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Late recovery of responsiveness and consciousness not the exception after vegetative state
It has been considered unlikely that a person in a vegetative state will regain consciousness beyond 12 months after a traumatic brain injury or 3 months after an anoxic or hemorrhagic injury. However, ongoing improvements in both research methodology and medical intervention may be changing this way of thinking. A recent study of long-term vegetative state [...]
Continue reading...The role of the pediatrician in mTBI
6. July 2010
Children who suffer from mild traumatic brain injury are often referred back to their primary pediatrician for follow-up care. A recent study found that 89% of pediatricians felt that they were the appropriate care provider for the follow-up of mTBI, however 59% of these did not participate in continuing education to learn more about TBI [...]
Continue reading...Appropriations Update
3. July 2010
On Thursday, July 1, 2010, the House adopted a one-year spending (H. Res. 1493) plan instead of a traditional five-year budget resolution, which has stalled because of intraparty differences over spending levels and concern over budget deficits. The plan, which Democrats call a “budget enforcement resolution” for fiscal 2011, would set a limit of $1.121 trillion [...]
Continue reading...CDC Forms Disability and Health Work Group
29. June 2010
Largely due to the advocacy of the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Coalition (DRRC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that they will form the first Disability and Health Work Group to advance the health of people with disabilities. With cross-agency representation, the work group will focus on incorporating disability status into [...]
Continue reading...Appropriations Update
29. June 2010
With House Appropriations Committee consideration of the FY2011 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies around the corner, BIAA is working diligently to secure funding for programs authorized through the TBI Act, as well as for NIDRR’s TBI Model Systems of Care. Specifically, BIAA and other TBI stakeholders recommend: $10 million (+ $4 million) for [...]
Continue reading...House of Representatives Passed a Historic Health Care Overhaul Package
29. June 2010
Dear Advocates, As many of you know, the House of Representatives passed a historic health care overhaul package late Sunday that marks one of the biggest victories in the history of the Brain Injury Association and for people affected by brain injury across the country. BIAA advocated tirelessly for more than a year to ensure [...]
Continue reading...FY2011 Defense Authorization Act
29. June 2010
This year’s House version of the FY2011 Defense Authorization Act (HR 5136) will go to conference with two amendments addressing the problem of faulty brain injury screening in which the military has been under fire because of in recent reports. Congresswoman Mary Fallin of Oklahoma offered an amendment to the bill that was adopted stating that [...]
Continue reading...Tell your Senators to Extend Extra Medicaid Funding Through June 2011!
29. June 2010
It is important that all grassroots advocates unite to support the extension of the current elevated Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP) that is currently being debated in the Senate and will be very important to states come the end of this year! Originally, both the House and the Senate acted to extend the extra match through [...]
Continue reading...Health Care Reform Update
29. June 2010
Last week, the Health and Human Services (HHS) department asked for public comments regarding their draft strategic framework on multiple chronic conditions (MCC). The framework addresses approaches to improving the health of individuals with concurrent MCC by providing options for HHS to strengthen coordination of its efforts internally and collaboration with stakeholders externally. BIAA submitted a [...]
Continue reading...FMAP Update
29. June 2010
Last week, Senate Democrats came four votes short of invoking cloture on the tax extenders bill that includes the extension of increased federal Medicaid monies through June, 2011. After passing a Medicare physicians’ payment bill on its own instead of as a part of the larger extender package, Senator Max Baucus is encouraged that the [...]
Continue reading...- The specific brain areas related to memory impairment in mTBI
- Degeneration of Peripheral Motor Axons After Spinal Cord Injury
- How Survivors of Childhood TBI Transition To Adulthood
- Depression has “additive effect” on mTBI symptoms
- Visual tracking is a practical screening tool for mTBI
- QEEG in recovery after sports-related brain injury
- A clinical test to help decide whether to order a CT scan or not
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) improves spasticity after spinal cord injury.
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