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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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Albany, New York Brain Injury Program to Explore Return to Work Issues

Posted on February 07, 2010
The Brain Injury Association of New York State is holding an information and discussion session exploring return to work issues following a brain injury on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the Sanford Town Library in Colonie, New York...

Living with a brain injury-Long Island Brain Injury Program

Posted on February 06, 2010
The Brain Injury Association of New York State in conjunction with North Shore University Hospital and the brain injury rehabilitation program, Transitions of Long Island is sponsoring a program on Sunday, March 21, 2010 from 9 AM to 3:30 PM at Rust Auditorium, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York to explore the life long issues of living with a traumatic brain injury...

Concussions have been ignored for years-now is the time to take them seriously

Posted on February 06, 2010
A fascinating OP ED in the New York Times asks the important question, why are we now for the first time taking concussions seriously? The OP ED by Deborah Blum reveals the following warning in October of 1928 in the Journal of the American Medical Association: ?There is a very definite brain injury due to single or repeated blows on the head or jaw which cause multiple concussion hemorrhages...

A wake up call for those who think that patient's in a coma have no thoughts

Posted on February 05, 2010
In what can only be described as ground breaking research, the New England Journal of Medicine this week reports on new findings concerning the ability of individuals in the "vegetative state" to know and appreciate their condition. Previous studies have shown that the rate of misdiagnosis is approximately 40 percent...

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Pediatric Brain Injury: New Web Lecture

Posted on February 03, 2010
The Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) has announced a new web based lecture to he held on February 12, 2010 dealing with issues pertaining to pediatric traumatic brain injury. Description of Lecture: In this lecture, the basic principles of age at the time of brain injury and their considerations as they apply to clinical management will be reviewed...

President Obama Proposes Level Funding for Federal TBI Programs in Next Year's Budget

Posted on February 02, 2010
The Brain Injury Association of America reports that the 2011 budget released yesterday by President Obama contains level funding for the HRSA state grant brain injury program. With many programs in the federal budget being either cut or eliminated completely, it is encouraging that the administration has realized the importance of traumatic brain injury funding...

It's time that all ski areas require helmets

Posted on February 01, 2010
Helmets reduce the risk of head injury for skiers and snowboarders by 35 per cent, according to a study released today by the University of Calgary?s faculty of medicine. The article, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, also suggests there's no evidence a helmet increases the risk of neck injury...

Leading Brain injury Researcher Tells Congress: Keep Kids Out For At Least 3 Months Following a Concussion

Posted on February 01, 2010
At today?s continued congressional hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee on concussions in sports, Dr. Bennet Omalu, co-founder of the Brain Injury Research Institute at West Virginia University recommended that football players under 18 should not return to play for at least three months following a concussion...

Brain Injury Awareness Day Program Scheduled for Capital Hill

Posted on February 01, 2010
This year?s Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill is set to take place on March, 17, 2010. The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) will be unveiling their 2010 legislative agenda and encouraging the grassroots community along with state affiliates to participate in advocating for increased TBI Act appropriations, increased access to care, federal and state level concussion legislation, increased TBI research, military coverage of cognitive rehabilitation and caregiver assistance...

More support for school sport concussion legislation

Posted on January 31, 2010
The New York Times carries a story in today's edition, States Taking the Lead Addressing Concussionsreporting on events scheduled to take place during next week's Super Bowl to promote state legislative initiatives to curtail the risk of concussions in school sports...

Rhode Island and Connecticut consider concussion safety legislation to protect school age children

Posted on January 30, 2010
Rhode Island jand Connecticut joins the growing list of states considering legislation to protect school aged children from dangerous return to play decisions which expose them to further injury following a concussion. The proposed Rhode Island legislation would require any student athlete who gets hit in the head to receive written clearance from a licensed health-care professional who has training in treating concussions...

Trauma and the development of epilepsy

Posted on January 29, 2010
Their is a strong association between head trauma and the development of post traumatic epilepsy. Reports of this association go all the way back to the Roman empire and it is now well established by the medical literature. Traumatic epilepsy can develop hours, days, weeks, months or even year following brain trauma...

Caution in administering traditional neuropsychological tests to individuals whose native language is spanish

Posted on January 28, 2010
An online article on the site of the International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) advises caution in the administration of traditional neuropsychological assessments to spanish speaking individuals. Many of the traditional tests the authors conclude are not capable of being properly translated into Spanish because of various nuances in the spanish language...

International Brain Research Foundation Celebration in New York City

Posted on January 27, 2010
The International Brain Research Foundation (IBRF) has announced its Fifth Anniversary Celebration of Excellence in Brain Research and Treatment that will take place on Thursday, 7PM, February 25, 2010, at the Penn Club in Manhattan, NY. The International Brain Research Foundation will be honoring U...

NFL Players Association holds first concussion committee group meeting

Posted on January 26, 2010
The Associated Press reports that the NFL Players Association held their first meeting of the recently formed formed Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee in Florida today. The group includes professional athletes, past and current NFL players, doctors and researchers...

Text Messaging by Truckers Banned by Federal Government

Posted on January 26, 2010
Accidents caused by the dangerous driving of truckers leads to many traumatic brain injuries. The U.S. government today announced a ban on hand-held "texting'' by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement the prohibition takes effect immediately...

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey to hold annual event

Posted on January 20, 2010
On Tuesday, March 10, 2010, the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey will present its 2010 Gala at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, New Jersey. The Gala will celebrate more than a quarter century of service as well as honor individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing the quality of life in for victims of brain injury in New Jersey...

Concussion-Brain Injury-Brain Damage: The words we use do matter in the way that the injury is perceived

Posted on January 18, 2010
I have given many lectures in the past concerning public perceptions of traumatic brain injury, discussing that the words we use have a great impact upon how members of the public perceive the severity and consequence of a traumatic brain injury. We learned many years ago from the Harris Poll study commissioned by the Brain Injury Association of America that the public perceived a "head" injury and a "brain" injury in very different ways...

Congress to look into football and concussions for a third time-My Suggestions

Posted on January 07, 2010
The House Judiciary Committee has just announced that it will hold what is billed as a forum rather than a hearing to exam the handling of brain injuries in high school and college sports on February 1 in Houston, Texas. No witnesses and no agenda have been announced...

Concussion Education Must Extend Beyond Schools-Must Include Summer Camps As Well

Posted on January 07, 2010
A recent letter to the editor in the Boston Globe, Summer camps must also be vigilant in safeguarding kids about raises a very important point, concussions happen in many locales and concussion education needs to be extended beyond schools to summer camps as well...

Brain Injury Association of America Announces New Web Seminars

Posted on January 07, 2010
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has announced three upcoming webinars on TBI case management, assistive technology and cognitive rehabilitation research. Information on each topic and how to register is included below. Please note that payment must be received by noon the day prior to the webinar...

Comprehensive injury fund needed for brain injured boxers

Posted on January 06, 2010
A story appears in today's Las Vegas Review Journal on the need to set up a comprehensive fund to provide medical benefits for injured boxers. Apparently under Federal law each state must have a fund to provide medical benefits to boxers injuured in the ring, but there are no mandatory minimum benefits and no mandatory services that must be provided...

Reactions to the ridiculous statement of Dr. Casson-Time to investigate his competence

Posted on January 06, 2010
The medical profession is beginning to speak out against the outrageous statements made Dr. Ira Casson the former chair of the NFL Committee studying mild concussions in football. Casson testified earlier this week that there is no proven link between football head injuries and brain disorders...

Who is protecting our youth from concussions?

Posted on January 06, 2010
A great editorial appears in today's New Jersey Star Ledger urging greater action to protect those engaged in youth sports from the dangers of concussions. Who is protecting our youth? asks the Star-Ledger. Turns out the answer is no one! Pointing to the need for better education of coaches and trainers (the Star-Ledger points out that minimal training is provided to coaches where the emphasis is protection against law suits rather than player protection), the need for uniform standards on the State and Federal level and the importance of pre-season base line testing, the editorial deserves reading by all policy...

Is the NFL still living in the stone age? Judiciary committee needs to change the rules!

Posted on January 05, 2010
Give me a break! I couldn't believe the testimony rendered at yesterday's congressional hearing in Detroit on player safety in the NFL and youth sports from the former chair of the NFL Committee on mild concussions. While the jurisdiction of the House Judiciary committee may be limited when it comes to high school and college sports, they can change the mentality of the game by changing the rules when it comes to the right to sue for disability caused by antiquated and dangerous policies that jeopardize the health and safety of players...

New tinnitus treatment

Posted on January 04, 2010
Tinnitus, loud, persistent ringing in the ears, is a frequent complaint following traumatic brain injury. Unfortunately in the past, treatment of this condition as proved to be very difficult with limited success. Recent advances in the use of music to reduce the effects of tinnitus have been met with a great deal of success...

Ginkgo found ineffective in preventing memory loss

Posted on January 03, 2010
According to a study published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the supplement GINKGO do not provide any help in preventing memory decline or decline in any other cognitive task. "Compared with placebo, the use of G...

Information on transitioning from different levels of care.

Posted on January 03, 2010
Thanks to the Brain Injury Association of New York State's quarterly newsletter, Brain Power for alerting me to an announcement by the United Health Fund (UHF) concerning the launching of a new web based resource, "Next Step in Care" which provides useful information to families regarding transferring a patient from one level of care to another...

Mind and Brain Web Resource

Posted on January 02, 2010
I recently came across an interesting web site on the mind and the brain sponsored by Scientific American. The site contains articles, podcasts, videos and slide shows on different aspects of the brain. Visit the site: Mind and Brain Science News.

On day before NFL Congressional Hearings-New York Times Editorial Needs to be Heeded: My Thoughts on What Needs to be Done

Posted on January 02, 2010
On Monday, Congress is scheduled to hold further hearings in Detroit Michigan on the NFL and its approach to traumatic brain injuries. In Sunday's New York Times, an editorial appears "Dangerous Game" commenting on the state of the NFL and its past history of concussion management...

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