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Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog

Information, news and legal updates for individuals and families who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
By Bruce Stern

Post Frequency: 5.1/day

Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 10:02:10

House Resolution 1216 Passes Unanimously in US Senate

Posted on February 18, 2008
I cannot stress enough the importance of safety in order to prevent a traumatic brain injury from occurring. From bicycle helmets to caution in adolescent athletics, it is our job to assist in the prevention of injuries so that less of us have to feel the devastating effects caused by brain injuries...

Brain Injury Association - New Jersey Moves Offices

Posted on February 18, 2008
I am pleased to announce that the Brain Injury Association - New Jersey will be relocating its offices as of March 1, 2008. The new address for the Brain Injury Association - New Jersey is 825 Georges Road, Second Floor, North Brunswick, NJ 08902...

Soldiers Heading to Iraq & Afghanistan Should Undergo Neuropsychological Testing

Posted on February 15, 2008
As has been reported, our servicemen and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have continued to sustain blast injuries which have resulted in traumatic brain injury. Unfortunately, when our soldiers returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, they encountered difficulties in obtaining needed cognitive treatment...

Skiier Recovers After Near Fatal Crash

Posted on February 14, 2008
A colleague of mine, and fellow blogger, John McKiggan of Arnold Pizzo McKiggan located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, sent me link to his blog with a very interesting and inspiring article featuring Dave Irwin, a Canadian Olympic skier, and the story of his struggle to survive a brain injury...

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Appellate Court Rejects Attack on Neuropsychological Testing

Posted on February 13, 2008
Last week, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a decision rejecting a defense attack on the objectivity of neuropsychological testing. The Court held, that the defendant’s argument was totally without merit. In the case, DiBartolomeo v...

Fatigue Following Brain Injuries

Posted on February 12, 2008
For the readers of my blog, those who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and those involved in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, the issue of fatigue following traumatic brain injury is not a new topic. I was pleased to read in this month’s issue of The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation that the entire issue, edited by Wayne A...

West Orange Rehabilitation Center Offers Hope to Returning Soldiers

Posted on February 11, 2008
The Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, New Jersey has been offering hope to the families of wounded soldiers returning home from service overseas. The Institute has been aiding service men and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan from across the nation...

Brain Crane Project

Posted on February 06, 2008
The Brain Injury Association of America has started a new project in order to raise awareness of brain injures in the United States for the upcoming 2008 Brain Injury Awareness Month in March. Deacon Patrick Jones from Colorado is initiating the Brain Crane Project for Brain Injury Awareness Month...

Brain Injury and ALS

Posted on February 04, 2008
I recently read a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology (2007: 166 (7): 810-816). In the study, the authors looked at the connection between head injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig’s disease)...

Battle Concussions Tied to Stress Disorder

Posted on February 02, 2008
I found a recent article in the New York Times addressing the link between traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder in our service men and women returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine is the military’s first large-scale effort to gauge the effect of mild head injuries that some experts worry may be causing a host of undiagnosed neurological deficiencies...

Intro To The Brain

Posted on January 30, 2008
I recently found an interesting tool on the National Geographic website, which has a quick and helpful interactive introduction to the human brain. The tutorial explains in simple terms the brain's anatomy, some common diseases, and which parts of the brain are stimulated by smells, light, sound, romance, and other stimuli...

New Treatment Can Clear Brain Clots

Posted on January 29, 2008
A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping brain damage before permanent and lasting harm is caused. The drug, Penumbra, is newly approved and is the latest in a series of inside-the-artery attempts to boost recovery from a stroke...

fMRI Scanning in Traumatic Brain Injuries

Posted on January 24, 2008
The information learned from fMRI scanning is certainly breathtaking. I recently read another interesting article with regard to the use of fMRI with patients who sustained a traumatic brain injury. This article published in the archives of General Psychiatry/Volume 60 (No...

Bush Releases Billions More for Vets

Posted on January 18, 2008
Yesterday, President Bush released $3.7 billion in emergency money for veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan at the request of Congress last month. President Bush states that he believed the money should have been initially included as part of the year's normal appropriations...

Neuropsychological Evaluation In The Diagnosis And Management of Sports-Related Concussions

Posted on January 16, 2008
A recent issue of the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology contains a National Academy of Neurology position paper on the use of neuropsychological evaluation in the diagnosis and management of sports-related concussion. Authored by Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Grant L...

Bob Woodruff '83 receives prestigious award from NCAA

Posted on January 15, 2008
In the time since Bob Woodruff, ABC News Correspondent since 1996 and host of World News Tonight, suffered a traumatic brain injury while on assignment in Iraq, he has dedicated his life to raising awareness of the devastating effects of brain injuries...

Veterans to use UT brain scanner for closer look

Posted on January 14, 2008
The United States Department of Veteran's Affairs plans to use the University of Texas' brain scanner in a new $4.2 million program in hopes of being able to study and treat hard-to-detect brain injuries sustained by veterans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 20,000 servicemen and women have already suffered traumatic brain injuries and other mental health problems, causing a variety of crippling symptoms including inability to concentrate, emotional instability and depression...

Arthritis Drug May Provide Relief For Alzheimer's Patients

Posted on January 11, 2008
Below is an extraordinarily promising article involving a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The drug, Enbrel - commonly used to treat arthritis, in recent tests has shown to reverse the effects of Alzheimer's Disease in just minutes. Enbrel is believed to assist those with Alzheimer's by delivering the same relief the drug offers arthritis patients...

Brain-trauma study looks to war injuries for answers

Posted on January 10, 2008
Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan recently received over $775,000 to study why so many troops are coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan with brain injuries caused by roadside bombs. Assistant Professor, Dr. Pamela VandeVord, is heading up the new research at Wayne State...

New gene identified for condition that causes blood clots in brain

Posted on January 08, 2008
A study out of St. Paul, Minnesota recently reported that a new gene is linked to cerebral venous thrombosis, which is a condition that causes blood clots in the veins of the brain and can lead to stroke. The condition is most prevalent in younger and middle-aged females...

Hidden TBI Affects More Than 30 million Americans

Posted on January 03, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 5.3 million people (2% of the U.S. population) live with a life-long disability as a result of TBI. Research suggests that for every person hospitalized with a brain injury, three to five others who are injured do not receive any care at all...

Brain Injury Basics for Families: 2008 Schedule

Posted on January 02, 2008
The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey has scheduled several sessions of Brain Injury Basics for Families to be held over the next few months. The goal of these sessions is to: Provide an overview of brain injury, including definitions and the rate of incidence Provide information on the effects of brain injury on families, including the stages of grief family members experience Provide information about the common consequences of brain injury: cognitive, physical, and emotional Provide information about strategies families can utilize and tips for caregivers Provide information on resources available through the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey and agencies throughout the stateEach session will be hosted by Peggy DiTommaso, MSW...

Understanding Behavior in Children & Adolescents with Brain Injury

Posted on December 19, 2007
The Children & Adolescents Committee of the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey presents a free educational session intended for parents and school professionals. Participants will learn the basics of why children and adolescents with brain injury experience behavioral issues, what those behaviors look like, and how they are a way to communicate feelings and frustrations...

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey Receives Excellence Award

Posted on December 18, 2007
I am pleased to announce that, at the recent Brain Injury Association of America Leadership meeting, the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey received the Award of Excellence for Communications for organizations with a budget above $250,000. The honor was based on the submission of Returning to Work After Brain injury: An Information and Resource Guide for New Jersey's One-Stop Centers, written by BIANJ staff members Judi Weinberger, Rita Stindlberger, and former employee Samantha Caetano...

Brain injuries more common in men

Posted on December 12, 2007
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare published a new report stating that men are two thirds more likely to suffer from a traumatic brain injury than women. The report shows that one in every 45 people suffer from an acquired brain injury, and more than two thirds of those suffering are men...

Word Memory Test

Posted on December 12, 2007
I recently received some back issues of Brain Injury, the Official Research Journal of the International Brain Injury Association. In both the March and April 2007 issues, there were three studies regarding the Word Memory Test and effort in mild traumatic brain injury patients...

Brain Injury Community Mourns the Passing of Charles W. Haynes

Posted on December 11, 2007
The Brain Injury Community mourns the passing of Charles Walter Haynes, Brain Injury Association of America Board Chairman and long-time advocate of the brain injury community. Charles Haynes started his life as an advocate for persons with brain injury and their families after his daughter, Bonnie, was injured in a car accident in 1979...

10 Myths of Brain Injuries - Myth 10

Posted on December 07, 2007
Myth 10: Mild TBI is not disabling. This myth has been rejected by the National Institute of Health. In its consensus statement, NIH writes that the consequences of TBI include a dramatic change in the individual’s life course, profound disruption of family, enormous loss of income or earning potential and large expenses over a lifetime...

Concussions Put College Players in Murky World

Posted on December 03, 2007
I found a very interesting article in last week's New York Times addressing the recent rise in brain injuries in college football. Three major injuries across the country at various schools within the past month have generated national attention as to whether or not the overwhelming pressure to return to the game too quickly after suffering a brain injury can have lasting, and devastating, effects on a player's health...

10 Myths of Brain Injuries - Myth 9

Posted on November 30, 2007
Myth 9: Mild TBI is not permanent. Over and over again defense doctors testify that everyone who sustains a mild traumatic brain injury gets better; that mild traumatic brain injury is not a permanent condition. This simply is untrue. Dr. Alexander has pointed out that at one year after injury, 10 percent to 15 percent of mild TBI patients have not recovered...

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