Archive for February, 2014
By Paul Stone On February 17th, 2014
It is easy to forget how little we know about brain injuries, including the common concussion, more accurately referred to as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). With the constant…
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By jasonmaddox On February 17th, 2014
Ben Orlando’s podcast, “History Repeating Itself,” compares football to the sport of boxing in Episode 1, Part 2: The Decline of Football and Boxing. At one time, boxing rivaled baseball…
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By Paul Stone On February 14th, 2014
For many, the highlight of the Winter Olympics is hockey. While the sport has never quite caught on in the US as it has in other, colder countries like Canada,…
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By jasonmaddox On February 14th, 2014
From the ever evolving world of Neuroscience, new research efforts revealed that scientists have identified the white matter “scaffold” of the human brain, the critical communications network that supports brain…
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By jasonmaddox On February 13th, 2014
One of the pleasures of working with brain injury survivors, for me, is when they share their journey of recovery. When the story involves the shared experiences of a family…
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By Paul Stone On February 12th, 2014
Shaun White’s fourth place Olympic finish will go down as one of the biggest disappointments for the United States at Sochi’s Winter Olympics, but four years ago White was beaming…
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By jasonmaddox On February 11th, 2014
Some of the most influential advocates for brain injury survivors are medical professionals with personal life experiences of living through brain injury. One such activist is Dr. Martin “Tony” Zink…
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By jasonmaddox On February 7th, 2014
Last Friday, two days before being honored to perform the coin toss for the 2014 Super Bowl, Joe Namath appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan show. Mr. Namath is most notably remembered…
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By Paul Stone On February 6th, 2014
The field of medicine is often considered one of the most objective out there. Medicine relies on testing and centuries of study, which have improved our understanding and ability to…
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By jasonmaddox On February 5th, 2014
I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Maria Romanas at the Missouri Brain Injury conference last Fall. Dr. Romanas has been living with a brain injury since before her entrance…
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