Monthly Archives: April 2006
Ordinary day changed lives forever
Family comes back from the brink after crash.
If anyone deserves a break, it is 2-year-old Abigail Graybill and her family.
Brain injury unit to expand
WILLISTOWN — Lisa Yaffe was riding a bicycle near Dartmouth College, where she was attending school, when she was struck by a vehicle traveling 55 mph.
Accident Victim Has Warning For Others
People regularly hear the reminders to wear a bike helmet. A boy who beat the odds is a living example of why it’s so important.
My Tucson: Guard against brain trauma
Numbskull. Bullheaded. Thickheaded. You’d think our skulls were hard as rock, to hear the epithets we sling around.
Local doctor gets lesson in recovery
BRENTWOOD – It happens in an instant. You have a job, but you can no longer do it. Your car is in the garage, but you can’t drive it. Your sweater is in the closet, but you can’t walk across the room to get it. Your spouse is at your side, and you can’t even say, “I love you.” You’ve had a stroke, and in an instant, you’ve been robbed of the life you knew.
Gear up, strap a helmet on for safety
Spring is here — the time when millions of Americans are heading outdoors to take part in their favorite sports activities. Getting ready for fun also means using the right gear and wearing a helmet each time you jump on a bike or skateboard, go for a horseback ride, play baseball or put on your in-line skates.
Slow road back from brain injuries. Two locals at different points of recovery.
ANKENY — Chelsie Zender says she remembers very little about her car accident Dec. 17, 2005, in Minneapolis.
Zender, 21 and a 2002 West High graduate, was a student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College at the time. She said she was driving that evening when another vehicle, allegedly fleeing from the police, ran a stoplight and slammed into her car. The left side of her body hit the side of the car, and the right side of her brain was damaged when it was jostled inside her skull.
Brain-injury victim prepares for run
At 21 years old Tracy Lussenhop-Caldwell learned to walk, talk, read and write and just about everything else most people take for granted.
After the Coma
Eight years after a car accident changed everything, a mother and her son tell what it has been like to live with his traumatic brain injury.
Market Analysis Shows that Products Currently….
Market Analysis Shows that Products Currently Used that have a Neuroprotective Effect had a Market Value of $5.1 Billion in 2005 out of a CNS Market Value of $34.6 Billion in all these Areas
DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 12, 2006 – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c1364) has announced the addition of the Jain PharmaBiotech report “Neuroprotection – Drugs, Markets and Companies” to their offering.
