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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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Brain Trauma Foundation to Sponsor On Line Brain Injury Lectures

Posted on June 03, 2008
The Brain Trauma Foundation which promotes current guidelines for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and the intra cranial pressure monitoring of patients who have sustained severe brain injuries, has announced a series of on line lectures dealing with the multiple aspects of brain injury including mild traumatic brain injury, nutrition support in acute brain injury, hypotermia as a treatment following brain damage, current clinical trials following a traumatic brain injury and the development of seizures and epilepsy following a traumatic brain injury...

New Brain Injury Book To Be Featured on NPR

Posted on May 27, 2008
National Public Radio's Diane Rehm Show to Feature New Brain Injury Book On Tuesday, May 27, at 11 am EDT, nationally-recognized talk show host Diane Rehm will interview Susan Connors, Brain Injury Association of America president/CEO, and Michael Mason, author of Head Cases, the compelling compilation of individual stories of brain injury and its aftermath...

Brain Injury Legislative Update

Posted on May 26, 2008
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has issued the following legislative update which they have requested that I share with you: After a busy week focused on a variety of legislation, including unsuccessful efforts to achieve final passage of the war supplemental appropriations bill and a budget resolution conference agreement, Congress is now in recess until Monday, June 2, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday...

Seizures and Strokes

Posted on May 23, 2008
Seizures may be a sign of significant brain injury, and may occur in patients that experience any type of stroke. A new study finds that stroke patients with ensuing seizures are more likely to die in the 30 days following stroke than patients without seizures...

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Employment rights for veterans with disabilities

Posted on May 22, 2008
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, publishes a guide titled, "Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)" which contains information for veterans about the employment rights of individuals with disabilities...

Traumatic Brain Injury: Call for Abstracts

Posted on May 21, 2008
The North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) has announced that they are the accepted articles for publication in conjunction with their Sixth Annual Conference on Brain Injury October 2-4, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The articles will be published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation...

New MRI Technique Detects Subtle Brain Injuries

Posted on May 20, 2008
A new MRI technique which can detect subtle brain injuries has been reported in the May issue of the Archives of Neurology. Researchers at the Texas Southwestern Medical Center say they can detect diffuse axonal injuries which can occur when suddenly stops moving, such as during a motor vehicle crash, and axons are damaged or deformed...

Brain Injury and the Problems in Life

Posted on May 19, 2008
Traumatic brain injury has long been known as the "invisible injury" and the multitude of those suffering from it's consequences have been referred to as the "silent epidemic" An important web cast exploring these issues will take place this Thursday, May 22nd from 2pm to 3:30pm EDT entitled ?Unidentified TBI: The Importance of Finding Those Who ?Get Lost? and Those ?Not Found?...

Brain Injury Legislative Update

Posted on May 16, 2008
The following legislative update was prepared by the Brain Injury Association for next week: Dear Advocates: Defense issues are expected to be the focus of legislative activity next week, as the Senate plans to debate the war supplemental bill, while the House plans to consider the fiscal 2009 defense authorization bill (H...

Refractory Epilepsy Seminar in New York City

Posted on May 13, 2008
The New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy foundation FACES (Finding A Cure For Epilepsy) has announced that registration is now open for the final Evening Lecture which will be held on Monday, June 16, 2008. Dr. Lara Marcuse will speak on the topic of "Refractory Epilepsy?...

Ancient Incas Perform Neurosurgery!

Posted on May 12, 2008
Over at Mindhacks, a report on a fascinating article on the recent archaeological discovery of numerous ancient Incan skulls of which over 1 in 6 showed signs of trepanation - an ancient form of brain surgery where a hole was drilled in the skull. The archaeologists make some fascinating inferences about the purpose and success of these operations: Andrushko and Verano argue that the Incas performed trepanation primarily to treat head injuries incurred during battle, because the holes are most often found at the front of the skull to the left, consistent with injuries caused by a right-handed opponent during...

Brain Injury Legislative Update

Posted on May 11, 2008
The following is the Legislative Update supplied by the Brain Injury Association of America for this week: Dear Advocates: Two weeks remain until Congress leaves for Memorial Day recess, and legislative activity is expected to center on efforts to pass a war supplemental spending bill as well as potentially achieving progress on a fiscal 2009 budget conference report...

National Neurotechnology Initiative Act

Posted on May 11, 2008
The National Neurotechnology Initiative (NNTI) Act, was introduced in Congress to foster new discoveries and accelerate the development of new and safer treatments for brain injury and nervous system disorders Designed to increase the speed at which discoveries reach the market, the NNTI employs targeted increases in funding to improve Federal research coordination and ease bottlenecks that inhibit the development of treatments for brain-related illnesses...

Epilepsy Summer Camp Scholarships

Posted on May 10, 2008
FACES (Finding a Cure For Epilepsy), sponsored by the NYU Compehensive Epilepsy Department, is once again offering children affected by epilepsy the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful summer camp experience. Families with a demonstrated financial need can visit the Faces website and apply for a select number of scholarships towards tuition at camps around the country...

Traumatic Brain Injury TBI in Iraq War Veterans Explored by MIT's Technology Review Magazine

Posted on May 09, 2008
Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, has been labeled the signature injury of the Iraq War. Estimates of the number of soldiers who have experienced concussions while deployed range as high as 20 percent. The long-term implications of TBI are unclear, and no treatments exist to cure long-lasting symptoms...

Brain Injury In the Elderly

Posted on May 08, 2008
Of the 1.4 million Americans who receive a traumatic brain injury each year, the hospitalization and death rate is highest for individuals over the age of 75 with injuries stemming primarily from falls and automobile accidents, according to the National Center for Health Statistics...

Frustrations of a Brain Injury Survivor

Posted on May 05, 2008
Victims of brain trauma face constant frustration with the accommodations that are made available to them. Frustration abounds because assistance for brain injured individuals is not supplying a wheel chair, crutches or other means of physical assistance...

New Developments in Sports-Related Concussion Conference

Posted on May 04, 2008
The University of South Florida, College of Medicine has just announced their program for a sports-concussion conference entitled "New Developments in Sports-Related Concussion Conference" scheduled for July 24-25, 2008 at The Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

Army Vets Not Receiving Adequate Care According to Audit of Veteran's Affairs

Posted on May 03, 2008
The Associated Press reports that a report of the VA's inspector general found that many Iraq war veterans with traumatic brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of government pledges to do so...

Brain Injury Association of America: Legislative Update

Posted on May 02, 2008
The Brain Injury Association of America has requested that I post the following summary of this week's legislative activity. This week marked a major legislative victory for the brain injury community, as President Bush officially signed into law legislation reauthorizing the TBI Act (S...

New York Attorney, Michael Kaplen Elected to Board of Directors of Prestigious New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Posted on April 29, 2008
I am pleased to report that I have been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the prestigious New York Academy of Trial Lawyers. The Academy is a statewide association made up of the leading trial attorneys in New York State dedicated to preserving and improving the civil justice system...

Traumatic Brain Injury Act Signed into Law

Posted on April 29, 2008
Late Monday, the President signed the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act into Law. S. 793, the "Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008," authorizes appropriations and makes changes to the Department of Health and Human Services programs that provide grants for State programs for: tracking and reporting of brain injuries; and brain injury rehabilitation...

19 % of Returning Iraq Service Members Suffer From Traumatic Brain Injury New Study Reports

Posted on April 28, 2008
A new study by the RAND Corporation reports that 19 percent of returning service members report that they have experienced a possible traumatic brain injury and nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan ? 300,000 in all ? report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression...

Epilepsy Seminars in New York City

Posted on April 27, 2008
Epilepsy and seizure disorders frequently develop as a result of a traumatic brain injury or a traumatic head injury. These disorders may develop in the days, weeks or even in the first year following a head or brain injury. New York University's Department of Epilepsy continues its "EVENING EPILEPSY LECTURE SERIES"...

Brain Injury Legislative Update

Posted on April 26, 2008
The following information has been posted at the request of the Brain Injury Association of America: Dear Advocates: After legislation to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act successfully passed Congress on April 10, the bill still needs to be considered by the President for his signature into law...

Brain information lesson plans

Posted on April 20, 2008
Thanks to the Dana Press, Brain in the News for tipping us off to a web site that has developed lesson plans for teaching middle school aged children about the Brain. Topics include: Anatomy of the Brain Protecting the Brain The Nervous System Neurons Meet a Neuroscientist The site was developed by Ms...

Brain Injury Federal Legislative Update

Posted on April 18, 2008
The Brain Injury Association of America has requested that I circulate the following legislative update concerning brain injury legislation and other important brain injury related matters occuring on capital hill this week: Dear Advocates: After legislation to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act successfully passed Congress last week, the bill still needs to be considered by the President for his signature into law...

Brain Injury Survivor Web Site of the Month

Posted on April 15, 2008
Thanks to the Northeast Center for Special Care for alerting us to their web site of the month. This month they feature a web site entitled Canine and Abled created by brain injury survivor Kimberly Carnevale. Ten years ago Kimberly Carnevale was an accomplished professional equestrian and an Olympic hopeful...

Wrestling Association to Institute Concussion Management and Awarness Program

Posted on April 14, 2008
I just received word from my friend, former WWE star Chris Nowinski and the Sports Legacy Institute the the Wrestling Association is about to institute a concussion management and concussion awareness program. At a mandatory meeting for all performers in early March WWE performers took a computerized neuropsychological testing protocol, which evaluates such things as memory, cognitive skills, and reaction time...

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey Announces Annual Conference

Posted on April 13, 2008
The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey will be holding its annual conference on May 14 and May 15, 2008 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Eatontown, NJ. The two day event is entitled, Brain Injury--Reconnecting Mind and Body. The brain injury association states that the objective of this conference is to provide current information on brain injury recovery, specific to rehabilitation, research and therapies...

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