U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in fact headed to a Houston rehabilitation hospital to continue her recovery from a gunshot wound in her head following a bloodbath in Tucson Jan. 8. http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_17137388?nclick_check=1 Unless there are any unexpected medical problems, Giffords will be transferred Friday to the TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital..
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is continuing to make what doctors call miraculous progress after being shot in the head, and will be on her way to a rehabilitation facility soon, according to press reports Monday. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703396604576088303403067640.html Giffords’ relatives have already started the hunt for a rehab center for the congresswoman, who was..
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Physicians are saying that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is lucky, if you can say that anyone who was shot in the head is “lucky.” Giffords, who was gunned down Saturday in the Tucson massacre that left six people dead and 13 injured, took a bullet that “luckily” didn’t travel through..
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Arizona’s Gabby Giffords Brain Injury from Gunshot The next few days will be crucial for Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot through the head Saturday by a gunman who also killed six people, including a judge and a 9-year-old, outside a supermarket in Tucson. We will have to wait to..
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Natalie Mendoza Concussion Apparently the show must go on, even if your lead actress has suffered a concussion. The new $65 million Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” has been plagued by problems and mishaps. During its first preview performance last Sunday, actress Natalie Mendoza was hit in the head..
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Fred Mueller has a tough job for a compassionate man: He runs the National Center for Catastrophic Injury Research at the University of North Carolina. In that role, Mueller collects information on sports injuries and accidents. Most recently, he was on the case of a high school linebacker in Kansas City who collapsed and..
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Ariana McGuire is doing pretty well for someone who was shot in the face with an arrow. The Star-Ledger of Newark on Friday did a Page One profile of Ariana, an 8-year-old girl who was accidentally hit by an arrow by a boy who was practicing archery in a backyard. The arrow..
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Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand has been paralyzed from the neck down ever since he crashed into an Army player in a game Saturday. The question now is will the defensive tackle remain immobile. http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2010/10/paralyzed_rutgers_player_eric.html A Page One story in The Star-Ledger Tuesday vividly described the incident that lead to the young player’s spine injury,..
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Our national newspaper, USA Today, wrote a story last week about the U.S. Army “discovering” a simple blood test that can diagnose mild traumatic brain injury. The test is described as a huge breakthrough, a potential “milestone in brain-injury care.” http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/2010-10-15-1Abrain15_ST_N.htm?csp=netvibes As someone who has spent their career as an advocate..
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Football and baseball have gotten most of the press, but concussions are also on the rise in basketball, girls’ basketball in particular, according to a study published Monday by the Pediatrics medical journal. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/peds.2009-2497v1 The New York Times wrote a story about the study Tuesday, in a story headlined “In Basketball, Danger..
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