First Journey For Hope Walk and 5K Run happening Saturday
Sedalia Democrat Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:33 PM PDT
In Missouri, 1,300 people die each year from traumatic brain injury and between 18,000 and 25,000 Missouri residents will incur a brain injury each year. Brenda Kurz, of Sedalia, knows these numbers all too well. |
Brain Training Keeps Older Drivers Safe Behind the Wheel
The Auto Channel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:24 PM PDT
WARREN, Mich., Sept. 16 -- Posit Science co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Michael Merzenich spoke today as the keynote speaker at The Eye and The Auto international conference, held at General Motors Technical Center campus. |
Family settles legal claim over teen's injury that led to state law
Seattle Times Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:17 PM PDT
The family of a teenager whose middle-high football injury led to the country's most rigorous law protecting young athletes from severe brain injuries has settled a claim with the Tahoma School District, his family and attorneys announced at a news conference this morning. . |
But After All, He Was a Man
San Diego Reader Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:11 PM PDT
I’m standing in front of a real human body at Body Worlds and The Brain â€" Our Three Pound Gem, currently on exhibition at the San Diego Natural History Museum. It’s a real human body, all right, one that has undergone the process of plastination. |
Matthew Palmer, 36
Journal & Courier Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:34 AM PDT
Matthew Palmer, 36, of Albion, died at 7:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Northridge Village Nursing and Rehab Center after a five-year battle with complications from a brain tumor. He previously resided in Colfax, Thorntown and Lafayette. |
Military says mental wounds of war run deep
Air Force Times Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:20 AM PDT
ALEXANDRIA, Va. â€" Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed frustration Wednesday with the pace of government work to heal the mental health wounds of war.Thousands of troops are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries and mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. And the military is working to stem a rising number of ... |
Edwyn Collins: the road to recovery
Guardian Unlimited Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:12 AM PDT
In 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered a debilitating and near fatal brain haemorrhage. Amazingly, the former Orange Juice singer and Cribs producer was able to return to the stage in 2007. In these six extracts from her book Falling and Laughing, Collins's wife and manager Grace Maxwell describes the singer's road to recovery "Brain damage, I think. I'm a moron." On our usual drive from Northwick Park ... |
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