Post Traumatic Stress Disorder a Contributing Factor in Wife’s Death? A wounded Iraqi war veteran shot his wife, a Wisconsin police officer, five times in the head on Christmas Eve. Ultimately, a jury will have to decide what part post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will a mitigating factor in this tragic..
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The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a stroke-prevention medicine that will compete in that category against the blood-thinner warfarin, which is sometimes sold under the name Coumadin. The FDA issued a news release saying that it had given the go-ahead to the anti-clotting drug Eliquis, or apixaban, an oral..
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Here’s a real-life explanation about why NFL players hide their concussions. At a press briefing Friday, sports writers learned that New York Jets Greg McElroy, third-string quarterback to Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow, concealed the fact that he suffered a concussion last Sunday. McElroy was sacked 11 times in that..
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Several hospitals in Minnesota’s Twin Cities have launched “Save This Brain” campaigns to get skiers, sledders and snowboarders to all wear helmets. One of the participants is the Traumatic Brain Injury Center at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), which in a press release Thursday said that it is reminding winter..
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Last week Ohio joined the long list of states that have passed laws to protect young athletes who sustain concussions. Gov. John Kasich signed into law rules regarding concussions, which go into effect in 90 days, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. The new legislation mandates that all young athletes..
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Many Americans wouldn’t lose any sleep over a brutal murderer being given the death penalty and then swiftly executed. But some scientists and psychiatrists are questioning how fair that really is, since many killers have traumatic brain injury (TBI), which researchers say has affected their actions, particularly those related to..
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Ryan Freel Apparent Suicide May be Linked to Concussions Now, it’s not only football and hockey players who commit suicide after suffering concussions — and permanent brain damage — during their careers. Add professional baseball players to the list. Ryan Freel, an MLB player who had to end his career..
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The National Football League last week filed a brief arguing that an arbitrator, not a judge, should be dealing with the allegations brought by several thousand ex-players about concussions and long-term brain damage, according to SBNation.com. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2012/12/19/3777144/nfl-concussion-lawsuit-status The various lawsuits filed against the NFL over head injuries have been consolidated..
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A New Jersey jury had found that a Ramada Inn wasn’t liable for an incident that left a hotel guest brain damaged when he dove in a swimming pool to save his daughter from drowning, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/news/Jury_absolves_Rochelle_Park_hotel_of_responsibility_in_near-drowning_in_pool.html In Superior Court in Hackensack Thursday, a..
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A New Jersey jury is deliberating on a suit filed when a man sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) trying to save his daughter from drowning in a hotel swimming pool, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/Ramada_closing.html The civil lawsuit was filed by the family of Robert Smith, 40,..
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