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Alzheimer’s Sufferers Sue After Allegedly Being Beaten At Facility

Posted on June 15, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

How low can people go? How about beating up two elderly men with Alzheimer’s?   The two alleged victims live at Sunrise Assisted Living in Morris Plains, N.J., and have filed suit, claiming that they were repeatedly beaten by staff there.         The Star-Ledger of Newark published a Page One..
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Pop Warner Unveils Practice Rule Changes To Prevent Concussions

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Here’s a tip of the hat to Pop Warner youth football, which is pro-actively addressing the issue of brain injury: It announced this week that it is limiting the amount of head-to-head contact players have during practice.  http://www.popwarner.com/football/2012rulechanges.asp “In our continuing efforts to provide the safest playing environment for our..
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Return to Work after TBI: For a Survivor of a Brain Injury

Posted on June 14, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Return to Work After TBI: Michael Part Twenty-Two Michael talks about his return to work after TBI  and the problems he had with his employment at a group home and his problems in the community. I wanted to talk to you specifically about your return to work after TBI.  You..
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Group To Open Base Centers To Treat Soldiers With TBI

Posted on June 13, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A private foundation unveiled plans Wednesday to build special centers to treat mental and physical brain trauma of the U.S. military, with ground broken on two today and the group looking to raise $100 to construct others. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF) will build the first two centers at..
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Woman Suffered Brain Damage After Hernia Surgery, Suit Claims

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Here’s a malpractice nightmare for you, another case of truth being stranger than fiction.   A 69-year-old woman who went to Montefiore Medical Center for a hernia operation ended up with severe brain damage, the New York Post reported Tuesday. She is now in a nursing home, where her attorney..
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TBI Mood Disorders Complicate Brain Injury

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TBI Mood Disorders: Michael Part Twenty-One Michael goes into detail about TBI mood disorders and what diagnosis he has and how they effect his everyday living and relationships. So let’s focus specifically on TBI mood disorder.  We talked about TBI mood disorder some before.  Do you have a formal diagnosis..
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Daily Routine After TBI for a Survivor

Posted on June 12, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Daily Routine After TBI: Michael Part Twenty Michael talks about his daily routine after TBI and  his responsibilities with his wife and his children.  He starts out with the school year. He tells about his daily routine after TBI and the changes in his daily routine after TBI and how..
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DTI May Be Tool To Gauge Long-Term Impact Of Concussions

Posted on June 11, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI, may prove to be a tool to gauge a person’s risk for long-term brain damage following a concussion, according to new research. The issue is that while the majority of people bounce back from a concussion without long-lasting side effects, there  are some that sustain..
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Lady Gaga Sustains Concussion At New Zealand Concert

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This was a rather foolish move on Lady Gaga’s part. The superstar, known for her outlandish outfits, apparently sustained a concussion while performing a concert in New Zealand. And she went on with the show anyway, according to the Associated Press. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/lady-gaga-hit-head-pole-concert-zealand-article-1.1093334 Apparently Lady Gaga was onstage in Auckland, New..
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TBI Fatigue: Waking up Tired After TBI

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TBI Fatigue: Part Nineteen I have often said that one of the single biggest common denominators of brain injury symptoms is TBI fatigue.  I didn’t get to finish this discussion during our first interview, so I followed it up in the second. One of the areas that, that we were..
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