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Severe Brain Injury Relationships: Hampered

Posted on March 13, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Severe Brain Injury Relationships: Zach Part Twenty Two  What is it like socially in college for you? How were your severe brain injury relationships with other students once you started college? Its like this, I would go to a party and I would try to like hang out with some friends,..
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Just One Concussion May Cause Lasting Brain Damage, Study Says

Posted on March 12, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Here’s more frightening research about brain injury: Just one concussion may cause lasting damage to the brain, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130312092642.htm “This is the first study that shows brain areas undergo measurable volume loss after concussion,” Dr. Yvonne Lui, neuroradiology section chief..
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Writing After Brain Injury: Discovering His Gift

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 Writing After Brain Injury: Zach Part Twenty One  One blessing of his recovery from severe brain injury is that Zach discovered his gift for writing after brain injury.  While now his verbal communication skills is seemingly intact, his writing skills are exceptional.  Read even a few pages of his book, the..
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Kelly Osbourne Out Of Hospital After Seizure

Posted on March 11, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

I had no sooner written a blog about Kelly Osbourne still being hospitalized following a seizure last week that news broke that she had been released, according to E! Entertainment Television. http://www.eonline.com/news/396610/kelly-osbourne-out-of-the-hospital-with-clean-bill-of-health-after-suffering-seizure “After a five-day hospital stay, Kelly Osbourne has returned home and has been given a clean bill of..
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Kelly Osbourne Remains Hospitalized After Brain Seizure

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People are speculating about what caused Kelly Osbourne to have a seizure while on the set of her show, “Fashion Police.” Lavender-haired Osbourne, 28, has been at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles since she had her seizure last week, according to People magazine. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20681076,00.html?ncid=wsc-dl-cards-headline There has been speculation that..
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NYPD Football Team Gets Helmet Padding To Stop Concussions

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Members of the New York Police Department’s football team will be getting so-called “bumpers,” or protective padding on their helmets, to safeguard them against brain trauma, the New York Daily News said Monday. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-footballers-protective-helmet-add-ons-article-1.1284774 The padding is called Shockstrip, and it is placed on the outside of football helmets. It..
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Accommodations Pre-Arranged for Severe Brain Injury

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Accommodations Pre-Arranged for Severe Brain Injury: Zach Part Twenty  You said there was this accommodations pre-arranged for severe brain injury sheet. What was the process like in terms of getting the accommodations pre-arranged for severe brain injury that you missed?  I got set up ahead actually.  My transcript said I needed accommodations or..
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TBI Sets Off Response Similar to MS In Brain

Posted on March 10, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A new study suggests an intriguing new take on concussions: That the brain damage found in professional football players may be caused by an out-of-control immune response, similar to what multiple sclerosis patients experience. http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=3767 Research by the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and the Cleveland Clinic, published in..
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TBI Victim Is Gifted With Therapy Dog

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A Washington woman, who sustained a debilitating  traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a crash involving a semi, has received a wonderful gift. She has been given a therapy dog that will no doubt make her life a lot more joyous, according to KING-TV in Seattle. http://www.kvue.com/news/Stranger-gifts-brain-injury-victim-with-therapy-dog-196634001.html Kerri Eden suffered permanent..
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Anestheized Brains Have Unconsciousness Patterns

Posted on March 8, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Researchers in Boston have mapped what happens to brain activity when a person goes under anesthesia. In the new study, researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), tracked brain activity in human volunteers over a two-hour period as they lost and regained consciousness, according to a press release from..
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