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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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Brain trauma and Alzheimer's disease

Posted on November 28, 2010
"One of the most robust environmental risk factors ever identified?and most consistently identified?for Alzheimer?s disease is head injury," says Dr. Samuel Gandy, Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. This finding has grave implications for those who have suffered brain injuries, and, in particular, military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan...

CNN to air special concussion report on Saturday morning

Posted on November 24, 2010
On Saturday morning, November 27 from 7:30AM ? 8:00AM, CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta will host a special report on concussion injuries in sports. Dr. Gupta will hear first-hand what a concussion feels like from the perspective of three former NFL players, and reports on the troubling data that appear to show evidence of brain damage associated with multiple concussions...

Pop Warner Youth Football League To Require Written Medical Clearance Before Player With Concussion Allowed To Return to Play

Posted on November 19, 2010
The nation's oldest and largest youth football organization, Pop Warner has announced that it will now require written medical clearance before allowing a player who has suffered a concussion to return to play. In a statement to the Associated Press,, Jon Butler, Pop Warner?s Executive Director is reported as saying, "It takes all the pressure off a coach...

Academy of Physical Medicine Urges More States to Pass Concussion Legislation--We need to go further

Posted on November 11, 2010
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) has announced its full support for legislation in each state similar to Washington State's Zackery Lystedt Law to protect young athletes from brain injuries. The Washington law requires medical clearance before any youth suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury be permitted to return to practice or competition...

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Signs and Symptoms of Concussion

Posted on November 09, 2010
Yesterday's post contained recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology concerning what to do if you suspect a concussion has taking place while engaged in a sporting activity. Here is a list of common symptoms of a brain injury (concussion)...

American Academy of Neurology Issues New Sports Concussion Recommendations

Posted on November 08, 2010
This week the American Academy of Neurology issued revised recommendations for the managing sports concussions. The Academy has made the following recommendations: 1- Any athlete who is suspected to have suffered a concussion should be removed from participation until he or she is evaluated by a physician with training in the evaluation and management of sports concussions...

New York Attorney Courses on Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on October 28, 2010
On November 8th and November 9th, I will be presenting courses for attorneys on the legal and medical aspects of traumatic brain injury. These courses are sponsored by the New York Stata Academy of Trial Lawyers and can be attended by all attorneys. On November 8th, the course will be presented from 5:30-7:30 PM at the University of Buffalo Law School On November 9th, the course will be presented from 12 Noon-2:00 PM at MCBA, One West Main Street, 5th floor...

November Brain Injury Conferences

Posted on October 26, 2010
Here's a quick run down on brain injury conferences scheduled for the month of November Nov 1-2 Brain Injury Association of Ohio Annual Conference Columbus, OH 614-481-7100 click here Nov 2 Brain Injury Association of Vermont Annual Conference Burlington, VT 802-244-6850 click here Nov 4-6 11th Annual Neuroscience of Brain Injury: Research Informing Medical Treatment and Legal Practice Napa, CA click here Nov 13 How to do Cognitive Rehabilitation London, United Kingdom click here Nov 17-19 21st Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference Vancouver, BC Canada 604-984-6448 click here

Let's take a long hard look at the NFL and their policy when it comes to brain injury

Posted on October 24, 2010
Today's Daily News contains an interview with me conducted by award winning reporter, Michael O'Keeffe following my return from the Sport's Legacy Institute Award Dinner in Boston. The Institute presented an award to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The story is entitled: Local expert says NFL, Roger Goodell have 'moral responsibility' to protect players from concussions...

Third Annual Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on October 21, 2010
Save the date: The Third Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury is scheduled to take place from June 13-June 15, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The Interagency Conference on TBI is sponsored by a consortium of federal agencies and advocacy groups including the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration in addition to the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and brings together clinicians, researchers, consumers, and policy makers to share cutting-edge advances in TBI research and clinical care...

Let's require mandatory ski helmets for kids

Posted on October 20, 2010
The best cure for a traumatic brain injury is prevention. For many years I have addvocated mandatory requirements for helmet use while skiing. In a recent editorial the Denver Post has joined the call for mandatory ski helmet use in children. I have reproduced the editorial below from the September 3rd issue of the Denver Post: Ski season will soon be upon us, and with it concerns about safety on the slopes...

Sports Legacy Institute Awards Dinner

Posted on October 20, 2010
This evening I will be in Boston, Mass. attending the Sports Legacy Institute's 3rd Annual Impact Awards dinner. This year the recipient of the Sports Legacy Award will be NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell who will be honored for the NFL?s new advocacy and educational programs on youth sports concussions including: In partnership with the CDC, airing public service announcements promoting concussion awareness during NFL games Establishing a comprehensive concussion awareness program, including a coach training video, for USA Football Urging 44 governors to pass legislation similar to Washington State?s Lystedt Law, designed to protect young athletes from concussion risks, which...

New information material now available on shaken baby syndrome prevention

Posted on October 19, 2010
The New York State Department of Health's Bureau of Injury Prevention has announced that new and updated Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention materials are now available. The informational brochure has been updated with a new design and additional information...

NFL must take decisive action against death hits

Posted on October 19, 2010
Over the past weekend we have seen a frightening number of helmet to helmet contacts in professional football, not surprisingly resulting in brain damage to the players involved. Did anyone bother to tell these players that this is football they are playing and not boxing? I was honored to be interviewed on this brain carnage by Mark Kriegel of Fox Sports who wrote a story which was published on line today entitled, NFL needs to change violent culture...

Smoke Alarms can save your life: 10 Basic facts about smoke alarms

Posted on October 18, 2010
Smoke alarms are the residential fire safety success story of the past 25 years. As the most effective early warning device for fires, smoke alarms can mean the difference between life and death in a fire. By detecting and alerting people to fire in its early stages, these devices give them the time needed to escape safety...

New web site features information for dealing with traumatic brain injury in children

Posted on October 17, 2010
In partnership with the Teaching Resource Institute at Western Oregon University, BrainLine has announced a new portal, BrainLine Kids, a new feature of their web site created specifically for those who support children with traumatic brain injury. BrainLine Kids features information from signs of concussion in children to support for students with TBI in the classroom...

Emergency fluid therapy shown not to improve outcome following traumatic brain injury

Posted on October 16, 2010
The largest clinical trial to date of out-of-hospital hypertonic resuscitation shows it does not improve outcomes after traumatic brain injury. The disappointing results call into question the idea of emergency-response fluid intervention. "While this does not preclude a benefit from such treatment were it administered differently," the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium investigators report, "at present there appears to be no compelling reason to adopt a practice of hypertonic fluid resuscitation for traumatic brain injury in the out-of-hospital setting...

Can a blood test detect mild traumatic brain injury?

Posted on October 16, 2010
USA Today reported yesterday that Army researchers are reporting that they have found a simple blood test that can be utilized to diagnose brain damage associated with a concussion or a mild traumatic brain injury. "New test can spot mild head trauma" Concussions and mild traumatic brain injury are difficult to diagnose because many of the symptoms associated with this condition may take days or even weeks to develop...

The brain needs time to rest following trauma

Posted on October 15, 2010
NPR has produced a story on the need for the brain to rest following a concussion. A few months ago, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced that troops near a bomb blast must be removed from combat for 24 hours and must be checked for traumatic brain before returning to combat...

Changing the way broadcasters glorify violence in football may assist in reducing concussions

Posted on October 14, 2010
Changing the mentality regarding concussions in sports involves more than educating coaches, players and parents. It also involves changing the way broadcasters deal with violent hits and their descriptions of head injuries. The associated press has a wire story on this important topic which reads in part: Football's violent nature is part of its wide appeal...

American Association of Neurological Surgeons devotes portion of web site to information on sports related brain injury

Posted on October 14, 2010
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) has dedicated a section of its website to sports-related head injuries, which contribute to about 21% of traumatic brain injuries among American children and adolescents. According to AANS, there were an estimated 446,788 sports-related head injuries treated at U...

Brain Injury Association of New York State Annual Awards Gala

Posted on October 13, 2010
On November 10, 2010, the Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) will host the third annual Journey of Hope Gala. The Gala invitation is available on the Brain Injury Association website. This year, Penny Marshall and Lorraine Bracco will again act as Honorary Co-Chairs...

Managing Sports Related Concussions-Web Seminar Tomorrow

Posted on October 13, 2010
The Brain Trauma Foundation is sponsoring a web based learning program tomorrow, October 14th from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM examing issues related to sports concussions. The program is entitled: Managing Concusions in Our Youth: Clinical and Public Health Solutions to Reducing Risk in this "Invisible" Injury...

House of Representatives passes ground breaking sports concussion legislation

Posted on September 30, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation last evening which would set federal guidelines on addressing sports related concussions in school age children. The bill would require the government to convene a conference of medical, athletic and education experts to draft guidelines that address the prevention, identification, treatment and management of concussions in school-aged children...

Boston Sports Concussion Conference

Posted on September 29, 2010
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) and the Office of Continuing Medical Education at Boston University School of Medicine, in conjunction with the Sports Legacy Institute, Boston University School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Injury Foundation of Massachusetts is presenting a conference this Friday on sports concussions...

Interstate Trucking Accident Seminar to Address Brain Injuries

Posted on September 25, 2010
I am pleased to have been invited to speak at the upcoming Litigating Truck Collision Case Seminar sponsored by the American Association for Justice in Las Vegas, NV on October 8, 2010. My scheduled topic, The Pitfalls of representing a client with a traumatic brain injury is intended to provide important information to attorneys representing clients with brain injuries in truck crash cases...

Concussion Hearing: Listen to Kaplen discuss concussions this saturday morning

Posted on September 23, 2010
This Saturday morning at 6:30 AM, I will be appearing on WOR Saturday Morning Show (radio 710 AM) News Talk Radio with Joe Bartlett to discuss today's Congressional hearing examining issues related to school-sports concussions. I believe that the show is also available by podcast...

Sports concussion conference postponed

Posted on September 21, 2010
Regrettably due to unforseen circumstances, the sports concussion management symposium which was sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of New York State and scheduled for Saturday, September 25, at St. John's University in Manhattan, has been postponed...

Congressional Sport Concussion Hearing Scheduled for Thursday

Posted on September 20, 2010
On, Thursday, September 23, the House Education and Labor Committee will examine legislation to reduce and more safely manage concussions in student athletes. The Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act would establish minimum standards in K-12 schools on concussion safety and management, including educating students, parents and school personnel about how to recognize and respond to concussions...

Chiari malformation can be caused by whiplash injuries in car accidents

Posted on September 19, 2010
A new study published in the journal Brain Injury, "Chiari and Whiplash Injury," shows that whiplash may also cause anatomical changes that can result in brain injury. This study is important evidence to establish the link between neck injury in an automobile accident and the development of a brain malformation known as a Chiari malformation...

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