Mar 19 2008
Recently, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) appears to be deemphasizing medical rehab research, including valuable research related to TBI. BIAA is working as part of a coalition of advocacy groups to send NIDRR a message that resources for medical rehabilitation research (referred to by NIDRR as “health and function” research) needs to be increased, not decreased. We need your help! Continue Reading »
Feb 28 2008
Brain Injury Awareness Fair
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
First Floor Foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building
Congressional Briefing on “Traumatic Brain Injury and Community Needs”
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
1116 Longworth House Office Building
Congressional Reception Celebrating Brain Injury Awareness Day
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
2105 Rayburn House Office Building
Please RSVP by Monday, March 3, 2008, to Hope Mandel in Congressman Bill Pascrell’s office if you wish to attend and/or exhibit materials during the Awareness Fair. You may also contact Hope at (202) 225-5751 or Becky Wolfkiel in Congressman Platts’ office at (202) 225-5836 with questions or for more information. In addition, as always, you may contact Laura Schiebelhut, BIAA’s Director of Government Affairs, at lschiebelhut@biausa.org, or 703-761-0750 ext. 637, for further clarification.
Dec 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 grants to states, which has helped brain injury get to the “proverbial table” in many states.
Dec 19 2007
Neuroscientists at the Uni-versity of California, Berkeley have, for the first time, measured the electrical activity of nerve cells and correlated it to changes in blood flow in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive method to stimulate neurons in the brain. Continue Reading »
Dec 19 2007
CALBIA is busy making plans for Brain Injury Awareness Month in March 2008. Please mark your calendar for the following events:
March 8, 2008
2nd Annual Greek Dinner & Dance for Thought, Long Beach, CA
March 14, 2008 -
Condors Hockey, Bakersfield, CA
March 16, 2008 -
A Night At The Opera, Los Gatos, CA
March 29, 2008 -
Statewide Walk For Thought. Confirmed locations are: Bakersfield Sacramento San Diego Victorville
Each event will provide awareness opportunities, as well as raise funds for CALBIA. More information on each of these events will be posted on the website in the near future.
Oct 10 2006
WEDNESDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) — Resuscitation with a special hemoglobin oxygen-carrying solution may cut risks for secondary brain injury in patients with traumatic brain injury and hemorrhage, new research shows.
Oct 10 2006
May 6,2006
(Albany, NY - AP) - State senator Nicholas Spano has announced that the Senate has passed his Shaken Baby Syndrome bill.
The bill would make the reckless assault of a child a class D felony. Spano says this will help immensely in cases of shaken baby syndrome and serious beatings where children suffer terrible injuries but intent to injure can’t be proved.
Oct 06 2006
BINGHAMTON — To raise money for organizations that combat drunk driving, 309 runners and about 400 walkers made it to the finish line at MacArthur Park during the 15th annual Danielle 5K Run/Walk on Sunday.
Oct 02 2006
Name : Shelley Hodgson
09may06
A DOTING grandmother says her life has been ruined by a drug-driver who was jailed yesterday for no less than a year.
“He destroyed my life. He has made me into a piece of rubbish. He has taken my life away from me,” Arsinoe Nikolakopoulos said in a statement through her daughter.
Oct 02 2006
Thursday May 11, 7:30 am ET
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lexicon Genetics Incorporated (Nasdaq: LEXG - News) announced today that it was awarded a grant from the United States Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC) for the identification of targets that may be important in the development of drugs to prevent or treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a neurodegenerative disorder and the leading genetic cause of death in early childhood. Lexicon will receive $2.0 million in funding for the one-year initial term of the grant.
