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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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New Evidence That Coma Patients Feel Pain

Posted on October 08, 2008
Their is increasing research which shows that individuals in a comatose state who were previously thought to be incapable of feeling pain, are in fact aware of pain and require pain medication. Coma is a poor term to describe the various states of unconsciousness...

Drug Can Repair Brain Tissue After A Stroke

Posted on October 08, 2008
A cancer drug called bryosatatin can repair brain tissue if it is administered within 24 hours after a strike according to a recent article appearing in the Sept issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The drug is also being investigated as a treatment for reversing brain degeneration in Alzheimer's disease as well as in traumatic brain injury...

Massachusetts Brain Injury Prevention Program Seeks Speakers

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Brian Injury Association of Massachusetts is seeking speakers interested in presenting a prevention program about brain injury awareness for new teen drivers. This program is called KEYS (Keep Every Youth Safe) and more information about this program can be found at the Massachusetts Brain Injury Association website...

Coma Recovery Program

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Harvey Cushing Institutes of Neuroscience at North Shore/LIJ Health System and the Coma Recovery Association, Inc. have announced a new program entitled ?An Integrated Approach to Brain Injury Recovery? to be held on Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 8:30 a...

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Urge New York Governor Patterson To Sign Lead Paint Abatement Legislation

Posted on October 06, 2008
Lead poisoning can cause irreversible brain damage in infants, toddlers and young children. It can lead to reduced attention spans, hyperactivity and problems in school. Children exposed to lead face high risk of brain damage and developmental disabilities...

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey Walk/Cycle Event

Posted on October 04, 2008
The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey is sponsoring their 6th Annual Walk For Thought / Cycle For Safety which will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville and at Saddle River County Park in Paramus...

Dangerous child booster seats

Posted on October 03, 2008
The risk of a brain injury to a child in a car crash can be reduced by the use of child car seats and car booster seats. But, now we hear that Insurance industry and transportation researchers have cited 13 booster seats that don't put children in the best position to be protected in a car crash, but makers of the seats said their products meet or exceed federal regulations according to reports at the Associated Press...

Brain Injury Association New York State Gala Reception

Posted on October 03, 2008
The brain injury law firm of De Caro & Kaplen, LLP is proud to be a prime sponsor of the the gala benefit on behalf of the Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS). This exciting event which will honor Steven Flanagan, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU Rusk Institute, Kim Williams, Chief Operating Officer of the NFL network and Timothy Pruce, Outreach Coordinator of Advocacy and Peer Support, NY Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Program, Mt...

Neuro Ethics

Posted on October 02, 2008
I just came across a new web site dedicated to issues surrounding ethical issues in the neuro sciences. With continued focus on the brain and new technologies being developed on a daily basis, hard ethical issues need to be focused on by all of us. The University of Pennsylvania maintains a comprehensive site dealing with a wide array of ethical issues pertaining to the brain...

Brain Injury Conferences

Posted on October 01, 2008
October is shaping up to be a busy month for me. I have been privileged to participate as an invited speaker at many brain injury conferences and brain injury events to be held this month. I am on my way to New Orleans where I will be speaking on Friday at the North American Brain Injury Association (NABS) legal conference...

Culture, Ethnicity, and Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Posted on September 25, 2008
The International Brain Injury Association has just announced The First International Conference on Culture, Ethnicity, and Brain Injury Rehabilitation to be held in Washington, D.C. area, U.S.A., March 12 and 13, 2009 at the Marriott Crystal City. They have issued a Call for Abstracts with a deadline of Deadline November 1, 2008...

VA Recognizes Disability From Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries

Posted on September 24, 2008
The VA is finally recognizing that persons suffering from the effects of a mild traumatic brain injury can have permanent disabilities that impede their ability to work. This has some very important implications that hopefully will filter down to other government programs such as social security disability benefits, and workers compensation...

Long Term Recovery Following Brain Injury

Posted on September 22, 2008
Brain Injury Conference in Kingston, NY on October 2: The Northeast Center for Special Care will hold its 4th annual brain injury rehabilitation conference on Thursday October 2, 2008 at the Holiday Inn in Kingston, NY. This year?s conference theme is: Post-Acute Rehabilitation: Meeting the Challenge of Long-Term Recovery...

This week's traumatic brain injury legislative update

Posted on September 19, 2008
I am pleased to reproduce the brain injury federal legislative update prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America. In reviewing this update, I was pleased to see the call by the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force for the inclusion of brain injury rehabilitation benefits in armed forces TRICARE coverage...

Epilepsy Conference

Posted on September 16, 2008
The New York Universtiy Medical Center, Epilepsy Department's foundation, FACES (Finding A Cure For Epilepsy) will be holding its fall Epilepsy Conference on Sunday, October 26, 2008. This annual one day symposium will bring together world renowned doctors and researchers to present cutting edge information on the treatment of Epilepsy and Seizures to patients and their caregivers...

Brain Injury Legislative Update

Posted on September 15, 2008
Here is the most recent legislative update prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America which I have been requested to distribute on their behalf: Dear Advocates: Congress reconvened this week to begin its fall legislative session after a month-long summer recess...

The importance of base line neuropsychological testing for concussion management

Posted on September 14, 2008
The New York Times had a very interesting op-ed piece yesterday entitled, "Head Games" on the importance of keeping athletes who sustained a concussion from returning to play until they return to base line. The real difficulty in concussion management is determining when to allow a player to return to play...

Brain Injury Association Fall Legislative Outlook

Posted on September 06, 2008
The following fall legislative outlook has been supplied by the Brain Injury Association of America: Dear Advocates: This special Fall Outlook Special Edition of BIAA?s Policy Corner E-Newsletter contains numerous legislative updates on congressional activity which took place in the days right before the beginning of the summer recess period...

Traumatic Brain Injury and Falls: Web Cast

Posted on September 05, 2008
Falls in the elderly population is an increasing problem as the U.S. population ages. Recent statistics furnished by the CDC confirm that one of the leading causes of traumatic brain injury are falls, especially in older adults. A web cast is scheduled for Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 2:00 E$T - 3:00 EST to explore the issues of fall prevention and traumatic brain injuries...

The Lingering Effects of Concussions

Posted on September 02, 2008
An interesting article in this months Scientific American explores the lasting effects that concussions have on football players. The article cites research confirming that players who sustained three more more concussions were three times as likely to develop clinical depression and players as a group who suffered from concussions were five times more likely to develop mild cognitive impairments and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's...

Brain Damage Increases Risk For Alzheimer's Disease

Posted on August 29, 2008
Persons who have suffered brain damage as a result of a traumatic brain injury have a two to four times greater risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease. Researchers at Washington University, St. Louis and the University of Milan have concluded that the levels of a protein linked with Alzheimer's disease rise as people recover from brain injuries...

Concussions in Sports

Posted on August 28, 2008
With the start of the school year, it is important for all parents, coaches and student athletes to be reminded about the signs and symptoms of concussions and the need to take proper precautions if a concussion takes place. The Centers for Disease Control has an excellent web site on concussions in sports where you can obtain detailed information about concussions, frequent complaints following a concussion and important guidelines on concussion management and return to play decisions.

New York Epilepsy Game Day Hosted By FACES (Finding a Cure for Epilepsy)

Posted on August 27, 2008
The New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center's not for profit epilepsy advocacy group, FACES, [Finding A Cure For Epilepsy] is again sponsoring a game day to be held this year on Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 2:00-5:00pm The program will be held at the The Field House at Chelsea Piers, Between Piers 61 and 62 located at West 23rd Street and the Hudson River, New York, NY You can enjoy the soccer field, basketball courts, batting cages, trampolines, rock climbing walls, a toddler gym and more! There will also be clowns, arts & crafts, a magic show as well as...

View Neurosurgical Procedures On Line

Posted on August 27, 2008
If you are interested in neurosurgery, check out a site where you can view seventeen different neurosurgical procedures on line. Click here to view the brain operations.

Mild Brain Injuries are Difficult to Detect: NY Times

Posted on August 26, 2008
A New York Times article, "War Veterans' Concussions Are Often Overlooked", NY Times, August 25, 2008 provides some good insight into the difficulties that survivors of mild traumatic brain injury have in obtaining treatment and benefits. The invisible injury characteristic of mild traumatic brain damage is masked by the fact that an individual appears to look and sound normal...

Epilepsy and Drowning

Posted on August 22, 2008
Persons with epilepsy have a 15 to 19 times higher risk of drowning compared to the general population according to a study published in the August issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The risk was highest for people with epilepsy and a learning disability, those in institutional care and those who have had brain surgery but who were not all free of seizures...

Returning TBI Vets to Work: A New Web Site

Posted on August 21, 2008
Vocational rehabilitation following a traumatic brain injury and return to work issues cause a great deal of frustration in all survivors of traumatic brain damage. A new web site has been launched by the U.S. Department of Labor entitled "Welcome to America's Heroes at Work" that focuses on the employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)...

Employer Tips To Assist TBI Caregivers

Posted on August 20, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services New Freedom Initiative Subcommittee (NFI) has announced a Caregiver Broadcast: Innovative Employer Caregiving Programs scheduled for September 17, 2008 from 1:00 p.m.?2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The broadcast will focus on ?Innovative Employer Caregiving Programs? and include presentations from employers and other organizations that have developed and conducted successful programs for employed caregivers...

Cognitive Rehabilitation

Posted on August 05, 2008
Cognitive rehabilitation following brain injury continues to be a source of frustration to the millions of survivors of traumatic brain injury. Insurance carriers, government entities and others continue with the unpersuasive argument that there is no support for cognitive rehabilitation in the medical literature...

Paticipate in Tomorrow's Disability Forum

Posted on July 25, 2008
All those interested in the issues surrounding disability and services for those with disabilities, including traumatic brain damage should sign up for the webcast of the National Forum on Disability Issues, which will be held tomorrow (July 26, 2008) from 12:30 to 4:00 p...

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