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You’re Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s, What Do You Do Now?

Posted on November 16, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

With a special brain scan now commercially available, people are being tested to see if they have Alzheimer’s disease. But if they get bad news, they face a quandary. They have a devastating ailment that has no cure. The New York Times tackled this issue in a Page One story..
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Success in Recovery:The Thesis of a Survivors Story

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 Success in Recovery: Lori Part Twenty Seven  – The Thesis of Her Story Now if I were going to write the thesis for your story of your success in recovery as to why you are here publishing books, you are able to do this interview so flawlessly and so interestingly, I..
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Man In ‘Vegetative State’ Shows Consciousness In MRI

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Here is some people’s nightmare, straight out of a horror movie: You are fully aware and conscious, but you can’t communicate or move. That was the reaction of some people who posted comments to a story that CBC News wrote about a study involving a man in a so-called “vegetative..
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TBI Book: Authoring Your Own Story After TBI

Posted on November 15, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Book: Lori Part Twenty Six One way that Lori has helped her progress as far as conquering some of her issues is the TBI book that she wrote of her own experiences. So tell me about your TBI book.  So it’s called Am I Brain Damaged.  I self-published.  And..
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Brain Injury, Pesticide Exposure Heighten Risk Of Parkinson’s

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Study Links Brain Injury to Parkinson’s Suffering a head injury and being exposed to pesticides makes for a bad combination that increases one’s chances of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study. The University of California at Los Angeles recently published the research, “Traumatic brain injury, paraquat exposure, and..
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Fatigue After TBI and Other Sleep Issues

Posted on November 13, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Fatigue After TBI: Lori Part Twenty Five As many brain injury survivors, Lori has had some sleep and fatigue after TBI issues.  One that she talks about is a period when she didn’t dream. Let’s talk a little bit more about fatigue after TBI and sleep. You talked about this..
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With His TBI, Blake Geoffrion Should Run, Not Walk, Away From Hockey

Posted on November 12, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

University of Wisconsin graduate Blake Geoffrion, who plays hockey for the Hamilton (Ontario) Bulldogs, is recovering from a brain injury that nearly took his life last Friday. The aftermath of  Geoffrion’s TBI was outlined by USA Today Monday in a blog by sports writer Josh Cooper, and it doesn’t paint..
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Senility After TBI: Anxiety About the Risk

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Senility After TBI: Lori Part Twenty Three  It has long been suspected that brain injury accelerates age related cognitive decline including senility after TBI. The research is beginning to show that those who’ve had significant brain injuries when they were younger, are going to show signs of senility after TBI..
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Minority-View Alzheimer’s Researcher Hopes To Make Headway

Posted on November 10, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The prevalent scientific theory about Alzheimer’s disease is that it is caused by a protein called beta amyloid, which creates a sticky plaque in the brains of those with the dreaded ailment. But what if that theory is wrong? The Wall Street Journal Saturday did a fascinating Page One story..
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Relearn How To Learn After Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on November 9, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Relearn How To Learn: Lori Part Twenty Three   One of the challenges Lori conquered was going back to school along with going back to work. She states that she had to relearn how to learn. Talk to me about the process of going to college, three, four, five years after..
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