Sep 29 2006
By Lynn Carey
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
IN PALM BEACH, the weather’s fine — especially for Dave King. The author is there with all expenses paid. It’s one of the perks that goes with writing a novel with the wide appeal that “The Ha-Ha” has.
Sep 29 2006
Northport ceremony honors members of NY’s Army National Guard regiment for their service in Iraq
Name: CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Newsday Staff Writer
May 8, 2006
During his year in Iraq, Paul Walter suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a car bomb, saw three close friends die and was stationed on the notorious “highway of death” - Baghdad’s airport road.
Sep 26 2006
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTON, Ohio - Waiting for an Ohio soldier to come out of a coma are his wife who is preparing to deliver the couple’s first child and his twin brother who may soon return to combat duty in Iraq.
The wife of Army Spc. Ethan Biggers visited him in a Washington military hospital but had to return home to suburban Beavercreek because her pregnancy is high-risk. His brother had to leave the family’s bedside vigil last week to return to duty with the Army in Germany.
Sep 22 2006
Name : CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Newsday Staff Writer
May 8, 2006
During his year in Iraq, Paul Walter suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a car bomb, saw three close friends die and was stationed on the notorious “highway of death” - Baghdad’s airport road.
Apr 28 2006
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.
Mar 07 2006
Brain Injury Awareness Month — March 2006
Brain Injury Awareness Month was established to increase public awareness of brain injuries and their consequences and to address the needs of persons living with brain injuries, their family members, and caregivers. Each year in the United States, approximately 1.4 million persons sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI); of these persons, approximately 50,000 die, 235,000 are hospitalized, and 1.1 million are treated and released from emergency departments (1). In addition, according to a 1999 report, an estimated 5.3 million persons in the United States have a long-term or lifelong need for help in performing activities of daily living as a result of a TBI (2).
Aug 01 2005
Emotional distress following a traumatic brain injury can be both real and debilitating. Often times, severe emotional distress will mimic many of the characteristics of organic brain dysfunction. It is the treatment that differs in each case, however.
