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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Cells are Like Electrical Connections: The diagram demonstrates the similarity (although of course on a much different scale) of the structure and purpose of a brain cell and that of an electrical connection. The cell body is similar to the switch. The axon is similar to the wires that connect..
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The neuron is made up of several different components, but the portion of it which is most exposed to injury in a shear mechanism is the axon, the long thin protrusion which can extend substantial distances across different layers of the brain. The primary role of a neuron is for..
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Emergency Room Misdiagnosis I have become increasingly frustrated by the prevalence of missed diagnosis of brain injuries. Seemingly several times a month, I come into contact with another client whose brain injury was not diagnosed in the emergency room. Despite significant symptoms of a brain injury, survivors are discharged with..
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Brain Injury Coma Survivor: Betty Part One – TBI Voices Begins its Second Story I have been doing brain injury representation for over 20 years, and there are times I swear that the condition is contagious. Of course it isn’t, but it is such a prolific tragedy, that as soon..
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A transplant patient who went into the hospital to get a kidney and wound up with brain damage will receive a $6 million settlement from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, the Sun-Times reported Wednesday. The case involved diabetic Lauro Ortiz, who had been born with one kidney and sought to get..
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The Brain Injury Association of America recommends that you tune in to ABC’s “Nightline Prime,” and its series “Secrets of Your Mind: Why We Do What We Do,” which debuted Thursday night. The four-part series tackles topics such as the brain in love, brain and violence and the brain and food. For times and listings and to..
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The National Hockey League isn’t dragging its feet on the concussion issue. It is looking to adopt a rule that would ban blind-side checks to the head this season, according to several published reports Thursday. NHL general managers met in Boca Raton, Fla., last week to essentially craft a ban..
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While I have been away from writing this blog, there has been more concussion news than I can remember. And as always, the real story usually gets lost in the headlines. Tiger Woods is a perfect example. From all bystander and news accounts, he was undoubtedly knocked out when his..
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