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Active versus passive coping after traumatic brain injury
Coping with the negative effects of traumatic brain injury is an important aspect of a person’s ability to rehabilitate, as well as adapt to a changed lifestyle. There are different coping strategies that a patient can use. One is to actively confront a challenge by gathering information, cultivating skills, or changing a situation in order [...]
Continue reading...BIAA Endorses the Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act
Thursday, June 17, 2010
This week, BIAA joined Congressman John Adler in support of a bill that would ensure a method be in place when applying for Federal or Private student loans to designate who will make decisions on your behalf regarding all medical, financial, and legal matters in the event you are catastrophically ill, catastrophically injured, temporarily disabled, [...]
Continue reading...Endurance training after traumatic brain injury
Friday, June 11, 2010
People who lead a sedentary lifestyle are prone to cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, colon cancer, glucose intolerance, and depression—among other disorders. People with a traumatic brain injury often lead a sedentary lifestyle because of motor impairment and cognitive dysfunction, but have an additional detriment of a decreased aerobic capacity—running on as little as 64% of normal. Research [...]
Continue reading...Tell your Senators to Extend Extra Medicaid Funding Through June 2011!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Description 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...Trends of survival in severe TBI: from the 1800s to now
Friday, May 7, 2010
Over the last 150 years, the mortality rate in severe traumatic brain injury has dropped by nearly 50%. The reasons for this drop are not hard to comprehend—better understanding of the brain, improved therapies, and new technologies have all contributed to more people surviving.
Continue reading...Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Holds Brain Injury Benchmarking Hearing
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
On May 5, 2010, The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing examining the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs in responding to the rehabilitation needs of veterans with TBI since the passage of the TBI-related provisions as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008. BIAA passed its slot to testify to [...]
Continue reading...California Brain Injury Association Initial Opening Position Paper
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Brain injury constitutes a major public health threat in California. The number of people who sustain brain injury each year in California is estimated to exceed 222,000 per year . These numbers do not include between 144,000 to 342,000 sports-related concussions estimated to occur in California each year . Approximately 52,250 children [...]
Continue reading...Call Congress and tell them to Pass Health Care Reform Now!
Monday, March 22, 2010
CALL THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD AT 800-828-0498 Over the past week, you may have seen news reports suggesting that health care reform is in serious jeopardy. WE MUST INSIST THAT CONGRESS COMPLETE HEALTH CARE REFORM NOW!
Continue reading...Appropriations Update
Monday, March 22, 2010
Because of the tight spending climate this year, with regards to programs authorized through the TBI Act, BIAA and other TBI stakeholders have opted to advocate for a five year plan in achieving the full funding of $37 million to provide grants to all states including the District of Columbia, the American Indian Consortium and [...]
Continue reading...Hormone problems after traumatic brain injury
Monday, March 15, 2010
Hormonal problems caused by damage to the pituitary gland are considered common in traumatic brain injury. However, reports of rates of pituitary gland impairment after traumatic brain injury have varied from 15-90%. Researchers from the Netherlands recently suggested that this variation could be due to differences in diagnostic criteria, in the type of tests given, [...]
Continue reading...- 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.
- Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) Update
- BIAA August 6 Update
- Implicit and explicit memory in traumatic brain injury
- Factors in the delay of returning to work after spinal cord injury
- World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) assessment for spinal cord injury
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