Dr. Randall Benson on Diffusion Tensor Imaging In my search for the holy grail of objective proof of brain damage in those with Post Concussion Syndrome, I try to stay as current as possible on neuroimaging advances. Yesterday I focused on Dr. Randall Benson’s testimony with respect to Susceptibility Weight..
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I began my treatment of the Congressional hearings on the long term brain damage of concussion in the NFL yesterday at my Brain Injury Lawyer Blog – http://www.waiting.com/blog/2010/01/nfl-concussion-hearings-in-congress.html I will continue that discussion on this blog for the next several blogs, as I tackled an even more important topic at..
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As angry as I get at the still stupid treatment of concussions, such as by Mike Leach at Texas Tech, I am so encouraged at the huge growth in public awareness of concussion. Almost every day there is a new story on concussion and some of those are really well..
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On previous blogs, I have talked about how the survivor of an on the ground air crash is exposed to significant concussional forces. The reason is that the extreme speed of a jet as it lands can create siginificant acceleration/deceleration forces. Unlike a modern car, it does not have a..
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It has been four days now and the news cycle has spun away from the American Flight 311 crash just short of the Caribbean Sea in Jamaica. Even Google can’t seem to find anything current. One might thus assume that no one was seriously hurt and it was a Christmas..
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People have two completely different images of air crashes. The most common is the complete catastrophe, fiery wreck, everyone dies. The other is Captain Sully’s, the miracle landing, heroic acts and everyone lives. There are air crashes in between. Years ago, we worked with the Nolan Law Group on one..
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I was once a news reporter and I understand the process of gathering news, but it is amusing in retrospect what the first reports of a major event look like. Take for example this story in the New York Times about the American Airlines Flight 311 crash in Jamaica on..
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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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There is more teaching material in the Conan O’Brien concussion. Where to start? How about with his own words: “In that moment I saw stars but I tried to keep going. I honestly don’t remember this part, but I tried to stand up and I couldn’t stand up, and I..
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“Brain injury is a process, not an event.” That one phrase has guided my advocacy with respect to concussion as much as any one thing. The author? Thomas Gennarelli, M.D. I am not sure when the first time he said it, but one such place he says it is the..
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