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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Life with TBI Goes On: Michael Part Eighteen It has been some time since we visited with Michael as our interview was interrupted last summer and now it is April of the next year. Michael talks about how life with TBI goes on. How Life with TBI Goes On..
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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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Learning with Brain Injury: Michael Part Sixteen Michael elaborates on how learning with brain injury is different than before his traumatic brain injury. Let‘s focus on the process of learning with brain injury. You have 202 credits and the majority of those would have been after you got hurt, correct?..
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Return to College After Brain Injury: Michael Part Fourteen Michael talks about his experience with his return to college after brain injury and the difficulties he had with it. He required a lot more help than before his TBI. Ultimately you left Louisville and went back to college. So..
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TBI Mood Issues Disrupted Relationships: Michael Part Twelve Michael talks about how his TBI mood issues made relationships very difficult as his friends didn’t understand the change in him. Before we spend more time talking about Oshkosh, let’s talk about your Louisville friends and the challenges with TBI mood issues..
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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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Pet Companion for TBI Recovery: Michael Part Eleven Michael talks about how important his pet companion, his dog Little Bit, was during his recovery from traumatic brain injury. Talk to me a bit more about what your parents did in terms of that first year after you got out of..
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