The father of a patient, who had traumatic brain injury (TBI) and died in a fire in a Tennessee facility, has filed an $8 million lawsuit against the company that operates the home, 21st Century Living Services, where he died, according to the Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120623/NEWS01/306230018/Sumner-brain-injury-facility-avoids-shutdown-new-law?odyssey=mod|newswell|text||p The victim, Douglas Johnson, 45,..
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I’m not the only one alarmed over the surge in work-related deaths in the booming oil industry. Officials have taken note of the problem in Oklahoma. Nine people have died, and three were hospitalized for burns, in oil-field related incidents in Oklahoma since October, which is when the federal fiscal..
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Add another item to the list of mishaps and dangers that oil workers face. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Thursday issued a hazard alert to make sure that employers in hydraulic fracturing operations take..
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The British songstress Adele is being credited with waking a young girl from a coma. Sound crazy? Well it’s true: The Grammy-winning singer struck a mental chord, pun intended, with Charlotte Neve, the New York Post reported Wednesday. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/musical_revival_y1BNeQajpsE0XXcjXqXIhO The 7-year-old British girl had suffered a nearly fatal brain hemorrhage..
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Following Script at Work: Michael Part Twenty Five In part twenty-five, Michael talks about the problems he had in the workplace with human contact issues. He also struggled with following script at work. We talked about the first job you had after your TBI and you’ve had a couple of..
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It looks like the less time a person with Alzheimer’s disease spends in the hospital, the better, according to a new study by Harvard University. The study found that being hospitalized begins a downward trend for many who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, speeding their moves into nursing homes, and even..
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TBI Violence: Michael Part Twenty-Four Michael talks about the troubles he had at work with his TBI violence and the criminal record he now has because of his TBI violence. You said you had been on over 19 medications at the time of you were working at the group home?..
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Doctors are essentially calling the survival of a teen who was shot through the head with a fishing spear a miracle. Let’s just hope the youth is able to recover from this front-on assault on his brain. The Huffington Post did a story Monday on Yasser Lopez, the 16-year-old Miami..
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TBI Mood Medication: Michael Part Twenty-Three Michael goes on to tell us about how the TBI mood medications effected him and how it interferes with his return to work. Now you said you’ve got a degree in human services but you have trouble with humans? I have, yes. What problems did..
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