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Latest news and informaton on brain injury. concussion, coma, traumatic brain injury authored by noted legal authority on brain injury who is President of Brain Injury Association of New York State and past chair, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

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Last Entry: June 01, 2013 at 08:02:00

Brain Injury Association of America-Legislative Update

Posted on June 01, 2013
The following legislative update has been provided by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA): Bipartisan Legislation on Rehabilitation Research Introduced in the U.S. Senate Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) introduced S...

Active ingredient in marijuana found to offer protection to brain cells following a traumatic brain injury

Posted on May 31, 2013
New research reports that the active ingredient in marijuana , THC, offers neuro-protection and may protect the brain from long term damage following a brain injury. Professor Yosef Sarne of Tel Aviv University?s Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine reports that THC protects the brain from long-term cognitive damage in the wake of injury from hypoxia (lack of oxygen), seizures, or toxic drugs...

New York State Brain Injury Association Annual Conference

Posted on May 29, 2013
The Brain Injury Association of New York State will be hosting their 31st annual conference on Thursday and Friday, June 6th & 7th, at the Marriott Hotel on Wolf Road in Albany, NY. The first day of the conference features 15 workshops and presentations and the second day features an ?Advocacy Discussion? ? a highly interactive and educational advocacy exchange...

Brain Injury Association of America Testimony to House Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services

Posted on May 14, 2013
Here is the testimony submitted by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services and Related Agencies concerning proposed funding increases for TBI Act programs and the TBI Model Systems of Care Program...

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Brain Injury Association of America webinars

Posted on April 19, 2013
The Brain Injury Association of America has announced the following webinars: April 23, 2013, 3 p.m. ET, David Strauss Memorial Lecture: Four Ways of Being in the World of Brain Injury Sheldon Herring, PhD, will present on the different roles and dynamics involved in brain injury...

New York State Brain Injury Association Annual Conference

Posted on April 18, 2013
The 31st annual conference of the Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 6 & 7, 2013 at the Marriott Hotel on Wolf Road in Albany. The conference is entitled, ?Uniting as the Voice of Brain Injury? The first day of the conference features fifteen workshops and presentations from introductory workshops to in-depth discussions on specific topics...

Brain Injury Association of America: Legislative News

Posted on April 14, 2013
Here is the latest legislative news report from the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA): Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act Reauthorization 2013 On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the TBI Act, H.R. 1098, was introduced by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney, co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force...

Why the Court must not dismiss the lawsuit by players against the NFL

Posted on April 08, 2013
I am honored that my thoughts on the current players lawsuit against the NFL, "NFL Lawsuit Sheds lIght on Concussion Risks" was published this evening on the Huffington Post, blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-v-kaplen/post_4612_b_3039472.html April 9, 2013, marks the date for oral argument in the United States District Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the National Football League's motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by brain damaged professional football players...

Traumatic brain injury legal seminar

Posted on April 07, 2013
I am honored to be speaking on May 3rd on cross examination techniques in the trial of a traumatic brain injury case at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Seminar, Litigating Traumatic Brain Injury Cases to be held in New Orleans. The program addresses the rapidly evolving changes in traumatic brain injury diagnosis, rehabilitation, and treatment, dedicated to arming attorneys with the tools and insights to effectively represent their clients with brain damage...

Brain Injury and Concussion Awareness Day at Citi Field

Posted on April 06, 2013
Save the date. Brain Injury/Concussion Awareness Day. The Brain Injury Associaiton of New York State has announced that the third annual Brain Injury and Concussion Awareness Day will be held at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets on July 21, 2013. Join BIANYS in raising awareness while the Mets play the Phillies - get there early to receive a Dwight Gooden bobblehead!

Brain Injury Conferences scheduled for April and May 2013

Posted on April 04, 2013
Here is a list of upcoming brain injury conferences in May and June: Brain Injury Association of Minnesota Annual Conference 4/11/2013 - 4/12/2013 Brooklyn Center, MN 800-669-6442 Brain Injury Association of Maryland Annual Conference 4/18/2013 - 4/19/2013 Baltimore, MD 410-448-2924 Brain Injury Association of Texas Annual Conference 4/25/2013 - 4/26/2013 Round Rock, TX 800-392-0040 Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin Annual Conference 4/29/2013 - 4/30/2013 Wisconsin Dells, WI 262-790-9660 Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child with Traumatic Brain Injury 5/2/2013 - 5/3/2013 Williamsburg, VA 703-451-8881 ext...

Upcoming brain injury conferences April and May 2013

Mapping the Human Brain

Posted on April 02, 2013
The New York Times reports this morning that the Obama admiration will announce a plan latter today for the investment of $100 million starting in 2014 focused on research to understand how the human brain functions. ?Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain? The plan is to develop new technology that will enable scientists to map and understand the complex circuits that comprise the human brain...

North American Brain Injury Society call for abstracts

Posted on March 24, 2013
The North American Brain Injury Society's, 11th Annual Conference on Brain Injury is scheduled to be held at the InterContinental Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana from September 18-21, 2013. The brain injury society has issued a call for abstracts for presentation at the annual meeting...

Webinar: Supporting Students Returning to the Classroom Post-Concussion

Posted on March 23, 2013
The Brain Injury Association of New York State is offering a free webinar: Return to Learn: Supporting Students Returning to the Classroom Post-Concussion. Time and date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm (EST) Overview: This webinar covers the "return-to-learn" process after concussion...

American Academy of Neurology issues important updated sports concussion management guidelines

Posted on March 19, 2013
The American Academy of Neurology has issued important revisions to its guidelines for sports concussions in the Journal Neurology. The academy has attempted to answer the following questions: 1. For athletes, what factors increase or decrease concussion risk? 2a...

Important updates from the Brain Injury Associaton of America

Posted on March 16, 2013
Here is the latest legislative update from the Brain Injury Associaton of America: TBI Act Reauthorization 2013 On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the TBI Act, H.R. 1098, was introduced by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney, co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force...

Brain Injury in the Community

Posted on March 15, 2013
The sixth annual Brain Injury in the Community program sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of New York State features a presentation by Susan H. Connors, President/CEO of the Brain Injury Association of America. Ms. Connors and other speakers including experts in brain injury rehabilitation will showcase the issues that confront individuals with brain injury and their families across the lifespan...

New research to develop novel traumatic brain injury imaging technology

Posted on March 14, 2013
Traumatic brain injury research received an important boost this week as a result of a $60 million joint initiative between the National Football League (NFL) and General Electric (GE) whose aim is to develop novel imaging technology and other tech-based approaches to aid in the prevention, detection and management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussions...

Brain injury in the military

Posted on March 13, 2013
The latest version of BrainLine Military News, March 2013 is now available to view on line. Brainline Military is a service of BrainLine BrainLine Military is a service of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital...

Seeking Comments on the Pediatric Mild TBI Guideline Protocol

Posted on March 12, 2013
Between March 7 and April 7, the Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Guideline Workgroup is seeking public comment on a guideline protocol on diagnosing and treating pediatric mild TBI (among patients age 18 and under). Comprised of leading experts in the field of TBI, CDC Injury Center?s Board of Scientific Counselors established the Pediatric Mild TBI Guideline Workgroup to create a clinical guideline for health care professionals working in the acute care and primary care setting...

National Brain Injury Survey from Sarah Jane Brain Foundation

Posted on March 12, 2013
The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation (SJBF) and CE Outcomes have announced a national survey to identify gaps in services and research dealing with brain injury. This is a joint effort during Brain Injury Awareness Month to understand the current state of brain injury across the country and across two different clinical populations (youth/developing brain and adult/developed brain)...

Brain Injury Association of New York State, 20th annual art exhibiton-call for artists

Posted on March 12, 2013
Be a part of the 20th Annual Art Exhibit sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) BIANYS has issued a call for New York State artists for the 20th Annual BIANYS Art Exhibit. This year, the show will take place in Albany from April 8-12, 2013...

New York Brain Injury Attorney, Shana De Caro named to judicial screening committee

Posted on March 11, 2013
Congratulations to my partner, New York Personal Injury Attorney, Shana De Caro for her appointment to the newly formed Judicial Screening Committee of the New York State Academy of Trial Attorneys. Shana will be one of 15 statewide representatives to the committee...

More proof that ?mild? traumatic brain injury is anything but mild

Posted on March 10, 2013
Scientific evidence is being to accumulate to establish the permanent consequences of mild traumatic brain damage, long referred to as the ?invisible injury?. In research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health at the Human Brain Lab located at the Medical College of Gerogia, scientists have been able to capture in real time, the damage to brain cells that takes place following a concussion...

Simple blood test may detect brain damage in athletes even from subconcussive blows to the head

Posted on March 09, 2013
New research from The Cleveland Clinic and the University of Rochester suggests that even sub concussive blows to the brain may cause long term brain injury and can be detected by a simple blood test. The researchers found that cumulative trauma to the head cause a brain protein to leak into the blood stream following a head injury...

Please attend Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capital Hill

Posted on March 08, 2013
Just a reminder that March 13, 2013 is Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill. The Brain Injury Association of America is working with the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force to plan an important day to provide needed information to members of Congress and their staff on the far reaching and multi-faceted issues facing persons with brain injury and their families...

Living with brain injury-New Program Sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of New York State

Posted on March 05, 2013
The Brain Injury Association of New York State and Transitions of Long Island are sponsoring a program ?Living with Acquired Brain Injury-Factors Linked to Successful Recoveries? on Sunday, March 10 from 9am - 3pm to be held at North Shore University Hospital, Rust Auditorium, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY The keynote address is scheduled to be delivered by Lee Woodruff, co-author of In An Instant, the story of her family's journey to recovery following the TBI her husband sustained in Iraq...

Distinguishing Traumatic Brain Injury from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted on February 26, 2013
Attempts are being made at the New York University School of Medicine to distinguish Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Frequently there is overlap between the symptoms caused by both of these conditions and clinicians often must rely on self-reports from patients...

Educating Schools & Students on Brain Injury and Concussion

Posted on February 25, 2013
The George Washington University School of Higher Education is sponsoring a three credit course this summer from July 15?19, 2013 focusing on educational issues and pediatric traumatic brain injuries. This five-day, multi-disciplinary institute is open to graduate-level students in the fields of education, counseling, psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, law, and related therapies...

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