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Latest news and informaton on brain injury. concussion, coma, traumatic brain injury authored by noted legal authority on brain injury who is President of Brain Injury Association of New York State and past chair, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

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Oregon Brain Injury Program

Posted on February 14, 2009
The 7th Annual Pacific Northwest Brain Injury Conference Living with Brain Injury: Identifying the Problems - Finding Solutions has been announced by the Brain Injury Association of Oregon and the Brain Injury Alliance of the Northwest. The program will be held March 6-7 2009 with a pre conference workshp to be held on March 5, 2009 entitled Managing Challenging Behaviors The brain injury conference will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 NE Airport WayPortland, Oregon 97220 For more information or registration/brochure go to the oregon brain injury associaton web site.

Brain Injury Association Legislative Update

Posted on February 13, 2009
Here is this week's legislative update prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America: TBI and the Military: On Thursday, Congressmen Pascrell and Platts hosted a briefing featuring Col. Michael Jaffee of the Department of Defense, DOD Defense Center of Excellence (DCoE), Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center...

Long Island Head Injury Assocation Brain Injury Program

Posted on February 13, 2009
The Long Island-based Head Injury Association is hosting its annual ?Head Injury Awareness & Prevention Sports Celebrity Forum? on Thursday, March 12, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Wind Watch (1717 Motor Parkway in Hauppauge, NY). The event is free and open to the public...

Brain Injury Awareness Month Urgent Request

Posted on February 10, 2009
Help us designate March as Brain Injury Awareness Month On February 4, 2009, Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, introduced legislation that would designate March as "Brain Injury Awareness" month(H...

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Brain Injury Association Legislative Update

Posted on February 08, 2009
The following is this week's leglislative update from the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA): Former Senator Tom Daschle Withdraws His Nomination This week former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle withdrew from consideration to become the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services...

First Annual Conference on Culture, Ethnicity and Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Posted on February 06, 2009
Save the date for the First Annual International Conference on Culture, Ethnicity, & Brain Injury Rehabilitation (March 12 and 13, 2009) . A full spectrum of topics relating to the neurobehavioral, cognitive, functional, vocational, psychosocial, family and medical aspects of rehabilitation will be addressed via lectures, workshops, panel presentations, and 30 posters...

Traumatic Brain Injury Career Center

Posted on February 04, 2009
I just finished reading the latest issue of Brain Injury Professional, published by the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) and came across a very interesting advertisement concerning the establishment of an Internet based bulletin board for career information for brain injury professionals...

Coma-Vegetative State-Minimally Conscious State: How Do We Know?

Posted on February 02, 2009
One of the most frustrating aspects of evaluating individuals as they emerge from a coma is their level of awareness. An interesting article appears in this month's on line Scientific America entitled, "Understanding Consciousness: Measure More, Argue Less" The article discussed the progress in unraveling the mind-body problem and the development of new and ingenious ways to measure consciousness...

South Carolina Brain Injury Conference

Posted on January 31, 2009
The Brain Injury Alliance of South Carolina (BIASC) and the South Carolina Brain Injury Leadership Council will be having a Statewide Brain Injury Conference on Thursday, May 14- Friday, May 15 at the Columbia Conference Center, located at 169 Laurelhurst Ave...

Dept of Defense Announces Opening of Traumatic Brain Injury Outreach Center

Posted on January 30, 2009
In a news release, the Department of Defense announced the opening of a 24-hour outreach center to provide information and referrals to military service members, veterans, their families and others with questions about psychological health and traumatic brain injury...

Federal Legislative Update

Posted on January 30, 2009
The following brain injury legislative update was prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE APPROVED BY HOUSE This week the House passed their $819 billion economic stimulus bill, setting the stage for Senate action next week...

Concussions Cause Permanent Brain Damage

Posted on January 29, 2009
Adding to the evidence that concussions cause permanent brain damage, yesterday's New York Times reports on the latest findings on the effects of cumulative concussions in football players. "New Signs of Brain Daamge in the NFL" Brain damage commonly associated with boxers has been found in a sixth deceased former N...

Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Brain Injury Finds Support in New Meta Analysis

Posted on January 29, 2009
Cognitive rehabilitation after a serious brain injury or stroke can help the mind in much the same way that physical therapy helps the body, according to a new meta-analysis. Because the data suggest that treatment may work best when tailored to age, injury, symptoms, and time since injury, the findings may help establish evidence-based treatment guidelines...

Vocational Outcome Conference in Traumatic Brain Injury Announced

Posted on January 28, 2009
The 3rd International Vocational Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Conference has been scheduled for May 7 ? 9, 2009 at the The Empire Landmark Hotel & Conference Centre, Vancouver, BC CANADA. The conference sponsors have stated that the conference is "State of the art, practical, solution-focused data will be provided on rehabilitation of survivors of traumatic brain injury...

Mild brain stimulation may enhance motor skills in traumatic brain injury

Posted on January 28, 2009
A recent study holds promise for enhancing the motor skills of individuals in rehabilitation following a traumatic brain injury. Individuals in the study were significantly better able to learn and perform a complex motor task than those in control groups...

Lingering effects of a concussion seen 30 years later

Posted on January 28, 2009
A single concussion early in an athlete's career can take a toll on memory, attention and reaction time 30 years later, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday. Compared with athletes with no history of concussion, those who had sustained a concussion had memory and attention problems and had slower reaction times, researchers reported in the journal Brain...

Identifying Victims of Domestic Violence

Posted on January 27, 2009
Brain injury is a frequent finding in individuals who are victims of domestic violence. Many of the victims fail to be identified because of their reluctance to come forward and even when they are identified, their traumatic brain damage is frequently not addressed, A new study reported in the January/February issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery finds that there are distinct patterns of facial injury which occur in women who suffer domestic violence...

Post Traumatic Epilepsy: Next Wave of Brain Injury For Returning Soldiers

Posted on January 27, 2009
Traumatic brain injury has become known as the signature injury of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet it may represent just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the long-term neurological and financial costs of the wars. Speakers at the Presidential Symposium of the annual ANA meeting said that one injury that still hasn't been fully appreciated is post traumatic epilepsy...

It is far better for individuals

Posted on January 26, 2009
It is far better for individuals who suffer from traumatic brain injury to receive home based care rather than be forced to be confined to a nursing home or a rehabilitation facility. New York has led the nation in understanding that "there is no place like home" and has adapted wide ranging home based Medicaid regulations that allow for care to be rendered at home as opposed to an institution setting...

New Guidelines To Prevent Brain Damage Following A Stroke

Posted on January 25, 2009
Brain damage following a stroke is frequently preventable if proper medical intervention takes places in a timely fashion. Patients who suffer a stroke that involves bleeding between the surface of the brain and the brain tissue have a better chance of survival and reduced disability if they are treated within 24-hours ? and at a hospital that handles many brain-attack emergencies, according to updated guidelines from the American Heart Association, published today in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association...

Brain Injury Legislative Update

Posted on January 24, 2009
The following legislative update has been released today by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA): ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE APPROVED BY HOUSE COMMITTEES As many of you know, this week has been both historical and chaotic in the city of Washington...

New Emergency Room Guidelines for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on January 11, 2009
The American College of Emergency Physicians in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) revised the clinical guidelines for mild brain injuries. It is expected to lead to better patient outcomes for the more than one million patients who visit the emergency department every year for traumatic brain injury or concussion...

100 Fascinating Facts About the Human Brain

Posted on January 09, 2009
Over at Nursing Assistant Central is an interesting post entitled 100 Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About the Human Brain. The post provides some interesting factoids about the brain which warrants a look.

Long Term Study to Determine Most Effective Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injuries

Posted on January 08, 2009
11 health-care facilities in the United States and Canada that will share a $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify the most effective rehabilitation therapies for traumatic brain injuries. The five-year study will collect detailed records on more than 2,300 patients nationwide who have suffered moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries...

Treatment Involving Deep Brain Stimulation For Patients With Advanced Parkinson Disease Provides Benefits--

Posted on January 07, 2009
Patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) who received deep brain stimulation treatment had more improvement in movement skills and quality of life after six months than patients who received other medical therapy, but also had a higher risk of a serious adverse events, according to a study in the January 7 issue of JAMA...

Sports Concussion Management Highlighted in Times Story

Posted on January 07, 2009
A story in yesterday's New York Times, Roethlisberger?s Injury Highlights Nerve Center for Head Trauma highlights the work of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's sports concussion management program. The concussion management team has spent more than 10 years developing the computer-based neurological test now used by hundreds of high school, college and N...

Brain Injury Association--Year End Legislative Update

Posted on December 24, 2008
The following update was prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America: As this year comes to a close, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) would like to thank you for your support during 2008 - a year which included many accomplishments in advocacy on behalf of individuals with brain injuries and their families...

Drowning--New Swimming Pool Safety Requirements

Posted on December 21, 2008
Drowning and near drowning are a leading cause of death and brain injury. Many of these unfortunate incidents could be presented if swimming pools had proper anti-drowning drain covers and suction cut off devices installed. These covers and suction cut off devices are designed to prevent children from being caught in the swimming pool drain as a result of strong suction Under a new federal regulation which took effect on Saturday, public swimming pools and hot tubs are required to install special devices that will prevent drain suction from trapping children under water...

Nursing Home Rating Scale

Posted on December 20, 2008
The quality of care rendered in nursing homes has always been of interest to me. In addition to representing victims of traumatic brain injury, De Caro Kaplen, LLPalso represents victims of nursing home abuse including patient?s who have sustained decubitus ulcers (bed sores), falls and brutality in nursing homes...

International Brain Injury Association World Conference--Save the Date

Posted on December 19, 2008
The International Brain Injury Association has announced its 8th World Congress on Brain Injury to be held March 10 - 14, 2010 in Washington, D.C., USA. This is the first time that the association is holding their annual conference within the United States...

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