BRAIN INJURY LEGAL NEWS FEEDS

A traumatic brain injury, also called a TBI, is an injury to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Nearly 1.5 million cases of TBI are reported each year in this country. About 50,000 of the people who have a TBI die, and about 80,000 leave the hospital with a disability.

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Some Frightening Statistics on Football Related Concussions In a press release the American Association of Neurological Surgeons state that the annual incidence of football-related concussion in the United States is estimated at 300,000 and nearly 45,000 football-related head injuries were serious enough to be treated at U.S. hospital emergency rooms in 2009. You can read the full release by clicking here. 300,000 thousand is an awful lot of concussions and is further evidence that this is an epidemic tha... Pre-season baseline neuropsychological testing of all players must be become mandatory Concussions pose a great danger to our nation's youth and all students must have baseline neuropsychological testing at the beginning of the season in order to have a gauge to use to determine when a player who has sustained a concussion can return to play. After the concussion or suspected concussion takes place, the player needs to be retested and the results must be compared with the pre-season testing. While many teams and school districts ar... What's wrong with the Rams? Today's on line issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch contains a troubling post quoting the coach of the Ramns describing the head injury received by running back Keith Toston. Coach Spagnola described Toston as feeling "a little fuzzy" after a hard hit. Sounds like this coach and this team have come up with a new term and a way of minimizing traumatic brain injuries and concussions. Someone needs to tell this coach that feeling "a little fuzzy... Let's Help Brainline build its new web site dedicated to brain injury in children Let’s help WETA, the public service television station in Washington DC and their award winning web site Brainline build a new web site dedicated to preventing brain injury in children and providing critical information to parents, teachers, coaches and physicians. Brainline is competing for a grant from Pepsi. They need your vote on Facebook each day during August to receive a $50,000 grant to build out this site. Their proposal includes the f... Information on brain aneuysms September is brain aneurysm awareness month. A brain aneurysm which has remain silent in an individual’s brain for years can rupture as a result of head trauma and brain injury. Unfortunately, many brain aneurysms go unrecognized by the medical profession leading to rupture, brain damage and even death. Brain aneurysms can occur in anyone, at any age. An estimated 6 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm. Each yea... The New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Injury Prevention has just published their August Newsletter which contains some important information on playground safety and traumatic brain injury: Kids love playgrounds, and with the nice weather children flock to neighborhood and schoolyard playgrounds. In NYS, an average of approximately 6,000 children ages 19 years and younger are treated annually in emergency departments and 500 children... Today's Interview on WFAN-Some proposals for change in the NFL and in Schools to Prevent Brain D... Earlier today, I had the privilege of appearing on Bob Salter's morning talk show which was broadcast on WFAN. In addition to discussing the signs and symptoms of a concussion, I also has the opportunity to discuss some of my ideas on how to improve the safety of football players and all athletes. I proposed that the league prohibit teams from terminating players who have sustained brain injuries and thereby terminate all payments to that individ...

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