An Illinois youth who suffered traumatic brain injury after being struck by a truck nearly a year ago died this weekend, according to The Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/downers_grove/chi-hunter-himes-dies-20130114,0,1031312.story Hunter Himes, 15, of Downers Grove passed away Sunday. He was riding his bike on Feb. 26 last year when he was hit..
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Sometimes it just seems that the ridiculous win-at-all-costs, player-health-be-damned sports mentality that permeates the National Football League will never end. It’s a part of the jockdom of the gridiron. Thomas Boswell, a sports writer with The Washington Post, this week did a column on two different approaches to sports-team management..
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The Institute of Medicine, a research group supported by federal funding, has just kicked off a 15-month probe of concussions and youth athletes. The Institute’s website announced that a new ad hoc committee “will conduct a study and prepare a report on sports-related concussions in youth, from elementary school through..
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Seau with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy I’d like to say that this news is a surprise, but of course it isn’t. Brain specialists have determined that former NFL linebacker Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May, had the degenerative brain disease that’s been discovered in literally dozens of deceased players —..
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Doctors need guidelines and tools to help them properly manage concussions, according to a recent study. “A study of physicians’ knowledge of and attitudes toward concussion management practices points to the need for improved concussion-specific training and infrastructure to support optimal patient care,” The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) said..
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A Florida brain-injury treatment center, accused of abusing and neglecting patients, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to Bloomberg News. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-05/florida-brain-injury-facility-files-for-bankruptcy.html The Florida Institute of Neurologic Rehabilitation (FINR) and three sister companies filed papers with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tampa on Friday. Bloomberg News said that according..
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Arizona Mandates Concussion Treatment As part of a special project, Arizona is the only state in the nation where emergency responders have been specially trained to treat traumatic brain injury, or TBI, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). The department announced Monday that “if you suffer a..
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The state of New Jersey had agreed to pay $125,000 to a plane crash victim who lay badly hurt and unconscious for hours because State Police refused to immediately conduct a search for the fallen aircraft, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark. http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/nj_plane_crash_survivor_awarde.html Two people were killed in the May..
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was released Wednesday night from the hospital where she was being treated for a blood clot between her brain and her skull, and she supposedly is “eager” to return to work. I don’t know if that’s a wise idea. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/01/202437.htm The former First Lady was..
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This nightmarish case study will hopefully prove to be a teachable moment for youth athletes. The Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics this week outlined a case where a 17-year-old high school football player, who had sustained a concussion, went back to practices before he had fully recovered. He ended up having..
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