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Rise in serious head injuries among snowboarders
Serious head injuries among alpine skiers and snowboarders have risen over the past 15 years, reveals research in Injury Prevention. The increase has coincided with faster speed and the inclusion of more jumping and acrobatics as the norm in these sports, say the authors.
Continue reading...Low Impact Head Injury in the Elderly: What is the Appropriate Action?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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Continue reading...Brain-injured War Veterans Show A Faster Decline In Cognitive Functioning As They Age
Friday, January 4, 2008
ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2007) — A study of Vietnam war veterans who suffered brain injuries during the conflict has found that the men show a faster decline in their cognitive functioning as they grow older than veterans without such injuries.
Continue reading...BIAA History Fact:
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
In the year 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) affirmed the rights of citizens with disabilities which makes American society more accessible. It paved the way for the Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision, which led to President Bush’s new Freedom Initiative. This initiative is about getting federal agencies to coordinate disability services. It includes systems-change [...]
Continue reading...Iraqis review lessons at Quantico
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Name: PAMELA GOULD During their first few days in the United States, 13 officers from the Iraqi army visited the traditional tourist spots of the nation’s capital. They walked to the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the Washington Monument and the White House, and spent time in the Smithsonian Institution.
Continue reading...Experiment, study to use crash victims
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Sunday, May 7, 2006 By TOM VOGT, Columbian staff writer Most people who participate in medical studies get a chance to weigh the pros and cons of a new drug or technique being used on them. It’s called informed consent. It’s hard to get when an unconscious accident victim has been rescued from a crumpled car.
Continue reading...‘Trauma Mommas’ come to the rescue
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Moms of children who suffered brain injuries united to provide assistance to parents of young trauma patients hospitalized at Shands Jacksonville and Shands at the University of Florida. By RON WOOD Associated Press JACKSONVILLE – On a quick walk through Shands Jacksonville’s pediatric intensive care unit, Tracy East almost shudders when she spies a child in bed hooked [...]
Continue reading...‘Trying to find happiness is harder’
Friday, October 6, 2006
May 07,2006 ROSELEE PAPANDREA DAILY NEWS STAFF Greg Acosta was the kid who made everybody laugh. During his senior year at Jacksonville High School in 2005, he was voted class clown and most unforgettable in the yearbook.
Continue reading...Rural clinicians taught by video
Monday, October 2, 2006
MU program expands access to therapy for brain-injury patients. Name: SRUTHI KUNNEL The MU telehealth program, which helps people with brain injuries receive care from people closer to them, matched 70 traumatic brain-injury patients from rural communities with clinicians who received training from neuropsychologists through video teleconferencing
Continue reading...Father admits killing baby
Monday, October 2, 2006
Name: Carl Butler, Daily Post A NORTH Wales dad yesterday admitted killing his 14-week-old baby son. A court heard how David Robert James Price threw the little boy onto the sofa in a fit of “frustration and temper”. The youngster died of severe brain injuries.
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