So far this year suicides have taken more lives of active-duty troops than actual combat in Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2012/06/08/military-suicides-average-one-a-day.html Military suicides are soaring in 2012 as the psychological toll of years of fighting was in Iraq and Afghanistan appears to have pushed many soldiers over the..
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Nearly 100 concussion lawsuits filed by ex-pro players against the NFL are being consolidated, according to various press reports. http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-nfl-concussions-20120608,0,2393930.story On Thursday lawyers, representing more than 2,000 former NFL players who claim they’ve sustained permanent brain damage under suffering concussions, filed a complaint to consolidate some 85 suits, according to..
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Sheryl Crow is a breast cancer survivor. And she will also apparently be a brain tumor survivor. Crow shocked her fans when she told The Las Vegas Review-Journal that she has a brain tumor last week. The tumor is benign, according to Crow, but it has affected her mind. http://www.lvrj.com/news/sheryl-crow-has-reason-to-forget-157158445.html?ref=445..
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The family of a Texas boy, who sustained traumatic brain injury in a traffic accident, has reached a confidential settlement of a lawsuit that charged that an Applebee’s restaurant served more than 20 drinks to a patron, who later caused the crash. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/30/4525576/family-of-brain-injured-child.html Abdallah Khader, now 6, suffered extensive brain..
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An extra in the third “Transformers” movie, who lost about a third of her skull during an accident on the set, will receive $18.5 million as part of settlement, according to The Chicago Tribune.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-transformers-lawsuit-20120524,0,2278975.storyThe woman, 26-year-old Gabriela Cedillo, will be receiving the compensation from Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Studio Productions,..
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In one of New York’s largest medical malpractice verdicts ever, a Bronx jury Friday awarded $120 million to a woman who suffered brain damage after hospitalization in three medical facilities, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/nyregion/woman-wins-malpractice-suit-against-three-city-hospitals.html?_r=1 The verdict in state Supreme Court was for a lawsuit lodged on behalf..
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USA Today did a thought-provoking story about whether parents should allow their kids to play football, in light about all the talk abut concussions and the long-term brain damage they can do. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/story/2012-05-16/Parents-weigh-youth-football-risks/55150850/1 The story led off with the fact that ex-NFL quarterback Kurt Warner would rather that his three..
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The Hippocratic oath tells doctors, “First, do no harm.” Well, they apparently haven’t heard that advice in the Nutmeg State. An elderly woman has filed suit against a Connecticut hospital, alleging that she sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) when she fell off an operating table following surgery, according to the..
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Erin Butzler of La Crosse, Wis., was kicked in the head during a soccer game in 2009. And she’s spent the years since then trying to reclaim her past. The Associated Press did a profile of Butzler that chronicles the 18-year-old’s struggle to cope with the retrograde amnesia she suffered..
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Modifying the scar tissue that develops after a stroke may be a treatment for the repercussions of such an attack, according to a new study. The promising finding comes from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., which put out a press release about its study. http://www.newswise.com/articles/modifying-scar-tissue-can-potentially-improve-outcome-in-chronic-stroke..
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