The other shoe has dropped in the tragic suicide of ex-NFL player Junior Seau. His family has filed suit against the league, alleging that brain disease caused by the head injuries he sustained playing led him to kill himself, according to the Associated Press. http://www.northjersey.com/news/Junior_Seaus_family_sues_NFL_over_brain_injuries.html Seau’s family filed the lawsuit..
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UCLA researchers say they have found a protein that’s a marker for brain disease in live football players, a protein that previously could only be detected during an autopsy. UCLA in Los Angeles issued a press release about its findings, and the story had wide coverage in the media. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-first-to-image-242445.aspx?link_page_rss=242445..
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Making Decisions: Craig Part Twenty Two Craig discusses some of the challenges he incurred on his job all of which are typical of a survivor of traumatic brain injury. Making decisions is one of them. Along with making decisions he also struggled with amnesia and inhibitions. Amnesia Now, you said..
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Working Post TBI: Craig Part Twenty One Craig talk about what it was like working post TBI and dealing with work compromises. He describes his understanding boss and how that made things easier. I’d like to focus on two main areas where we’ve talked about – what happened at..
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With research on Alzheimer’s drugs suffering recent setbacks, scientists are trying a new tack with the disease: deep brain stimulation, namely mild electrical shocks to the brain, according to the Associated Press. http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/187650581.html Ohio State University is doing a study of what AP called “brain pacemakers” for Alzheimer’s. Several dozen..
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Sleep Post TBI: Craig Part Twenty Craig discusses his problems with sleep post TBI. His sleepless nights make for being tired all of the time. It also caused problems in his marriage. Sleep Post TBI, Sleep Deprivation Let’s talk about sleep post TBI . When did you first identify that..
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Here’s a rather surprising finding: Physical exercise appears to do a better job warding off brain shrinkage in the elderly than mental or social activities. That was the scoop according to a study published last fall in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The finding is..
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Seizure Management Post TBI: Craig Part Nineteen Craig talks about seizure management after his traumatic brain injury. His seizures came in the form of shaking and tremors. Now, you went back to the hospital initially because of the tremors, the shaking. And the pain. Give me a sense of the..
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