Alaska: TBIs on the Last Frontier
This week I’ve had the pleasure of travelling throughout Alaska, conducting assessments of brain injury survivors. On Monday, I found myself near the scenic salmon runs of Seward–a popular cruise…
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Coping with Compassion Fatigue
In an insightful interview with WebMD.com’s Medscape, Dr. Charles Figley discusses compassion fatigue, a state experienced by those helping people in distress and a phenomena that affects health care workers…
ReadIn Case You Were Wondering: Cell Phones & The Brain
If you’re one of those people who suspect that holding up an electronic device to your brain for hours a day may have an effect, here’s a tidbit from Reuter’s:…
ReadAriel Sharon Update: Possible PVS for Prime Minister
Despite the odd silence that surrounds so many stroke victims, I’ve learned through various online resources that Ariel Sharon was transferred to a long-term care facility in Tel Hashomer, and…
ReadAmbien for PVS? Surprising Findings for Coma Patients
In what seems to be a serendipitous stroke of luck, researchers may have stumbled upon a medical breakthrough in coma stimulation: Before treatment with the drug, Patient L did not…
ReadThe Beauty of the Brain
Thanks to the guys at Mindhacks, I found a beautiful slide show on Flickr that offers some spectacular images of the brain up close. Neurons, synapses, and dendrites, oh my:…
ReadTraversing the States
This past week took me to the Department of Health in Des Moines, a jail in Iowa City, the VA in Minneapolis, and a high-rise in Milwaukee–all brain injury-related visits.…
ReadBlast Injuries Among Returning Veterans
The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center report that 59% of an “at risk” group of injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan for treatment at Walter Reed Hospital in…
ReadAn Effective Response to Behavior Change Following Brain Injury in Children
Children who develop behavioral problems and personality changes following brain injury can have great difficulty in their return to school, peers and family. Parents report that behavior management problems are…
ReadSmoking & Drinking Causes Brain Injury?
Add brain injury to all the other health-related woes that smokers and drinkers face over the long haul. Recent collaborations between researchers at the University of California and the Department…
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