The U.S. Army is trying help veterans get jobs, by dispelling myths and allaying employer fears about the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). This week, as part of Warrior Care Month, the Army launched its “Hire a Veteran” education campaign. http://www.wtc.army.mil/releases/WCM_campaign_pressRelease_v11.pdf Research recently conducted..
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The family of a man, who was left brain-damaged after being slammed into a concrete wall by a sheriff’s officer in Seattle, will receive an additional $1.478 million on top of the $10 million settlement it was awarded previously, The Seattle Times reported. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019727116_harris21m.html The case stems from a 2009..
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The holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and it’s a time that can revive ongoing family tensions and conflicts. And the period may now bring even more stress to baby boomers, who CNN has dubbed “Generation Alzheimer’s.” Boomers increasingly are caretakers to family members, parents or other relatives,..
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You don’t have to be a genius to figure out that Albert Einstein’s brain was very different than mine or yours. But a recent study has confirmed this. An examination of photos of portions of Einstein’s brain found that it was “unlike those of most people and could be related..
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Last Thursday National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell delivered an address at Harvard where, in detail, he vowed to “promote a culture of safety” in the game. “Is playing tackle football worth the risk?” Goodell said during his speech before Harvard’s School of Public Health. “For some, the answer may..
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I bet most people have heard that human beings only use 10 percent of their brains. I certainly have. There is just one small problem with that notion: It is wrong. We use 100 percent of our brains. Christopher Chabris, a Union College psychology professor, and Daniel Simone, a psychology..
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With a special brain scan now commercially available, people are being tested to see if they have Alzheimer’s disease. But if they get bad news, they face a quandary. They have a devastating ailment that has no cure. The New York Times tackled this issue in a Page One story..
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Here is some people’s nightmare, straight out of a horror movie: You are fully aware and conscious, but you can’t communicate or move. That was the reaction of some people who posted comments to a story that CBC News wrote about a study involving a man in a so-called “vegetative..
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Study Links Brain Injury to Parkinson’s Suffering a head injury and being exposed to pesticides makes for a bad combination that increases one’s chances of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study. The University of California at Los Angeles recently published the research, “Traumatic brain injury, paraquat exposure, and..
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University of Wisconsin graduate Blake Geoffrion, who plays hockey for the Hamilton (Ontario) Bulldogs, is recovering from a brain injury that nearly took his life last Friday. The aftermath of Geoffrion’s TBI was outlined by USA Today Monday in a blog by sports writer Josh Cooper, and it doesn’t paint..
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