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NFL Union Gives Harvard $100 Million To Study Brain Injury

Posted on January 29, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) is putting its money where its mouth is, awarding Harvard Medical School a $100 million grant to find ways to prevent and treat a whole host of illnesses that current and ex-players face, from brain damage to heart trouble to mental woes. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/01/nflpa_hms_initiativ/..
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TBI Survivors Network: Started for Traumatic Brain Injured

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TBI Survivors Network: Craig Part Twenty Six  Craig tells us about how and why he started the TBI Survivors Network and how it has helped many traumatic brain injury survivors and continues to grow.   So TBI survivors network is something you started? Correct. Is TBI survivors network a non-profit,..
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Aging Brains Lead To Poor Sleep And Memory Loss, Study Says

Posted on January 28, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Reportedly for the first time, scientists have found a link between brain deterioration, poor sleep and memory loss as we grow older, according to the University of California, Berkeley. In a press release, UC Berkeley is claiming that this research “opens the door to boosting the quality of sleep in..
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Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors Advocacy Overview

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Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors Advocacy: Craig Part Twenty Five I discussed the traumatic brain injury survivors advocacy groups that Craig is either a part of or that he started himself. Community College Traumatic Brain Injury Support So, you’re currently part of a community college? I assist here.  They use my..
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Rangers Fan Files Suit Against His Attacker, South Philadelphia Bar

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A New York Rangers hockey fan, who was beaten unconscious after a Rangers-Philadelphia Flyers game a year ago, is suing one of the men who attacked him and the bar that served that man alcohol, according to The Star-Ledger. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/neal_auricchio_jr_beating_pres.html The lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia by Neal Auricchio Jr.,..
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Obama Says Concussion Danger Would Make Him Keep Son From Football

Posted on January 27, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

If President Barack Obama ever has a son, it doesn’t look like he’d ever be playing with a pigskin. During a lengthy interview in the Jan. 27 issue of New Republic, Obama was asked about the concussion issue in football. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112190/obama-interview-2013-sit-down-president# The question posed to the president was as a..
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Hillary Clinton Has Double Vision Stemming From Her Concussion

Posted on January 26, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Hillary Clinton is becoming a poster child for how difficult recovering from a concussion can be. Last Wednesday when Clinton testified about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, the New York Daily News noticed that one of her eyeglass lenses had a Fresnel prism. That device helps people..
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How Strong Is Junior Seau’s Case Against NFL? One Lawyer’s Take

Posted on January 25, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

My friend and professional colleague, Boston attorney Ken Kolpan, last week offered some insight into the tragic case of ex-NFL linebacker Junior Seau in an interview with the Boston Herald. http://bostonherald.com/sports/patriots_nfl/nfl_coverage/2013/01/junior_seau_family_joins_long_list_nfl_lawsuits Kolpan, who is also an expert in cases involving traumatic brain injury, was quoted in a story about Seau’s..
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TBI Support: Survivor Based Traumatic Brain Injury Support

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TBI Support: Craig Part Twenty Four  Craig goes on to say how important TBI support can be and how much trouble he had finding TBI support from other survivors. Not A Lot of TBI Support You went through this period of some down times and writings and music, then what?..
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Brain Injury Personality Change: TBI Survivor Can Be Better

Posted on January 24, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Personality Change: Craig Part Twenty Three  Craig embellishes on his brain injury personality change from who he was before his brain injury personality changes to who he is now.  What he did after. How his brain injury personality change drove him to different avenues such as starting and..
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