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View Post: Football Concussions and Brain Injury - Minnesota Traumatic Brain ...
6 hours ago by becky  
Repeated concussions and sub-concussions (”build-up” effect from repeated blows to the head) incurred during the play of football over a long period can result in CTE. The brain changes in CTE include scarring of brain tissue, ... As time goes by, statistics will continue to support that brain injuries occur in contact sport participants and that the injuries can be compounded. What if you add a car accident to an old football injury or vice versa — the effects multiply. ...
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View Post: Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors' blog: New Ways to Diagnose ...
11 Nov 2009
Regular concussions are typically caused by direct impact to the head, such as in a fall, or acceleration injuries, as in car accidents. In contrast, blast-induced brain injuries can include both of these factors as well as one that is unique to ... But scientists have recently begun using a variation of MRI known as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to detect damage to the brain's white matter--the neural wiring that connects cells--after mild traumatic brain injury. ...
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View Post: Los Angeles Catastrophic Injury Attorneyv – Make Sure You Have One ...
19 hours ago by Ben Pate  
About two percent of the people who suffer from a traumatic brain injury will need assistance for the rest of their life. When a person considers that these injuries occur because of falls, car accidents, assaults, and hitting the head, ...
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View Post: Richard Alexander » Traumatic Brain Injuries Change Lives Forever
27 Oct 2009 by richard  
When actress Natasha Richardson died from a brain injury that she sustained on a beginner ski slope, her death brought brief attention to head injuries. She was not wearing a helmet, and some observers asked whether a helmet would have ...
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View Post: Suspend Your Disbelief...the real world is not welcome here. - How ...
4 hours ago by fourleggedfish  
A long-term effect of traumatic brain injury?” “Yes,” Foreman replied. “But no. It's more complicated than that.” Wilson swallowed, listing other, more dire possibilities on a notepad in his head. He almost didn't ask, “TBI-induced psychosis? ... Then there's the brain injury itself, and the skull fracture to consider. And the later concussion, possible injuries sustained in the incident with Lyamone, withdrawal symptoms from medications, psychological stressors. ...
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View Post: New Ways to Diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury
Chicago Personal ...
17 Nov 2009 by admin   ...
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View Post: WFU
Scientists: Born or Made
9 hours ago by pascla9   ...
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View Post: Traumatic Brain Injuries Kill Two in Separate Indianapolis ...
13 Nov 2009
Within a day of each other, two Indianapolis men have died after suffering traumatic brain injuries. On November 11, David Jansen was fatally injured. Jansen was working on a large piece of equipment when his head got caught in the machine. ... Further investigation may determine the cause of these traumatic brain injury fatalities and whether litigation is or is not appropriate. In contrast, there are many auto accidents, maritime accidents, slip and falls, ...
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View Post: The Way of the Brain
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22 Nov 2009 ...
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View Post: New Bill Makes Insurance Coverage for TBIs Mandatory in Oregon
16 Nov 2009
Traumatic brain injuries can happen when there is any trauma to the brain. This can occur when someone hits his or her head, like in a fall, or when the head is shaken or jostled around, like in a whiplash injury. ...
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