All posts tagged 'brain injury lawyer'

Skier Zoricic Dies Of Brain Injury From Crash During World Cup Race

Posted on March 10th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Canadian ski cross racer Nick Zoricic died Saturday of head injuries he sustained in a crash during a World Cup event in Grindelwald, Switzerland, officials reported. As a press release from the International Ski Federation (FIS) said, Zoricic “crashed heavily,” and the  Ski Cross World Cup this weekend “was overshadowed..
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Researchers Closer To Gauging The Timeframe For Concussion Recovery

Posted on March 8th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Researchers appear to be making progress determining what is an accurate recovery time for athletes who suffer concussions, according to a recent story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Editor’s Note: We remain skeptical about the motive for such research or the clinical value it will have. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/health/s_783884.html# The story is about..
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Sad Truth About TBI And Football: It’s The Game, Not the Concussions

Posted on March 4th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Evidence is piling up that concussions aren’t just caused by a one blow to the head, by can be the result of many hits over a period of time. A two-year study conducted by Purdue University supports what traumatic brain injury experts such as myself have been seeing anecdotally, as in..
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NFL Sued By Ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson’s Family Over His Suicide

Posted on February 25th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Roughly a year ago ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson committed suicide by shooting’s himself in the chest. Now his survivors want justice from the National Football League. Duerson’s family last week filed suit against the NFL, alleging that the league has known for years that concussions sustained during the game cause permanent brain damage,..
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TBI May Be Under-Reported, According To Mayo Clinic Study

Posted on February 18th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be a extraordinarily difficult condition to rebound from. And now there’s a report that a lot more people may be suffering from TBI than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates.   Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are the one who have raised..
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Company Offers Baseline Tests For Athletes To Detect Concussions

Posted on February 11th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

With all the press about the dangers of concussions suffered during sports, at least one company is offering a product that could help child and youhful athletes. A company called Axon Sports, for $7.50, says it can perform a cognitive baseline test that can be used to essentially gauge whether someone has sustained a..
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The Thing Hockey Enforcer Couldn’t Beat In A Fight: Brain Injury

Posted on February 5th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Pro hockey player Derek Boogaard was paid to fight. He made a living as a so-called “enforcer,” doing what other men are arrested for: Beating the living daylights out of his opponents. But ultimately, the game beat him — and his brain. Last May, Boogaard’s brothers discovered his body in his Minneapolis apartment. He was..
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NFL’s Super Bowl Commercial: Rehabiltating An Image, Despite Suits

Posted on February 1st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Brace yourself to see a commerical Sunday that you wouldn’t expect to pop up during the Super Bowl: An NFL ad on player safety. The league, according to The New York Times, has anted up several million dollars to produce the TV spot and a companion website, nfl.com/evolution. It looks like it is..
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The Battle Between NFL And Ex-Players Over Concussion Suits Begins

Posted on January 28th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

On Thursday the National Football League offered a preview of its defense against 21 lawsuits filed by several hundred retired players in six states: These ex-players can’t seek damages for concussions, since safety issues fall under the collective bargaining agreement they had with the league. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/us-panel-mulls-whether-to-merge-nfl-player-concussion-lawsuits-against-the-football-league/2012/01/26/gIQAxawGSQ_story.html There were numerous press..
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To Focus On Her TBI Recovery, Giffords Resigns From Congress

Posted on January 22nd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords has made remarkable progress for someone who was shot through the brain a year ago. Just surviving that gunshot wound was a miracle. But as I know from my career in traumatic brain injury, recovery is a long and difficult process. So, quite frankly, I was..
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