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.

LATEST BRAIN INJURY HEADLINES:

Concussions have been ignored for years-now is the time to take them seriously A fascinating OP ED in the New York Times asks the important question, why are we now for the first time taking concussions seriously? The OP ED by Deborah Blum reveals the following warning in October of 1928 in the Journal of the American Medical Association: “There is a very definite brain injury due to single or repeated blows on the head or jaw which cause multiple concussion hemorrhages. ... The condition can no longer be ignored by the m... Information on transitioning from different levels of care. Thanks to the Brain Injury Association of New York State's quarterly newsletter, Brain Power for alerting me to an announcement by the United Health Fund (UHF) concerning the launching of a new web based resource, "Next Step in Care" which provides useful information to families regarding transferring a patient from one level of care to another. The site is designed to held family members and health care providers to ensure safe and smooth tran... A wake up call for those who think that patient's in a coma have no thoughts In what can only be described as ground breaking research, the New England Journal of Medicine this week reports on new findings concerning the ability of individuals in the "vegetative state" to know and appreciate their condition. Previous studies have shown that the rate of misdiagnosis is approximately 40 percent. The study out of Belgium discusses a case of 29 year old man who was diagnosed as being in the vegetative state following injuri... President Obama Proposes Level Funding for Federal TBI Programs in Next Year's Budget The Brain Injury Association of America reports that the 2011 budget released yesterday by President Obama contains level funding for the HRSA state grant brain injury program. With many programs in the federal budget being either cut or eliminated completely, it is encouraging that the administration has realized the importance of traumatic brain injury funding. But, with TBI being a national health epidemic, keeping funding a current levels is ... Mind and Brain Web Resource I recently came across an interesting web site on the mind and the brain sponsored by Scientific American. The site contains articles, podcasts, videos and slide shows on different aspects of the brain. Visit the site: Mind and Brain Science News.

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