This week has been a busy one for lawyers involved with sports-related brain injury lawsuits. Early this week the NCAA and former players accusing the league of endangering the safety…
ReadRecently a patient was referred to us for ongoing rehabilitation from an excellent acute medical rehabilitation hospital in neighboring state. He had made some recovery from his severe anoxic brain…
ReadWith school only a few weeks away, student athletes are already heading into training for the fall season. With the widespread coverage of the NFL’s concussion rates and litigation, many…
ReadNew research claims that a battery of three tests are able to detect 100 percent of concussions that occur during a football game and assumedly any similarly brutal sporting event.…
ReadThis morning, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Sidney Rice announced his retirement from the NFL at the age of 27, after seven seasons in the league. Many sourced are indicating the…
ReadIt wasn’t too long ago that the last state in the nation signed concussion protocols for school age children into effect and already California has raised the bar with a…
ReadRecently, NeuroNotes has featured a number of editorials on the problems related to funding for brain injury services. The piece of the iceberg which remains unseen is the true lifetime…
ReadThe common concussion is typically thought to be of little risk, but a new study published in Neurology shows that even mild traumatic brain injury can cause brain damage, including…
ReadIn a perfect world all treatment options for brain injuries would be equal and available for patients in need. Unfortunately that is often not the case. Individuals with brain injuries…
ReadDr. Ruwan Jayatunge has been a frequent contributor to our blog, NeuroNotes. His experience includes work as a psychiatrist in Sri Lanka specializing in the treatment of traumatic brain injury…
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