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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: April 01, 2011 at 11:31:19

Happy New Year to All

Posted on January 01, 2010
Please accept my best wishes for a happy new year to all. The Brain Injury News and Information Blog was started four years ago and now has over 1,100 posts. I have derived a great deal of satisfaction in being able to disseminate important information to the brain injury community and to spread the word about the the public health crisis of brain injury...

Ski Helmets Increasing in Popularity: More Brain Injuries are Prevented

Posted on January 01, 2010
The New York Times reports today that helmet use by skiers and snowboarders has dramatically over the last several years with now approximately 50% of all participants using head protection. I remember several years ago when I approached the ski industry association on behalf of the Brain Injury Association about colloborating on a head injury and helmet awareness program and was met with a great deal of resistence...

Can the brain feel other people's pain?

Posted on December 29, 2009
If you've ever thought that you literally feel other people's pain, you may be right. A brain-imaging study suggests that some people have true physical reactions to others' injuries. Using an imaging technique called functional MRI, UK researchers found evidence that people who say they feel vicarious pain do, in fact, have heightened activity in pain-sensing brain regions upon witnessing another person being hurt...

More evidence that Progesterone has protective effect on brain cells following brain trauma

Posted on December 27, 2009
There is more published evidence to suggest that progesterone (PROG) can protect brains from the chemical reactions that take place immediately following a traumatic brain injury and result in substantial reduction in brain swelling and brain cell death...

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New brain injury protection to Oregon student athletes

Posted on December 26, 2009
Athletes in Oregon schools have some new protections against concussive related injuries under a new law that takes effect on January 1st, This new legislation requires coaches of school athletic teams to receive annual training to recognize the symptoms of concussion...

New NFL Criticism-This time it's concussions and football helmets

Posted on December 24, 2009
The National Football League again faces renewed criticism in its treatment of brain injuries. This time critics are casting suspicions on the league?s committee on concussions and the drafting of new helmet safety standards. According to the New York Times, many say the committee is engaging in junk science, using incomplete date and proceeding despite major conflicts of interest with helmet manufacturers...

NFL Acknowledges Long Term Effects of Concussions and Commits One Million Dollars to Brain Injury Research

Posted on December 22, 2009
Following years of denial, the NFL has finally acknowledged that concussions can have long lasting effects. This acknowledgment comes as the National Football League also announced a donation of One Million Dollars to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the University of Boston...

More Congressional NFL Concussion Hearings Scheduled for January

Posted on December 17, 2009
One hour ago the Associated Press reported that The House Judiciary Committee is holding a second hearing on concussions in football on Jan. 4 in Detroit. This hearing is a second session following testimony and a hearing held in October. Interestingly on the list of witnesses for this session is neurologist Ira Casson...

Suffolk County, New York Legislature Passes Concussion Legislation--More Thought Needed Before This Bill Becomes Law

Posted on December 17, 2009
This past tuesday the Suffolk County, New York legislature unanimously approved legislation which would require county-contracted youth sports agencies to develop a written policy to address incidents of a possible or actual concussion or other head injury among participants, provide parents with head injury information and prevent athletes from returning to play until they are medically cleared...

NCAA Recommends New Concussion Rules

Posted on December 16, 2009
According to a late breaking story on the Associated Press: An N.C.A.A. panel is recommending a rule to help improve the handling of concussions that would sideline an athlete for at least the rest of the day if he or she loses consciousness or shows other worrisome symptoms during competition...

New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Services Council Meeting Agenda

Posted on December 14, 2009
The quarterly meeting of the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Services Council (TBISCC) which I am honored to chair will take place tomorrow beginning at 10:30 AM at the offices of the New York State Department of Health located at 161 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, New York (just outside of Albany) The agenda for this meeting is a presentation by Patrick Donohue, founder and executive director of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation...

NFL to begin airing public service announcements on concussion awareness

Posted on December 10, 2009
Thanks to Mark Maske?s NFL News Feed in the Washington Post for tipping me off to an NFL public service announcement about concussion treatment and management that is scheduled to begin airing on television networks this Thursday. The 30-second spot was approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is to debut Thursday during the league-owned NFL Network's telecast of the Steelers-Browns game, officials said...

We need to protect brains and prevent further brain damage in these players who refuse to protect themselves

Posted on December 10, 2009
Do as I say, not as I do, that must be the mantra of the NFL and many of their players. Here is an amazing story reported in USA Today concerning Eagles running back Brian Westbrook who returns to team practice following TWO concussions within weeks of each other and who has no memory of the knee to the head he took in the first concussion...

Congratulations to BrainLine

Posted on December 10, 2009
Congratulations to BrainLine for receiving the Best in Class Award, the highest award in the Health/Nutrition Category, from Interactive Media Council, Inc. The IMC recognizes excellent web design and development with their Interactive Media Awards. Over the last several years, my partner, brain injury lawyer, Shana De Caro and I have worked with BrainLine to provide information to persons facing the legal hurdles of traumatic brain injury...

The dangers of public misconception about concussions

Posted on December 10, 2009
A column in today?s Washington Post, When it comes to concussions, young men will play now, pay later, points to the important need to better educate players, spouses and parents about the dangers associated with concussions. From years of watching players just shake off a head trauma, to popular films that depict concussions and even comas as no big deal with a full recovery promised, the public has come to believe that a concussion is nothing to worry about...

View NFL Public Service Concussion Video

Posted on December 10, 2009
Wow, four posts in one day, is a lot, but the brain injury news keeps happening. I have finally been able to get a hold of the NFL concussion video public service announcement that will be aired for the first time tonight. You can view it for yourself at the NFL News blog...

New Jersey Family Seminars for Brain Injury Information

Posted on December 09, 2009
The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey has announced a series of free seminars that will be held throughout New Jersey during 2010 which are intended to provide important information to families about traumatic brain injury and available resources...

New research on memory-how it is formed, where it resides within the brain

Posted on December 06, 2009
Researchers have long known that the brain houses different memory in different locations and that there are different types of memories within the brain. It is much more complicated then just the concept of long term memory or short term memory and involves memories of events,memory of facts...

New legislation introduced in Senate to protect high school athletes with concussions

Posted on December 05, 2009
The movement to insure the safety of high school athletes who may have sustained a concussion has received a boost under legislation introduced yesterday in the United States Senate. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced legislation in the Senate to create a grant program that would help ensure proper prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sports-related concussions in U...

NFL New Concussion Policy Still Doesn't Go Far Enough

Posted on December 03, 2009
The NFL announced last evening new concussion policies regarding when it is appropriate to allow a player to return to play. Unfortunately these new policies while acknowledging the dangers of concussions and the need to keep a player out of the game until they have fully recovered, they fail to take into account all of the subtle signs of concussions and the mentality of players who try to minimize and mask their condition...

NFL to tell teams to keep players out following any concussion or suspected concussion

Posted on November 30, 2009
The Associated Press reports that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will tighten the restrictions on returning to play following a concussion or a suspected concussion. Citing information obtain by Fox Sports, it is reported that Goodell will issue a memo this week to all 32 teams expanding grounds for the removal of a player with a head injury or concussion...

A thanksgiving prayer

Posted on November 26, 2009
On this thanksgiving day, let us pray that all brain injuries that are preventable are prevented and that all those in need of treatment for their brain injuries receive the treatment they deserve. Let us remember in our hearts and prayers all those who have been victims of traumatic brain injury and pray for their recovery...

Heads of NFL Concussion Committee Quit

Posted on November 25, 2009
In the latest development concerning implementation of a new concussion policy by the National Football League, the co chairpersons of the league?s brain injury committee have resigned. In newspapers this morning, it is reported that the panel?s co-chairs, Dr...

More evidence that those previously thought to be in a vegetative state are capable of conscious awareness

Posted on November 24, 2009
There is more evidence that those previously thought to be in a vegetative state and incapable of appreciating the world around them, do have conscious thoughts and are aware of their surroundings. The New York Times reports about a car accident victim who was thought to be in a deep coma for 23 years...

Can cinnamon extract prevent cell death following a traumatic brain injury?

Posted on November 23, 2009
The United States Department of Agriculture reports on new research being conducting on the use of cinnamon extracts to prevent cell death following a traumatic brain injury. According the department, the researchers have reported findings that the cinnamon compounds studied prevented isolated brain cells from swelling, one of the many abnormal conditions resulting from traumatic brain injury and stroke due to impaired blood flow to the brain...

NFL to require "independent" medical examinations following concussions--will they truly be independent?

Posted on November 22, 2009
FOX Sports has reported an important new policy development in the NFL policies toward concussions. According to FOX, the NFL will now require teams to retain the services of independent neurologists and neurosurgeons to assess players following a concussion or head injury...

Is it time that NFL fire the head of its concussion committee?

Posted on November 22, 2009
According to the New York Times and AP, the National Football League Players Association has called for the removal of Dr. Ira Casson as co-chairman of the league's committee on concussions, saying that he is too biased to lead research efforts and fails to appreciate the dangers inherent with the post concussion syndrome...

A refreshing bit of honesty about concussion management

Posted on November 20, 2009
USA Today reports a refreshing bit of honesty regarding the manner in which sports concussions have been treated in the past with the NFL. The article reports on information obtained by the Huffington Post in which former Packers VP Andrew Brandt questioned whether he had acted appropriately to combat the effect of concussions during his stint with the team...

Congratulatons to ThinkFirst on receiving distinguished service award from Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Posted on November 20, 2009
Congratulations to the ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation `which was recognized as a leader in injury prevention by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). CNS presented the 2009 Distinguished Service Award to the ThinkFirst Foundation at the CNS Annual Meeting of over 2,000 neurosurgeons in New Orleans...

Nearly 20 percent of professional football players fail to report their concussion symtoms according to an AP study

Posted on November 19, 2009
A study sponsored by the Associated Press reports that nearly 20 percent of professional football players have hidden the fact that they sustained a concussion or down played their concussion symptoms. The AP concussion study interviewed a cross section of NFL players, talking to five players on each of the 32 teams, which amounts to approximately 10 percent of all players...

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