Every day, approximately 153 people in America die from injuries related to traumatic brain injury (TBI). Yearly, brain injuries account for more than 2,500,000 emergency room visits and 282,000 hospitalizations. Even the slip, trip, and fall injury cases can cause damage which needs proper legal care. However, if you’ve involved in an auto accident, you…
ReadThe Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute at Brookhaven Hospital joins the Brain Injury Association of America in announcing March as Brain Injury Awareness Month with Brain Injury Awareness Day on March 22nd. Over 12 million individuals are living with brain injury. All kinds of accidents can cause this type of injury, that is why it’s important to…
ReadAs 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 him, every day is brain injury awareness day. George is a courageous brain injury survivor and former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers. He…
ReadWhile we deal with traumatic brain injuries every day here, the majority only think about brain injuries when one seems unavoidable or when the topic pops up in discussion. But, the issue will be more prominent everywhere for the next month, as March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. To commemorate the month long heightened awareness…
ReadSince the end of the season the number of current and former professional football players speaking out about brain injury and the NFL has dwindled to the short comments some higher profile players are forced to give to over-eager paparazzi, but this month a few retired grid iron vets have worked to spread awareness in the…
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