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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Support For Students Suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury The Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) has created a program known as PROJECT LEARN (Living Education And Resource Network) which provides a great resource to students, teachers and family members to assist them in addressing the issues faced following a traumatic brain injury. Among the goals of Project LEARN ARE TO: Create and sustain competency for families and school staff in addressing challenges of children with brain injur... New York Attorney, Michael Kaplen Elected to Board of Directors of Prestigious New York State Academ... I am pleased to report that I have been elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the prestigious New York Academy of Trial Lawyers. The Academy is a statewide association made up of the leading trial attorneys in New York State dedicated to preserving and improving the civil justice system. Through grass roots efforts, legislative action and professional development it promotes the highest ethical standards of our profession and ... National Brain Injury Caregiver Conference Announced A national brain injury caregiver conference has been announced by the Brain Injury Association of America to be held on June 6-8, 2008 at the Westin Dallas Forth Worth Airport Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The conference is intended to focus on the needs of the caregiver of a person with a brain injury. Lee Woodruff and over 25 experts on all aspects of brain injury and caregiving are scheduled to attend this conference. Some of the topics include: Ge... Department of Defense Inexecusably Delays Brain Injury Screening of Reutrning Troops An inexcusable policy of delaying screening of returning troops for mild traumatic brain injury because of fears concerning the number of soldiers who potentially had post concussion symptoms was revealed today in a story in USA Today. The Pentagon wanted to avoid acknowledgment of the post concussion syndrome and its association with blast injuries. It's shocking that the stated Pentagon reason for their failure to screen returning service membe... Army Vets Not Receiving Adequate Care According to Audit of Veteran's Affairs The Associated Press reports that a report of the VA's inspector general found that many Iraq war veterans with traumatic brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of government pledges to do so. The VA Inspector General reports that "Significant needs remain unmet," In one out of four patients, the the study reports that those suffering from traumatic brain damage were not r... Frustrations of a Brain Injury Survivor Victims of brain trauma face constant frustration with the accommodations that are made available to them. Frustration abounds because assistance for brain injured individuals is not supplying a wheel chair, crutches or other means of physical assistance. Dan Windheim, a brain injury survivor has written a poem describing the frustration that he has faced in the many years since suffering a traumatic brain injury. It is a forceful message for all... Traumatic Brain Injury TBI in Iraq War Veterans Explored by MIT's Technology Review Magazine Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, has been labeled the signature injury of the Iraq War. Estimates of the number of soldiers who have experienced concussions while deployed range as high as 20 percent. The long-term implications of TBI are unclear, and no treatments exist to cure long-lasting symptoms. The cover story of the May issue of MIT's Technology Review magazine explores the symptoms of TBI in Iraq veterans through first-person interviews, ...

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