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By Paul Stone On May 23rd, 2014
A particularly nasty fall in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night has finally brought the issue of brain injuries to the forefront of basketball, just as it has…
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By jasonmaddox On May 22nd, 2014
As a US Army Infantry veteran with a service connected injury, the recent allegations of deaths due to health care failures within the VA medical system that directs my healthcare,…
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By Paul Stone On May 21st, 2014
There is quite a variety of medicines used to treat the human body that come from weird sources. Some of the most infamous stories in all of medicine are the…
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By jasonmaddox On May 21st, 2014
Sarah Varney with Kaiser Health News in collaboration with PBS News Hour recently published a report on the rate of mental illness among incarcerated men and women. The statics are…
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By Paul Stone On May 20th, 2014
Football receives most of the attention lately when it comes to athletics-related traumatic brain injuries, but the latest findings from studies focused on another sport may give a greater reason…
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By jasonmaddox On May 20th, 2014
Severe brain injury doesn’t just impact the victim. The people who love and care for the survivors are just as devastated, but their needs are often overlooked. From the moment…
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By Paul Stone On May 19th, 2014
Over the past few years, the issue of brain injuries in sports of all levels has gone from a little-talked about health concern into one of the biggest health issues…
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By Paul Stone On May 16th, 2014
While recent studies have indicated that increased awareness of concussions and their symptoms is facilitating increased levels of treatment for the mild traumatic brain injuries, a new study shows there…
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By Paul Stone On May 15th, 2014
A new study reports finding a sharp increase in the number of traumatic brain injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments from 2006 to 2010. Rather than being cause for alarm,…
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By Paul Stone On May 13th, 2014
Recent studies have found an alarming number of homeless adults and jailed teens have suffered brain injuries before losing their homes or being incarcerated. The latest wave of data being…
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