http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-belak-founddead Again and again and again, the aftermath of sustaining one or several traumatic brain injuries, hits the NHL like a hip check as it was reported today that former NHL veteran Wade Belak has hanged himself. Belak, 35, who had the position in a game program of forward was..
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A single vehicle crash involving a 19 year old Madison man occurred on Monday, August 30th, at 7 p.m. in Madison. According to police, he was getting into a turn lane and hit a curb, along the median. The man lost control, fell, and hit his head. He later died..
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If you think wearing a bicycle helmet is for wimps, think again. Joey Harrington, a 33 year old former National Football League quarterback, was struck from behind by a driver of an SUV while riding a bike. On Sunday, July 31st, 2011, Harrington was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries including..
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Bryan Stow, 42, a San Francisco paramedic, who was attacked by two suspects on March 31st at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, last week has been upgraded from ‘critical’ to ‘serious’ condition but his doctors say they remain “extremely cautious about interpreting his progress”. Stow is able to open his..
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Alzheimer’s and Concussion Linked A new study introduced at the Alzheimer’s Association’s International Conference in July, suggest a strong link between head injuries in veterans and dementia. Soldiers who had suffered brain injury were two times more likely to develop the brain disorder. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43797462 Another study indicates an even more..
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Brain Injury Coma Survivor: Betty Part One – TBI Voices Begins its Second Story I have been doing brain injury representation for over 20 years, and there are times I swear that the condition is contagious. Of course it isn’t, but it is such a prolific tragedy, that as soon..
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Date: 10/14/2008 4:18 PM NORWICH, Conn. (AP) _ The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found at home pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death. Jason Matteau, 27, and Rebecca Matteau, 24, of Jewett City, were arraigned Tuesday in..
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For weeks on this blog, I wrote about the Iraq War and brain injury, with my last blog on that topic being http://tbilaw.blogspot.com/2008/07/brain-injury-is-not-new-to-iraq.html My first blog on that topic began in June with http://tbilaw.blogspot.com/2008/06/suicide-and-terror-continues-for-our.html Below is the first in a seven part series from AP, by Sharon Cohen on the..
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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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This post has now been moved to our new site: http://veteransbraininjury.com/biomechanics-of-brain-injury-in-combat/
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