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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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What's wrong with the Rams?

Posted on August 06, 2010
Today's on line issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch contains a troubling post quoting the coach of the Ramns describing the head injury received by running back Keith Toston. Coach Spagnola described Toston as feeling "a little fuzzy" after a hard hit...

ABC Launches New Prime Time Series Examining The Mystery of the Brain

Posted on August 05, 2010
ABC News has announced a new primetime series, ?Nightline Prime,? which premieres Thursday, August 19 examining the mystery and science of the brain. Each installment of Secrets of the Mind will focus on a different research area, including love?s impact on the brain, medical emergencies involving the brain, violence and the brain, and food and the brain...

No free pass for the NFL when it comes to brain damage

Posted on August 04, 2010
My readers know that for many years, I have commented on the NFL's poor record when it comes to concussions and traumatic brain injury. Not only has the league set the wrong example for those engaged in youth sports but the league has consistently refused to honor its obligations to those players who have received tragic brain injuries in the past...

Summer edition of Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Newsletter now available on line

Posted on August 01, 2010
The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs...

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Save the date: Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on July 31, 2010
The third Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury will be held on June 13-June 15 2011 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Two earlier conferences were held in 1999 and 2006. The Interagency Conference on TBI, sponsored by a consortium of federal agencies and advocacy groups, brings together clinicians, researchers, consumers, and policy makers to share cutting-edge advances in TBI research and clinical care...

Brain Injury Association of Delaware Annual Confernce and Call for Presentors

Posted on July 30, 2010
The Brain Injury Association of Delaware has issued a "Call for Programs" through Aug. 20 for its 20th annual conference which will be held on March 23-24, 2011 at the University of Delaware. The conference committee is seeking presentation proposals that relate to this year's theme, "Journey of Purpose...

Consumer Public Safety Commission Announces Pool and Spa Kids Safety Education Effort

Posted on July 29, 2010
Halfway through the summer swimming season, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has seen news reports of more than 210 child drowning and non-fatal submersion incidents in pools and spas around the country since Memorial Day Weekend. In an effort to reduce these preventable incidents, CPSC and partners Safe Kids USA and the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA) joined forces to introduce a new kids safety education program...

How the military is responding to soldiers in the vegetative state. Some lessons for insurance companies.

Posted on July 29, 2010
USA Today has a front page story on recent military efforts regarding the treatment of victims of brain trauma who are in the vegetative state For Troops With Brain Trauma, A Long Journey Back . The story provides an indepth analsyis on the emergence of brain injury survivors from the vegetative state, the first stage of recovery following a coma and sheds some light on this promising area of research...

Can we rely upon the NFL to protect the future health of players?

Posted on July 29, 2010
The Forida Times-Union has an important editorial today, "NFL-When Cheering Ends" that concludes with the profound statement that?someone needs to protect the future health of players?. The question is who is that ?someone?? I have serious doubts if players and their families can truly rely upon the league to provide this vital protection...

New guidelines recommend MRI in place of CT for diagnosis of stroke

Posted on July 28, 2010
After reviewing the relevant literature, a panel of neurologists, neuroradiologists, and radiologists has concluded that diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI is superior to noncontrast computed tomography (CT) scans, which are the current imaging standard, for diagnosing acute ischemic stroke within 12 hours of symptom onset...

When it comes to brain injury-Can the NFL really be trusted?

Posted on July 28, 2010
Yesterday?s New York Times ran a front page story ?NFL Toughens Warning on Risks of Head Injury?. The story by Times reporter, Alan Schwarz was a very insightful look at the NFL?s new attitude on the long-term risks associated with concussions. The Times reported that the league is requiring all teams to post a new poster alerting players to the long term dangers of a concussion and finally admitting that concussions can cause mental and behavioral changes as well as physical disability...

New report on Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on July 27, 2010
I just came across an important report prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America on Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury. The report is entitled, Increasing Awareness about Possible Neurological Alterations in Brain Status Secondary to Intimate Violence, by Mary Car, OTD, OTR/L, Information and Resource Manager, Brain Injury Association of America...

Important message from Brain Injury Association of America

Posted on July 27, 2010
The Brain Injury Association of America has sent the following important legislative request for support of legislation presently pending before the Senate Appropriations Committee for funding of brain injury rehabilitation programs. Tell your Senators to Bolster Funds for Brain Injury Programs! On Thursday July 29, 2010, the Senate Appropriations Committee will consider a draft version of a Fiscal Year 2011 Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS) bill...

The Brain Injury Association of

Posted on July 26, 2010
The Brain Injury Association of America has announced the following upcoming webinars: August 5, 2010, 3 ? 4 p.m. ET join Jeff Bazarian, MD, M.P.H., and Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center for ?Biomarkers,? a part of the Mitch Rosenthal Memorial Lecture Series...

New Test To Detect Brain Injury Being Developed

Posted on July 25, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has reported on a major effort soon to be undertaken by the U.S. Department of Defense for the investigation of brain injury bio markers. The bio markers may be able to detect the presence of brain injury through the use of a blood test...

Brain Injury Association Legislative Update

Posted on July 25, 2010
The following legislative update has been prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America: Appropriations Update On Thursday, July 15, 2010, the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies voted to approve a FY2011 draft spending bill...

NFL and Players' Union report safety study on football helmets

Posted on July 24, 2010
The associated press reports that the NFL has just completed results of a study sponsored by the league and the players? union. The study concludes that modern helmets meet all national safety standards, though it stressed that no helmet can prevent concussions and more studies are necessary...

New study finds that traumatic epilepsy following head trauma can develop years later

Posted on July 24, 2010
A new study published in this week?s medical journal, Neurology (July 20 issue) finds that traumatic epilepsy can develop years after brain trauma takes place. "Not only do combat veterans with a penetrating traumatic brain injury have high rates of epilepsy, but the development of epilepsy can occur decades after their lesion," said lead researcher Jordan Grafman, a senior investigator at the U...

New Federal Government Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Web Site

Posted on July 23, 2010
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has launched a new brain injury resource web site. The website offers a wealth of valuable information to the public on issues of interest to individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their families...

Tennessee Athletic Association Adapts New Concussion Policy

Posted on July 22, 2010
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has adapted a new concussion policy for coaches, athletes, parents and officials for the upcoming school year. The association wants officials at every member school to know the symptoms and what steps to take when a student displays signs of a possible concussion...

New York State on the way to pass concussion prevention and education legislation

Posted on July 08, 2010
The New York State Senate has passed legislation to establish the Head Injury Awareness and Prevention Act. The Act creates several programs that will improve early intervention and response of coaches and parents by educating them on the proper evaluation and management of concussions...

New rules may make it easier for veterans to obtain compensation for post traumatic stress disorder

Posted on July 08, 2010
The New York Times reports today that the Department of Veteran Affairs is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D.) to receive disability benefits, a change that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam...

Bicycle recall

Posted on July 08, 2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,today announced a voluntary recall of t Eastside Fix Bicycle Forks distributed by Campus Cruisers LLC of Boulder, Colo. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product...

Sensors to measure traumatic brain injury in military

Posted on July 07, 2010
A $17 million U.S. army contract has been announced by a Phoenix company, BAE Systems that will enable the company to introduce sensors that perform head-borne energy analysis and diagnose war-related brain trauma among soldiers returning from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq...

Upcoming brain injury conferences

Posted on July 05, 2010
Jul 28-30 2010 Alaska Brain Injury Conference Anchorage, AK further information Sep 10-11 25th Annual Hike For Brain Injury Awareness Colorado Springs, CO further information Sep 17-18 Understanding and Dealing with Behaviour Problems Following Brain Injury London, United Kingdom further information Oct 6-8 NASHIA and NABIS Joint Meeting Minneapolis, MN further information Oct 7-9 23rd Conference on Legal Issues in Brain Injury Minneapolis, MN further information Oct 14 Cognitive, Behavioral, and Physical Rehabilitation Approaches After TBI Kingston, NY further information Oct 20-21 28th Annual Brain Injury Association of Colorado Conference Colorado Springs, CO further information Oct 22 9th Annual Neuro-Rehab...

Pentagon issues new brain injury detection directives

Posted on July 04, 2010
NPR reports that the Pentagon has issued a new directive ordering better tracking and treatment of mild traumatic brain injuries in war zones, including a mandatory 24-hour rest period for any soldier exposed to a nearby blast. The new policy, which has been in development for months, also requires soldiers who have suffered three mild traumatic brain injuries, to have a complete neurological assessment done before returning to the battlefield...

Therapuetic value of music following a brain injury

Posted on July 03, 2010
Thanks to the Dana Institute and their publication, Brain in the News for providing a tip to a web site exploring the use of music in brain injury rehabilitation. Researchers at the Music and Neuorimaging Laboratory are investigating the educational and therapeutic value of music...

Swimming Pool Safety Prevents Drowning and Brain Injury

Posted on July 02, 2010
Drowning in swimming pools and sps are a leading cause of traumatic brain injury in our children. There are simple steps that pool owners need to take to prevent this needless injury. They include, constant vigilance around pools. fences, drain covers and door alarms...

Congress urges better care for brain injured war veterans

Posted on July 02, 2010
In a letter to the secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) and a bipartisan group of Veterans' Affairs and Armed Services committee members urged stronger coordination and better follow up on traumatic brain injury (TBI)...

Parents support concussion awareness and injury prevention programs despite low level of knowledge concerning the dangers of concussions

Posted on July 01, 2010
A recent poll released by C.S. Mott Children?s Hospital, Michigan, found that only 8% of parents have ?read or heard a lot? about the risks of repeat concussions in school sports, while 36% of parents knew nothing about the topic. Despite the low level of knowledge that parent?s have regarding concussions, the poll results also show that parents are clearly worried about concussions and brain injury and would support programs designed to improve concussion awareness and the safety of student athletes...

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