A pioneering study on boxers has found that their brains undergo changes after repeated blows, changes before they show any symptoms, according to a story this week in The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/health/research/study-shows-changes-in-fighters-brains-before-symptoms.html?_r=1 The article was about research being conducted by the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health...
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Disinhibition after Severe Brain Injury: Quinn Part Twenty-Six Quinn still suffers from the frontal lobe issue and and executive functioning issue of disinhibition after severe brain injury. We’ve covered a number of executive functioning and frontal lobe issues in our conversation but we haven’t specifically addressed them in a more systematic..
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TBI Fatigue and Mood Issues: Quinn Part Twenty-Five In our last part, we discussed the changed dynamic from lover to caregiver that causes so much friction in marriages after severe brain injury. Quinn’s wife continued to search for explanations of TBI fatigue and mood issues and how they go together: You’re..
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Here’s another oil rig death for you, this one in Oklahoma City. Peter Cleeland, 45, died Monday night when he was pinned under a heavy piece of equipment, according to Koco.com. http://www.koco.com/news/30948502/detail.html#ixzz1szYlaTbJ Cleeland was killed when a hydraulic line broke at an oil rig at Southeast 59th Street. He was..
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The oil industry is crowing that it learned valuable safety lessons from the Deepwater Horizon disaster two years ago, where 11 workers were killed, according to a recent report by Vermont Public Radio (VPR). But any such knowledge doesn’t address the new issue the industry faces, which is that its..
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Tangible TBI Deficits: Quinn Part Twenty-Four Quinn Part Twenty Four – Further Recovery Leaves Tangible TBI Deficits In our previous part, Quinn’s wife describes how time and the ability to return to his normal depression meds had helped him return to a more normal function. Yet tangible TBI deficits remain: Has..
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Brain Injury Impacts Spousal Relationship: Quinn Part Twenty-Three With many brain injury survivors that are in a relationship, brain injury impacts spousal relationship. His wife also felt a shift in the role she played as a spouse, especially in the early stages of his returning home. Quinn’s Wife Tells Her Side of..
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Appreciation for Spouse after Brain Injury: QuinnPart Twenty-Two I wanted to get a contrast of Quinn’s sports memory to his functioning in other areas. Ironically, he responded completely off topic, to something he found far more central to his struggles since his injury, his appreciation for spouse after brain injury:..
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It looks like the National Hockey League is trying to make an example of Phoenix Coyotes player Raffi Torres. And so it should. The NHL whacked him in the head with a 25-game suspension for taking an illegal shot at Marian Hossa, striking the Blackhawks player directly in the head..
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Authorities have ruled that former National Football League player Ray Easterling’s death Thursday was a suicide. Unfortunately, it’s not really a surprise. He’s just the latest in a string of former pro players who developed dementia-like symptoms in what have should been their golden years. They decided to pull a..
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