A couple of weeks ago we posted a news story about the Massachusett’s Senate passing a scholastic concussion law. Today we added the language of that law to this blog: http://www.tbilaw.com/blog/2010/06/massachusetts-senate-approves-sports-concussion-bill.html In reviewing the proposed law, it is clear that the law does not go far enough. While I have..
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Girls are more likely than boys to get concussions while playing kids’ soccer, according to The Wall Street Journal. So maybe it’s time to think twice about having your daughter play the sport. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704895204575320661089359330.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_sports There are a number of differences between the kinds of injuries that boys get versus girls while..
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Brain injuries can happen when we least expect them, not just during combat and football, but in the most non-threatening and seemingly safe environments. So it was for Wendy Whitehead. The first San Angelo Colts baseball game she ever went to was also her last. The 39-year-old woman, while spending a pleasant Friday evening..
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The body checking that is so much a part of ice hockey could prove dangerous for youths whose brains are still developing, according to a new study. As reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there is a three-fold rise in severe injuries, including mild to severe concussions, in..
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Showing Signs of Brain Damage Motivates Turley Former Kansas City Chief Kyle Turley was the Ben Roethlisberger of his day. After sustaining several bad concussions playing, Turley began having what you could call anger-management issues and acted erratically. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/09/18/kyle-turley-experiencing-potentially-serious-brain-issues/ He will always be remembered as the player involved in the infamous..
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It sounds unbelievable, and even doctors said they thought it was a joke. But there is a unique phenomenon where those who sustain a traumatic brain injury wind up speaking with a foreign accent. The Washington Post recently did a story on Foreign Accent Syndrome, which the paper described as a “a rare and little-understood..
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The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a bill regarding sports concussions in student athletes. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1259191&format=text The proposed legislation would set up a head-injury safety training program for coaches, trainers and parent volunteers who take part in school athletics. Doctors and nurses employed by a school would also be trained to spot signs..
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California is looking to enact a law to protect patients from radiation overdoses from CT scans, which are one of the key tools to detect brain injury. The state Senate last Friday passed a bill, 24 to 5, which mandates that the dose of radiation released during each scan be recorded..
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Yet another member of the Texas Tech Board of Regents has asked a judge to dismiss former coach Mike Leach’s lawsuit against him as an individual. http://lubbockonline.com/node/10928/print This time, on Monday, lawyers for Board of Regents chairman Larry Anders filed documents that rebutted Leach’s attempt to hold individual college officials responsible for the school’s..
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Adding insomnia to injury, those who suffer from traumatic brain damage may have issues sleeping because they are producing less melatonin, according to a new study. http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20100524/brain-injuries-may-lead-to-sleeping-problems Australian reseachers conducted a sleep experiment where they compared patients who had suffered traumatic brain injury on average 14 months prior to the test with 23 healthy..
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