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Long Haul PART IV: For 2 soldiers, families, lives changed

Posted on August 8th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 8/6/2008 12:00 AM By SHARON COHEN EDITOR’S NOTE — Roadside bomb blasts change everything for two soldiers and their families back home. Fourth of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war.By SHARON COHENAP National Writer In that dreadful December, every day brought bloodshed, every week..
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Long Haul Part III: A funeral and a birth

Posted on August 6th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 8/5/2008 12:00 AM By SHARON COHEN EDITOR’S NOTE — Troops and families at home count the many milestones missed and made. Third of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war.By SHARON COHENAP National Writer The Ferris wheel at the Minnesota State Fair offered a bird’s-eye..
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Long Haul Part II: Welcome to Iraq, and a long separation

Posted on August 5th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 8/4/2008 12:01 AM By SHARON COHEN EDITOR’S NOTE — National Guard troops reach their stations in Iraq while family members back home begin a hard adjustment. Second of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the war.By SHARON COHENAP National Writer The phone call surprised Katie Kriesel, so..
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The Long Haul I

Posted on August 4th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

For weeks on this blog, I wrote about the Iraq War and brain injury, with my last blog on that topic being http://tbilaw.blogspot.com/2008/07/brain-injury-is-not-new-to-iraq.html My first blog on that topic began in June with http://tbilaw.blogspot.com/2008/06/suicide-and-terror-continues-for-our.html Below is the first in a seven part series from AP, by Sharon Cohen on the..
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Chinese driver ordered executed in dragging death

Posted on July 31st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

I am a trial lawyer. I am proud of what I do. I believe that our civil justice system, what we lawyers call the Tort system, is the best way to deter wrongful conduct and to compensate those who are injured by this wrongful conduct. With the approaching Beijing Olympics,..
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Study: ‘Pre-dementia’ is rising, especially in men

Posted on July 28th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 07/28/2008 04:33 PM By MARILYNN MARCHIONEAP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ A milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s disease is alarmingly more common than has been believed, and in men more than women, doctors reported Monday. Nearly a million older Americans slide from normal memory into..
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More fit Alzheimer’s Patients had less brain atrophy

Posted on July 27th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

The below AP Story about the relationship between fitness and Alzheimer’s disease has an interesting personal relevancy for me. Last Saturday, I ran in a race with a very mentally sharp older individual, who has no hint of senility. This individual was 90 years old. This individual was my father,..
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The hardest part of waiting for someone to emerge from a coma

Posted on July 24th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

From someone who felt the need to connect with our http://waiting.comcommunity: “The hardest part of waiting is the feeling of being alone. No matter how many people surround me, I feel alone. I push people away, don’t feel like talking to anyone, yet I am forced to talk. I feel..
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Ben Vereen’s commitment to Brain Injury Goes Back Decades

Posted on July 21st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

In the below AP story, Ben Vereen’s commitment to brain injury advocacy is discussed and applauded. We had the honor of meeting Mr. Vereen in the late 1990’s at another brain injury fundraising function, at a Mardi Gras celebration. A picture of Mr. Vereen and my co-advocate, Becca Martin is..
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Vereen hosts fundraiser for $32M brain center

Posted on July 21st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 07/18/2008 05:53 PM By PEGGY HARRISAssociated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Because of his own injuries, Ben Vereen seems like a natural to highlight a fundraiser for an institute that researches brain damage, but it took an introduction from the woman who walks his dog to make..
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