All posts tagged 'traumatic brain damage'

Encephalitis Leaves Princeton Artist With Amnesia

Posted on October 1st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Loni Sue Johnson with Severe Memory Loss Whenever I hear about cases of dramatic amnesia, it breaks my heart. And that was certainly the case when I read an article about Lonni Sue Johnson, a once-talented artist and musician, whose story was told  by The Star-Ledger of Newark Sunday. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/09/rare_amnesia_case_in_nj_artist.html..
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Told to Pay $8.3 Million to Brain-Damaged Girl

Posted on April 29th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

An Australia court has ordered the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain to pay $8.3 million to the family of a girl who suffered severe brain damage after eating a chicken wrap. Monika Samaan was a 7-year-old in October 2005 when she got salmonella poisoning, salmonella encephalopathy, after having a chicken meal..
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NHL Sends Out Anti-Concussion Message With Torres Suspension

Posted on April 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

It looks like the National Hockey League is trying to make an example of Phoenix Coyotes player Raffi Torres. And so it should. The NHL whacked him in the head with a 25-game suspension for taking an illegal shot at Marian Hossa, striking the Blackhawks player directly in the head..
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Ray Easterling, Who Filed An NFL Concussion Suit, Committed Suicide

Posted on April 21st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Authorities have ruled that former National Football League player Ray Easterling’s death Thursday was a suicide. Unfortunately, it’s not really a surprise. He’s just the latest in a string of former pro players who developed dementia-like symptoms in what have should been their golden years. They decided to pull a..
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Ex-NFL Star Duerson Donated His Brain For Study Before Suicide

Posted on February 20th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The life of another former pro football player, who suspected he was suffering from long-term brain damage, has ended in tragedy. In this instance it was Dave Duerson, who committed suicide last Thursday by shooting himself in the chest. He was only 50. http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/report-duerson-died-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound.html In its obituary,  The New York Times described Duerson..
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New Helmet Was A Lifesaver For Olympic Rower

Posted on July 29th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

But Helmet Didn’t Shield James Cracknell From Serious Brain Injury Doctors believe that Olympic rower/adventurer James Cracknell’s new helmet saved his life last week. Cracknell sustained traumatic brain injury after being struck by a truck while cycling in Arizona filming a documentary for Discovery Channel, his wife has disclosed to the press...
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