All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Princeton Mandates Headgear For Soccer, Field Hockey

Posted on August 6th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Princeton has become the first town in New Jersey to require students who play soccer, lacrosse and field hockey to wear protective headgear, sparking a controversy in the process, according to The Times of Trenton. I don’t get it. http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/08/princeton_schools_become_the_first_in_the_state_to_require_headgear_for_soccer_lacrosse_and_field_ho.html Part of the brouhaha is over whether such headgear really..
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Ex-College Football Star Had 2 Paranoid Episodes Before Death

Posted on August 5th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Cullen Finnerty, a record-setting college football star, had two paranoid episodes that his family was aware of. He died during the second one, alone in a isolated Michigan woods May 28. Officials still don’t know how or why. Filing a Freedom of Information Act request, the Associated Press obtained access..
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Sheboygan Murder Case Spotlights TBI’s Links To Violent Acts

Posted on July 27th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A chilling murder — two 13-year-olds killing a 78-year-old woman with a hatchet and hammer — really hit home for me. First of all, the kids involved are from Sheboygan, Wis., where I grew up. I really could not have imagined something like this ever happening in my peaceful Midwestern..
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Boston Symphony Director Cancels Appearance Due To Concussion

Posted on July 22nd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The new music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra has cancelled his appearance this Saturday at Tanglewood, Mass., after suffering a concussion from an accident at his home, according to The New York Times. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/andris-nelsons-withdraws-from-tanglewood-performance-after-concussion/?smid=nytimesarts Andris Nelsons’s appearance at the music venue would have been his first since his appointment..
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Jury Awards $20 Million For Newborn Dropped On Head

Posted on July 20th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A Bronx jury awarded $20 million in a case where a security guard at a homeless shelter dropped a 4-day-old newborn on her head, the New York Post reported Saturday. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/tot_drop_kin_get_mil_lTxjYkq3qWAuqks4A2zFYK The incident happened in June 2003  at the Icahn House in the South Bronx, a shelter run by the..
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Boston Hospitals Approve Brain-Injury Treatment Without Consent

Posted on July 12th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Under federal law, scientists need to get a patient’s approval before they administer an experimental drug to him or her. But that’s not what will be happening at two major Boston hospitals According to a very interesting blog in the Boston Globe, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center will..
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Ohio State, NFL Invite Football Moms To Safety Clinic

Posted on July 5th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Football moms in the Buckeye State have a chance to get educated about concussions, all part of an effort to keep their gridiron sons safe. That’s because this week National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer invited about 600 Ohio mothers to the..
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Art Therapy Used As A Treatment For Soldiers With TBI

Posted on July 3rd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

There are all kinds of treatments for soldiers who are trying to deal with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the psychological problems that come with it. The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington has incorporated art therapy into its regimen, according to The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/helping-soldiers-with-traumatic-brain-injuries-through-art-therapy/2013/07/02/61939380-e316-11e2-a11e-c2ea876a8f30_story.html There is..
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Woman May Sue Over Brain Injury From Music Awards Accident

Posted on June 4th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Why are people so stupid? During the Billboard Music Awards, the singer Miguel took it upon himself to leap across the stage, over the audience, in a showy stunt. But he didn’t leap quite far enough. During the event, televised by ABC, Miguel landed in the crowd. His leg hit..
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Dissecting The Criminal Mind And The Brain

Posted on April 30th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The Wall Street Journal had a great story last weekend written by Dr. Adrian Raine, a professor of criminology and psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of a new book, “The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime.” http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-221713/ Raine starts out the piece by talking..
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