Gabrielle Giffords Getting Care Not Typically Offered By Insurance
One of the most disconcerting realities of Traumatic Brain Injury is getting the care covered by most insurance. What we as a nation are seeing for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is not what...
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Mysteries of the Brain
MSNBC covered a piece on brain injury recently. With reference to Congresswoman Gifford, and other notable survivors of traumatic brain injury, the story looks at the progress we have made concerning...
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Depression and Traumatic Brain Injury
Las Vegas Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog When you have depression, it’s more than feeling sad. Intense feelings of sadness and other symptoms, like losing interest in things you enjoy, may last for a...
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Brain Injury Association of Nevada
The Brain Injury Association of Nevada, a fully affiliated chapter of the Brain Injury Association of America, is up and running. Jodi Sabal, Nevada Community Enrichment Program (NCEP) Director, is...
View ArticleNew Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
Currently there are no drugs with which to treat and cure brain injury. Standard treatment is supportive: stabilizing the patient, maintaining other vital functions such as blood pressure and...
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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on Accessible Technology On Tuesday, February 7, 2012, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing...
View ArticleMarch 2012 Is Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month With all the news about the soldier in Afghanistan who suffered from traumatic brain injury which lead to his committing horrific murders please remember that March is...
View ArticleCongratulations President Obama
Congratulations to President Obama on his successful campaign for re-election. President Obama successfully passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) otherwise known as "Obamacare"...
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Brain Compensates After Injury
Injured Areas of the Brain Draw on Other Areas for Function A recent study supports the Brain’s compensating for itself after injury. I remember learning long ago that a blind person has a greater...
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The Cure for Traumatic Brain Injury? In an extensive opinion piece recently published online on Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, researchers make the case for pioneering work underway seeking...
View ArticleConcussion Research Center Established at McGill University
A new research center has been established at McGill University to study the effects of mild traumatic brain injury. The new research center will purchase a state of the Ultra High Performance MRI...
View ArticleCognitive Aging—A Report from the Institute of Medicine
Cognitive Aging—A Report from the Institute of Medicine The Institute of Medicine recently released a report entitled, Cognitive Aging: Progress in Understanding and Opportunities for Action which...
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Medivisual Guest Blog – Medical Inconsistencies in Brain Injury
| Medical Legal Educational Blog By: Robert L. Shepherd, MS, Certified Medical Illustrator, President & CEO, MediVisuals Inc. and Reid Shepherd, BA When developing demonstrative aids regarding...
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