Neuroscience “is a priority” at Stanford University, the school’s president said Saturday during a panel on “Gray Matters.” http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/october/roundtable-gray-matters-100612.html The roundtable on brain research, and how it can be applied in everyone’s life, was moderated by ABC News’ Juju Chang, a Stanford alumni. The panel included Stanford President John Hennessy;..
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Prior to Brain Injury: Lori Part Four In this part we talk to Lori about who she was prior to brain injury. What was her life like prior to the accident and prior to brain injury. Let’s talk about who you were before you got hurt prior to brain..
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Brain Pathology : Lori Part Three In Part Three we will discuss with Lori her brain pathology and the nature of her injuries. She states that the left parietal brain pathology is the part that was injured. We also talk about the her parents grief and how to this day it..
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A former Mrs. Idaho sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) this summer, but is on the road to recovery, according to NWCN.com. The ex-beauty queen was slated to appear on “The Today Show” yesterday, Monday. http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=172014071&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10227 Jamie Hilton, who was Mrs. Idaho 2009, had a spill in Hells Canyon, Idaho,..
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Severity of TBI: Lori Part Two There are primarily two methods to classify the severity of TBI, the length of coma (or loss of consciousness) and the length of amnesia. In assessing amnesia, it is not so much the loss of memory for events before the injury that is significant (retrograde..
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Here is a mother’s love on full display. An Idaho woman, Pamela Dowd, has embarked on a 7,500-mile journey to raise awareness of traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to KMVT-TV. http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/A-Mother-On-A-Mission-171061221.html She is going from Boise to Washington in memory of her daughter, Brenna, who following a retina repair surgery..
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Doug Part Four – Transitioning to the Real World: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/doug-transitioning-to-the-real-world/ Doug was at Clearview for 13 months where he received therapy 6 days a week, the goal being to transition into living on his own as much as possible, as opposed to being placed in a nursing home or group..
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Doug Story Begins – Ignored Warning Results in TBI: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/dougs-story-–-an-ignored-warning-results-in-coma/ Doug’s brain injury occurred as a result of ignoring a warning—his car’s squeaky brake sounds. Even a friend tried to convince him to have his brakes checked immediately, but he assured her that he could make it to the next..
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Chris Part Nine – Looking Forward – Can We Maintain the Miracle?: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/looking-forward-for-chris/ Chris’s story concludes with advice from her mother, final thoughts from Chris and some other important issues regarding ideal ongoing support for people like Chris who have survived the tragic consequences of a brain injury. To..
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Chris Part Eight – Persisting Deficits Include Executive Functioning: https://tbilaw.com/tbivoices/chriss-persisting-deficits/ Chris’s Mom talks about problems Chris continues to have: difficulty with motivation, planning, reasoning & making decisions, impulsiveness, roller coaster moods and emotions, self-centered behavior (i.e.,tendency to understand and see the world only from her perspective), difficulty inhibiting her emotions, and..
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