Nine Innings of Brain Safety
Summer means baseball! While baseball is one of the most popular sports in the U.S., it is also becoming highly publicized because of catastrophic impact injuries from contact with a ball or a bat....
View ArticleEvery Concussion is Brain Damage
As football season gets underway, a growing concern in the game is the danger of concussions, and it’s not by chance. The number of annual injuries suffered to the head is on the rise and the danger...
View ArticleMake a Call. Save a Life.
A family is mourning the death of an Indiana University freshman who died before she ever attended her first college class. Rachael fell down the basement stairs while attended an off-campus house...
View ArticleFamily Faces The Reality and Injustice of Arbitrary Caps
The auto mechanics class at Seminole Ridge High School has been shut down while the School District investigates two accidents that seriously injured students working on vehicles. In September, Dustin...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Treatment: Healing the Brain with Magnets
The most common cause of severe head injury in the civilian population is an auto accident, yet those in the military, are three times more at risk of traumatic brain injury, even in peacetime. Even...
View ArticleTreatment for Traumatic Brain Injury Could Be On The Horizon
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) can happen to anyone – a child or professional playing football, someone riding bike, someone who slips and falls or has been in a car accident. Over the past decade,...
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An Issue No One Can Afford To Punt
More than 4,500 former athletes, some suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s, or depression, accused the NFL of concealing the long-term dangers of concussions and rushing injured players back onto the...
View ArticleNational Brain Injury Awareness Month Is A Perfect Time To Promote Bicycle...
According to the Brain Injury Association of America, more than 2.4 million children and adults in the United States sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Whether the victim is an adult, a child, or...
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Mom Spreads Warning After Son Nearly Dies Two Days After Fall Off Bike
While slow in coming for most of us, it seems the warmer weather may finally be upon us. The days are getting longer, birds are chirping, and the sun is shining more, and school is nearing the end....
View ArticleBe AmoebAware!
While the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says the chances of becoming infected by the single-celled organisms known as Naegleria folweri are rare, recent deaths may indicate that it isn’t rare enough...
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