The results of the autopsy performed on ex-San Diego Chargers player Junior Seau are in, but they just raise a number of new questions. Did brain injury prompt Seau to kill himself, or did Ambien? Seau, 43, committed suicide May 2 at his home in California, shooting himself in the..
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Betty Part Nine – More Frontal Lobe Damage Issues: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/particular-frontal-lobe-challenges-after-severe-brain-injury/ Betty has some areas of frontal weaknesses as well as frontal strengths. She has issues with impolitic speech and impulsivity, saying she marches to a different drummer. Possibly because of her extended years of working post-injury, she does better..
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If you read the New York Daily News Monday, you might think twice about going to a New York City hospital for treatment. The tabloid ran a story, “$134 Million Mistakes! Hospital Horror Stories Cost City Big Bucks,” which talked about malpractice cases — several resulting in brain damage —..
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Betty Part Eight – Frontal/Executive: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/frontal-lobe-and-executive-functioning-challenges-after-coma/ Betty injuries included a surgical subdural hematoma in her frontal lobes. Thus, it is not surprising that her most significant deficits are frontal. High on the list of those deficits are emotional and social issues and challenges in executive functioning. With Betty’s story, we..
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Scientists are hard at work trying to perfect sugar-cube-sized magnetic sensors that monitor brain activity, according to a story in The New York Times Sunday. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/sensors-for-brain-injuries-may-help-future-athletes.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper The article describes the work doing done at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology by researcher Svenja Knappe in Boulder, Colo...
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The results are out on the two late-stage clinical trials that Eli Lilly was running on a potential Alzheimer’s drug, and what you think about them depends on whether you tend to see the glass half empty or half full. Lily’s tests on the drug solanezumab didn’t attain their goal,..
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Betty Part Seven – Dealing with cognitive issues: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/cognitive-challenges-sequencing-staying-on-task-topic/ Betty, like so many other of the TBI Voices participants had a seemingly remarkable cognitive recovery, especially considering the profound difficulties she suffered early on. Her cognitive challenges are subtle, not the kind of things that show up in an..
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Middle-aged people who are obese, and have risk factors such as high blood pressure, mentally decline faster as they age than those of normal weight, according to a study published Monday in the journal Neurology. The 10-year study involved 6,401 people aged 39 to 63 years old, some of whom..
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Betty Part Six – Return to Work as a Dental Hygienist: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/returning-to-work-after-severe-brain-injury/ Access to extensive vocational rehabilitation made a big difference in enabling Betty to be employed as a dental hygienist. But “old learning” had greatly assisted her in finishing her studies. Her difficulty with “new learning” made long-term..
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A $14.5 million settlement was reached Wednesday of a lawsuit filed in the case of a New Jersey youth who sustained brain damage after being struck by a line drive hit by an aluminum bat, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/sports/145_million_settlement_reached_in_Louisville_slugger_case.html?page=all And yet some haters are accusing the..
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