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Chris-Persisting Deficits Include Executive Functioning

Posted on September 17, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Eight – Persisting Deficits Include Executive Functioning: https://tbilaw.com/tbivoices/chriss-persisting-deficits/ Chris’s Mom talks about problems Chris continues to have: difficulty with motivation, planning, reasoning & making decisions, impulsiveness, roller coaster moods and emotions, self-centered behavior (i.e.,tendency to understand and see the world only from her perspective), difficulty inhibiting her emotions, and..
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New York Jets Darrelle Revis Benched For ‘Mild’ Concussion

Posted on September 15, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

As one New York sports writer put it, there is no such thing as a “mild” concussion now in the National Football League. When New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis received a head injury last Sunday in a game against Buffalo, team officials at first totally downplayed the incident and..
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Sex Boosts Smarts On Tests, Several Brain Studies Find

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There’s been a string of separate studies that have essentially come to the same conclusion: Sex boosts your brain and can make you smarter. One of those recent pieces of research found that people with lusty thoughts perform better that those without racy ideas when given analytical problem-solving tests, according..
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Army, NFL Report To Congress On Their TBI Initiatives

Posted on September 14, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Here’s the Army’s and National Football League’s spin on how they’re doing in terms of preventing traumatic brain injury. The military put out a press release this week on a report that both groups made to Congress on Tuesday. http://www.army.mil/article/87297/Army__NFL_report_to_Congress_on_brain_injury_initiatives/ The Army has made more progress in studying TBI in..
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Chris-Return to Work and Vocational Disability

Posted on September 12, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Seven – Return to Work & Vocational Disability: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/return-to-work-and-vocational-disability/ Chris worked for a shoe company before her accident. After her accident, she returned and worked there part-time for 4 years typing in ordering information, Chris was eventually fired due to problems with attendance. As is typical with many..
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Now He Has One, Sunday He Didn’t: NY Jets Revis And Concussion

Posted on September 11, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

First the word was that New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis didn’t have a concussion. Now it turns out that he did. In the fourth quarter of the Jets’ winning game Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, during a tackle Revis was kicked in the head by a teammate, Bart Scott,..
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Chris-School Plays an Important Role in Progress

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Chris Part Six – School Plays an Important Role in Progress: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/school-assisted-chris-with-progress/ After Chris returned home from the nursing home, high school and Chris’s friends played the next important step in her recovery process from brain injury. Living in a small community has its advantages: people rallied together and asked..
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A’s Pitcher Brandon McCarthy On The Mend Soon Out Of Hospital

Posted on September 10, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy may be released from the hospital soon, and has accepted the apology of the player who struck him in the head with a line drive last week, according to the San Francisco  Chronicle. http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2012/09/10/brandon-mccarthy-makes-more-progress-might-go-home-soon/ McCarthy, who underwent surgery on his brain last week, walked down..
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Sheboygan Man Dies Of Fatal Head Injury In Wisconsin Factory

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A Sheboygan man died of a fatal head injury Monday in an industrial accident at a local factory, according to WISN.com http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/ozaukee-washington/Man-killed-in-Cedar-Grove-industrial-accident/-/10151118/16549618/-/dh0tlk/-/index.html#ixzz266G43iAi The victim, Lemuel Aguirre, was killed at a foundry, Willman Industries, on South Main Street in Cedar Grove, Wis., WISN.com reported. The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department was called..
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Chris-Returns Home, Not a Simple Reunion

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Chris Part Five – Chris returns home, but it was not just a simple reunion: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/chriss-return-home/ Chris and her mother talk about the 10-month transition from a nursing home to her family home after recovering from a coma. Concerns for Chris focus on difficulties such as managing stairs and friends..
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