Tracy Morgan: The Long Road Back to Laughter
I watched Tracy Morgan’s first interview since sustaining his brain injury along with other physical injuries almost one year ago when a Wal-Mart semi-truck crashed into his limo. Morgan got…
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Ray Ciancaglini Has the Heart of a Champion
Written by Rolf B. Gainer, PhD and M.J. Clausen, LPC We recently had the opportunity to interview Ray Ciancaglini about his work in preventing brain injuries from sports, specifically injuries…
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Written by Rolf B. Gainer, PhD and M.J. Clausen, LPC We recently had the opportunity to interview Ray Ciancaglini about his work in preventing brain injuries from sports. Ray reflected…
ReadA Champion for Prevention: Ray Ciancaglini
Life takes people down some interesting streets. Last month, I was participating in the 2015 Washington State Traumatic Brain Injury Conference when I met Ray Ciancaglini. Ray is a retired…
ReadAnother Son Lost: Football, CTE and Suicide
As a mother, when your child is born, you never imagine his life ending with a death by suicide while you sit helpless on the other end of the phone…
ReadCourt concludes NFL concussion settlement
Judge Anita B. Brody has brought the lawsuit against the NFL by players to a conclusion. Of course, there could be an appeal, but pending that action the NFL could…
ReadOliver Sacks and Spalding Gray’s Frontal Lobe Injury
Oliver Sacks, is a wonderful writer who uses his finely honed clinical skills as a Neurologist to add the texture to his stories about people. In his column, A Neurologist’s…
ReadGeorge Visger: “Out of my Head: My Life In and Out of Football”
NeuroNotes has reported on the problem of sports concussions over the recent years and has focused on the problems experienced by athletes who have had multiple concussions. Recently we wrote…
ReadPET scan study may allow earlier recognition of CTE
CTE or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is usually confirmed after the death of an individual by autopsy. Recently PET scans have been used for the earlier detection of Tau plaques in…
ReadFor George Visger Brain Injury Awareness Day is Every Day
As the month of March draws to a close, the month dedicated to brain injury awareness also ends. As our friend, George Visger, points out in a recent blog, for…
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