lengthy interview in the Jan. 27 issue of New Republic, Obama was asked about the concussion issue in football. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112190/obama-interview-2013-sit-down-president# The question posed to the president was as a..
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