All posts tagged 'coma'

Seoul hospital refuses to end coma patient’s life

Posted on December 16th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 12/17/2008 12:55 AM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean hospital said Wednesday it will appeal a court order to let a comatose patient die by removing her from a respirator, saying the case could prompt a trend in devaluing human life. The order issued by the Seoul..
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CA surgeon to stand trial in organ donation case

Posted on November 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/2/2008 5:28 PM By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruben Navarro loved horror movies. He watched the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” series with his mother, Rosa, and liked to visit Knott’s Berry Farm when it was transformed every October to “Knott’s Scary..
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Girl with brain injury won’t testify in abuse case

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/30/2008 6:31 PM By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) _ A girl who survived an infamous Massachusetts end-of-life case will not be called to testify against the man accused of beating her into a coma and injuring her brain, according to a notice filed Tuesday. Prosecutors said they..
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The hardest part of waiting for someone to emerge from a coma

Posted on July 24th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

From someone who felt the need to connect with our http://waiting.comcommunity: “The hardest part of waiting is the feeling of being alone. No matter how many people surround me, I feel alone. I push people away, don’t feel like talking to anyone, yet I am forced to talk. I feel..
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Traumatic Brain Injury is not New to War on Terror

Posted on July 7th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

This post has been expanded and can now be found here: http://veteransbraininjury.com/nightmare-of-a-combat-brain-injury/ “Correct if I am wrong, but I think Traumatic Brain Injury is a new injury unique to the war in Iraq. Suffered by people who have concussive injuries from being near the explosions, not from being hit directly, but..
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Vietnam TBI Still Military Health Concern

Posted on June 18th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

This post has now been moved to our new site: http://veteransbraininjury.com/vietnam-brain-injury-biggest-military-health-issue/

Hysteria or Conversion Diagnosis in Combat

Posted on June 17th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

This post has now been moved to our new site: http://veteransbraininjury.com/hysteria-diagnosis-focuses-on-character-flaws/

World War I Soldiers with Shell Shock Likely TBI

Posted on June 11th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

This post has now been moved to our new site: http://veteransbraininjury.com/study-of-shell-shock-equals-tbi/

Shell Shock of World War I was TBI

Posted on June 10th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

This post has now been moved to our new site: http://veteransbraininjury.com/failure-to-identify-brain-injury/  

Combat Related Suicide Requires a Comprehensive Evaluation Study

Posted on June 7th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

The cause of suicide: “it’s all in the head.” That cliché is said typically about psychological problems. But the brain injury community likes to twist this cliché, with a tone of irony, pointing out that a brain injury, is also “in the head.” While our psyche is in our head..
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